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Thread Number: 36588
POD 1-20-11 Maytag 106 washer |
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Post# 544652 9/20/2011 at 08:07 (4,602 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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Is that a polypropylene Gyrator or was it still Bakelite? | ||
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Post# 544660 , Reply# 1 9/20/2011 at 08:45 (4,602 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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I don't have the exact date on hand, but seeing that the brochure is from 1966, it is indeed the original Bakelite agitator. These were 'used up' on the A106 until later in the washer's production life. I have seen a few in my travels.
I would suspect it was around 1967 or so when they went to the black integral spline agitators. Ben | ||
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Post# 544666 , Reply# 2 9/20/2011 at 09:11 (4,602 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Great minds obsess alike. | ||
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Post# 544671 , Reply# 3 9/20/2011 at 09:21 (4,602 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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small black Power Fin configured like that first version Pow
No, this did not come to play. The A106 and A206 were originally built with the earlier gear set to produce 54 OPM. The others bearing the new polypropylene Power Fin in '66 came with the revised gear set to produce 63 OPM. The 63 OPM gear set would have tore clothes to shreds with the original Bakelite agitator, or at least have worn the tubs down faster. :)
Once the integral spline agitators were introduced by '67, all the transmissions were produced with the 63 OPM gear sets. Ben | ||
| Post# 544679 , Reply# 5 9/20/2011 at 10:22 (4,602 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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