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Post# 277105   4/27/2008 at 16:15 (5,813 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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Does anyone care to describe the actions and mechanisms seen here? CLICK HERE TO GO TO brettsomers's LINK |
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Post# 277109 , Reply# 1   4/27/2008 at 16:44 (5,813 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 277179 , Reply# 2   4/27/2008 at 21:33 (5,813 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Post# 277284 , Reply# 3   4/28/2008 at 13:44 (5,812 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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A washer with a heartbeat. |
Post# 277285 , Reply# 4   4/28/2008 at 13:45 (5,812 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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I'd like to see and hear the spin start from that view. |
Post# 277298 , Reply# 5   4/28/2008 at 15:16 (5,812 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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How exactly does the wig-wag work? |
Post# 277302 , Reply# 6   4/28/2008 at 15:35 (5,812 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Everytime I see "Wig Wag" mentioned I never fail to think of - On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! and the monkeys all say BOO! There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots jibber jabber joo. On the Nong Ning Nang All the mice go Clang And you just can't catch 'em when they do! So its Ning Nang Nong Cows go Bong! Nong Nang Ning Trees go ping Nong Ning Nang The mice go Clang What a noisy place to belong is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!! Spike Milligan |
Post# 277311 , Reply# 8   4/28/2008 at 16:49 (5,812 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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The wig-wag (rightly called the "control magnet assembly"), sits atop the tranny's sector gear. Whenever the motor runs, the transmission runs, which oscillates the sector gear, and thusly the wig-wag. For agitation, the agitate solenoid energizes, which pulls the guide and pin upward. At the far-rear limit of its travel, the pin moves upward in the cam bar slot and then pushes the bar forward when the wig-wag oscillates forward. This performs two actions: 1) flips the flapper valve in the pump to seal the drain port (and opens the recirculate port for those machines that have a recirculation-type filter); and 2) moves a mechanism inside the tranny to engage agitation. Throughout agitation, the guide and pin ride in the upper slot of the agitate cam bar. When agitation ends, the process "reverses" to allow drain and disengage agitation. For spin, the spin solenoid engages and pushes the spin cam bar back, to engage the spin clutch and disengage the basket brake. So, there are three operational modes. Neutral Drain: Both solenoids de-energized, both guides/pins ride in the lower slots of their respective cam bars, no spin, no agitate, the pump drains. Agitate: Spin solenoid de-energized, guide/pin rides in the lower slot of the spin cam bar. Agitate solenoid energized, guide/pin rides in the upper slot of the agitate cam bar, pushing bar forward to engage agitation inside the tranny and switch the pump to recirculate mode (no drain). Spin: Agitate solenoid de-energized, guide/pin rides in the lower slot of the agitate cam bar, tranny disengaged, pump in drain mode. Spin solenoid energized, guide/pin rides in the upper slot of the spin cam bar, pushing the bar back to release the brake and engage the clutch. |