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Thread Number: 16970
Kenmore Straight-Vane Agitator |
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| Post# 279619 , Reply# 1 5/12/2008 at 13:41 (5,821 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 279638 , Reply# 2 5/12/2008 at 15:34 (5,821 days old) by kenmoreguy64  (Charlotte, NC) |
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Harry, Oddly enough I brought my old Whirlpool catalog to work today to do some parts research online. It has an agitator section, and lists the straight vane for direct drive machines in white or gray. The white one was part number 63377 and the gray was part number 63379. The book doesn't say if they're one or two piece agitators. Checking at Sears, 63379 subs to 63377 now, meaning we can't still get them new in gray. I have seen both one and two-piece straight vane agitators, and I'm not really sure why they'd make both (I know more about belt-drive machines), but I don't remember a gray two-piece. It seems to me that the gray one-piece units were in BOL models only, and the two piece white ones were in the lowest line super capacity machines. I did recently see a gray straight vane at a used appliance store and graveyard. With the number of direct drive Kenmores out there, my bet would have it that if you search these places for a month or two, eventually you'll find a nice used gray agitator that you can recycle. I will look next time I'm at that place and if it's still there, I'll snag it. | ||
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Post# 279755 , Reply# 4 5/12/2008 at 22:24 (5,821 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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You got it Harry
Another idea for the two-piece units....check Craigslist Harry. I see the BOL super capacity machines on there almost daily, and they almost all had the two-piece straight vane. I scour C/L looking for older Kenmores. I mean almost daily I see one of the lower line super tub machines - the one-speed deals with just a Heavy Duty cycle and a Perm press, and one knob for a water level selector (water temp is selected by the timer). That machine today has a dual action in it new, but for the last 10 or 15 years they've had the straight vane. Check out Craigslist, sometimes the sellers even provide a model number. If I see one I'll let you know. One last thought - Just last Thursday at HH Gregg I saw a Whirlpool model with their DD version of the Surgilator - it's not a straight vane but it doesn't have the augered spiral top, and I saw the straight vane in an Estate unit. Gordon | ||
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