Thread Number: 40404
ballast ring rusted through, can this tub be saved ? |
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Post# 597984 , Reply# 1   5/21/2012 at 12:57 (4,329 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Time for a replacement tub my friend. That's a bad one. Rust is something that seems to plague these GE/Hotpoints, seems more of an issue on the newer models. Unless the boot has hardened significantly, I see no reason to replace that. You could save the top ring with some hard epoxy or something like that to add some reinforcement, even better if you could weld some sheet metal to the rim. This machine looks pretty rough in all honestly, so it depends on how much work you want to do on it, it needs a fair bit, and I think it's usually the rust that kills off the old GE's.
-Tim |
Post# 597986 , Reply# 2   5/21/2012 at 13:10 (4,329 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 598043 , Reply# 4   5/21/2012 at 16:47 (4,329 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Is there something special about this GE clone to you? What you *could* do, and I think would be much easier in your case, is find another used machine and perform a swap. The GE machines are easy to do this on, and if you could find a good GE/Hotpoint or whatever and swap out your control panel and harness, you might be better off than dealing with all that rot on this one. Then you'd have extra parts in the even something else fails. This is my opinion, let's be honest just about anything *CAN* be fixed, but this is major rust to the inner and outer tub. The top lip of the outer tub is also an issue, that rubber seal is simply pressed over a lip in the outer tub, and if the whole seal came off with the metal in it (which I've sen numerous times) than you have to reinforce or recreate that lip somehow. Without the proper height of that lip, you will continue to get water sloshing over the tub in the spin-drain portion of the cycles.
If it were ME, I'd move on to a better machine and use this as a donor, it will be less work and in the end you will have a machine that looks identical to this (control panel and all) and a much better unit.
-Tim |
Post# 598185 , Reply# 6   5/22/2012 at 10:00 (4,328 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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You could fill it with something similar to that yes, it's not an exact material, it just needs something that will provide weight on the top of the tub to balance. As for a sealing method, I would take a grinding/wire wheel attachment and attack as much of the rust as possible then get some stuff called POR-15 (or a similar grade epoxy sealant, like marine sealant or something) and coat the area well. This will prevent further rusting, especially if you use the POR-15, which is your best friend for stopping rust IMO. For a panel, you could use some thin sheet metal or plastic like you mentioned. The elastic won't be necessary and will get nasty very quickly in that environment. You can seal the patch with some silicone, it would be great of you could anchor it with some rivets or something, or you plaster in place after siliconing it in with something like JB-weld. This things aint winning no beauty prize, but it may work, the main concern will be to keep the moisture out of the ballast ring. You do need a new inner tub, so keep looking, even if you have to purchase another like used machine and part it out in the yard piece by piece lol. Also could you post a pick of the top lip of the outer tub after you removed the tub-to-top gasket?
-Tim |
Post# 598298 , Reply# 7   5/22/2012 at 18:06 (4,328 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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But if a person could get down the stairs, you could certainly get a tub down the stairs. |
Post# 598400 , Reply# 12   5/23/2012 at 08:03 (4,327 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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That was my silicone-ice cream bucket repair on the Speed Queen and it worked fine for a part of the outer tub that was stationary and other than holding back water for a brief time while the pump emptied the tub, had no stress on the repair. On a spinning part of the tub, i wouldn't trust that repair for even one load. Silicone isn't strong enough to hold back sand, etc. at that kind of g-force levels. I tried filling a Frigidaire tub ballast ring with concrete but while it work OK, it was never balanced properly and spun rather rough. Frigidaire tubs are pretty rare and mine was more of an experiment than a permanent solution and that tub is long gone now. I would get a new (good used) basket for a GE washer, there are still plenty out there.
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Post# 598444 , Reply# 14   5/23/2012 at 11:38 (4,327 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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Post# 598493 , Reply# 15   5/23/2012 at 14:15 (4,327 days old) by washerfetish ()   |   | |
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thanks runematic. |
Post# 599315 , Reply# 19   5/27/2012 at 18:14 (4,323 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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