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Speed Queen AWN542 - washing new jeans
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Post# 659752   2/11/2013 at 21:51 (4,063 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)        

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Last year someone on here asked me to film the SQ washing jeans, and I did. However, the video was lost in the shuffle. I found the video on a data backup over the weekend and have published. Not sure who requested it, but here it is...in a belated sort of way. :) Enjoy!



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Post# 659762 , Reply# 1   2/11/2013 at 22:43 (4,063 days old) by DirectDriveDave ()        

Cool to see that the tub has indeed stopped indexing after the initial break-in. I never fully understood just how that works...

Post# 659770 , Reply# 2   2/11/2013 at 23:28 (4,063 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)        

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Apparently there is a "gel" or some substance that is on them when new--or so I'm told. It took me about 6 months to break it in (a couple of loads per week avg). My sister's washer (who has a big family) stopped after about a month.

Post# 659832 , Reply# 3   2/12/2013 at 07:33 (4,062 days old) by billiedyer1954 (Ohio, USA)        
your videos

your vidios on youtube was the reason i bought a speen queen and found this site. thank you so very much.


Post# 659888 , Reply# 4   2/12/2013 at 12:25 (4,062 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Wash Tub Pitch

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I had forgotten how the wash tub tends to pitch forward during agitation on these machines. Makes me wonder if the suspension springs might wear unevenly and benefit for rotation after 5000 miles...

Thanks for posting. A nice long video to satiate TL envy!

Malcolm


Post# 659923 , Reply# 5   2/12/2013 at 15:14 (4,062 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Neat video

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I always wanted to see one of these in action, very GE like.

Love the way it dispenses the fabric softener down thru the agitator.

I bet the jeans were nice and beat up for wearing. I always liked newly washed jeans they were soft yet still had the deep blue glow to them.





Post# 659929 , Reply# 6   2/12/2013 at 15:30 (4,062 days old) by teknikleespekng ()        
Thanks for sharing!

Im really impressed at the turnover for the jeans. That was one concern I had in considering the TL SQ over the FL. Great to be able to see the machine not only handle the washing aspect, but the balance and spin too! SQ ROCKS!

Post# 661498 , Reply# 7   2/21/2013 at 16:54 (4,053 days old) by RWIndiana ()        

Dan (or anyone), I also posted a video of a Speed Queen washing jeans that you may perhaps be interested in seeing. Turnover isn't too impressive until you consider the fact that I actually had to stuff them down in a bit (but limited them to 9 pair). And they are pretty heavy duty. Probably would keep it limited to 8 pair in the future, since that seems to work very well, but may experiment again and try 10 someday.

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Post# 661519 , Reply# 8   2/21/2013 at 18:35 (4,053 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)        

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I can tell ya 10 pairs of jeans ,depending on the size, mine are 34x32, stalls out the washer. 7 is the max I put in. 8 will give ok rollover but 9 slows it down to almost no rollover at all then there is extraction....my SQ washer takes forever to get up to top speed with a heavy load like that.

Post# 661529 , Reply# 9   2/21/2013 at 19:31 (4,053 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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first of all great videos....as usual, great info

now a couple things I have come across as well....

as for the indexing.....mine has stopped, and I kind of miss it, the little increments seemed to help during the wash....

I also have a Raytheon model, the indexing tub helped with the rimflo filter ring, its movement helped scoop the lint into little piles, rather than just fill the holes, and filter action stopped......

also, over time, an annoying "squeek" developed from the brake, trying to hold the tub completely still......2 drops of 3n1 oil on the disc caused it to do a minimum index, and kill the noise....

one last thing, as Mike has pointed out, the spin on a large load did not seem to reach top speed for me as well......I stretched the spring about 1/2 inch more tighter, gave a better grip for wash and spin.....this slippage is similar to what I had with the Maytag's, but in this case a 3rd spring was added to correct the excess slippage....this may help you guys as well....


Post# 661530 , Reply# 10   2/21/2013 at 19:36 (4,053 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)        

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I am intrigued Dr Martinstein....how does one add another spring?

Post# 661554 , Reply# 11   2/21/2013 at 21:19 (4,053 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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to a Maytag, theres slots to add another......

for the SQ.....I just pulled the spring about 1/2 inch tighter, and put a bend in it around the strap that holds it...you never actually remove it, just pull thru the hole and bend into place....it's a stiff wire, vice grips worked best to grab and bend....


Post# 661557 , Reply# 12   2/21/2013 at 21:32 (4,053 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        
For comparison ...

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Ten pairs of 34x32 jeans.






Post# 661855 , Reply# 13   2/23/2013 at 10:15 (4,051 days old) by rwindiana ()        
tightening the spring on the Speed Queen

I'd be interested in doing that as well, since my Speed Queen isn't super speedy to get up to speed when the load isn't perfectly balanced. However, I would be concerned about doing incremental damage to the transmission over the long term. Any expert opinions on that?


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