Thread Number: 29460
Belt drive (?) Kenmore in NE PA for $75 |
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Post# 448014   7/9/2010 at 07:45 (5,034 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)   |   | |
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Looks like a decent belt drive (I think) in NE Pennsylvania for $75. CLICK HERE TO GO TO dnastrau's LINK on Poconos Craigslist |
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Post# 448041 , Reply# 1   7/9/2010 at 09:44 (5,034 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 448048 , Reply# 2   7/9/2010 at 09:57 (5,034 days old) by KenmoreGuy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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That baby is a direct drive. Most of the 24-inch machines with this control panel (1981 and later font design) were DD. There was a few BD 24-inch models of the same era, but much more common was the DD, at least with this control panel. These are the machines in which the DD cut it's teeth. They grew out of the direct spin configuration in favor of the neutral drain while the 24-inch machines were most if not all that was being produced.
You can tell a BD from a DD in a machine like this by looking at the lid. A BD's lid is smaller, in this case mostly less deep. The DD machine is all lid as you can tell. On the BD there is about a 1.5 inch indent behind the front rim of the top. A closer inspection on many DDs with this panel will reveal a clear plastic cover over the timer pointer. These were not used on BDs. This was done to prevent the timer from being advanced while the machine was operating, as it is very easy to grab the older style pointer, even if the machine has a declutch timer shaft, so a not-so-attractive clear slip cover was designed. It's not easy to tell a 24-inch DD from a 24-inch BD from the 1981-1984 era. Gordon |