Thread Number: 32683
Frigidaire Rollermatic Agitate Arm Rebuild |
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Post# 492522   1/29/2011 at 21:59 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Wanted to share with everyone a breakdown and rebuild I just finished on the agitate arm from my '69 Rollermatic. This arm is the original one and had alot of play in it and was fairly loud. Fortunately I had a spare one that I put on the machine quite a while ago and have just now got around to rebuilding this one should I need it in the future.
Here we have the arm as removed from the machine. |
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Post# 492524 , Reply# 1   1/29/2011 at 22:03 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Now here is the arm cleaned up and disasembled. Tools needed for this project are a phillips screwdriver, 3/8 in open end wrench, 8mm hex head drive. Take notice of the plastic cup that the spherical bearing rests in. Inside the cavity of the arm is a felt wick and pressed into the top of the cavity is another plastic cup. These cleaned up nicely in place so I saw no need to remove them. |
Post# 492527 , Reply# 2   1/29/2011 at 22:10 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Here is a visual schematic of how the parts go together. From left to right. Agitate shaft coupling lock washer, agitate shaft coupling, coupling to spherical bearing lock washer, spherical bearing, lower cup, assembly retainer which screws into the shaft body, retainer lock washer, lock washer retainer screw.
You will remove this assembly by removing the lock washer retainer screw, then using a channel lock pliers to loosen the lock washer retainer and also the assembly retainer. In the bottom of the spherical bearing is a hex head, turning this while holding the coupling to bearing retainer nut loosens the assembly and the parts separate as shown. This post was last edited 01/29/2011 at 22:27 |
Post# 492528 , Reply# 3   1/29/2011 at 22:13 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 492530 , Reply# 4   1/29/2011 at 22:17 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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I thought quite a while on how to succesfully repair this and I came up with the idea of filling the coupling with a bonding epoxy that will keep this thing from flopping around for good. To hold this in place while the epoxy sets up I made a collar to hold it centered by cutting the end off a rubber door stop guard. Here is a picture of how I cut the pieces for the collar. |
Post# 492532 , Reply# 5   1/29/2011 at 22:20 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 492533 , Reply# 6   1/29/2011 at 22:24 (4,807 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Here we have a complete and reassembled agitate arm, ready for service again. After the epoxy had good setup time I removed the collar using a small flat blade screwdriver and then reassembled the agitate arm. Take care not to over tighten the assembly retainer and make sure the spherical bearing is able to rotate and spin about in the body of the arm with only a small effort. |
Post# 492652 , Reply# 7   1/30/2011 at 14:39 (4,806 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 494557 , Reply# 8   2/6/2011 at 21:31 (4,799 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 856491 , Reply# 9   12/13/2015 at 19:59 (3,028 days old) by phmorrow (Knoxville, TN)   |   | |
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Remove the agitate arm from the machine? |
Post# 856497 , Reply# 10   12/13/2015 at 21:30 (3,028 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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