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Post# 113513   3/5/2006 at 17:36 (6,597 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )   |   | |
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I'm sure you're experienced with the stuck spline. I got the old Avocado GE from ebay last week. It all works perfectly fine - mechanically that is - only thing is that the agitator was stripped and I'm trying to replace it - I have another one all ready here but I can't get the aluminum spline piece off the old one - I've used penetrating oil and a 3 jaw puller though its hard to keep the teeth in place. Someone also said to heat it with a torch and then knock it with a piece of 2x4 and a hammer and then someone else said to try cutting it off. I'm wondering what you think because you have much more experience with this than I do. The machine is not mint - there's some cosmetic rust here and there but from the underside, everythng seems pretty clean and sturdy. I didn't take the tub out yet because I don't want to disturb the tranny - it runs well, is quiet and changes speeds quickly - no indexing of the tub either. I'd really hate to take it all apart because of one stupid piece of aluminum! This is not a dream machine - just a fun project until I come across another good one - but if I can fix this - it's certainly worth the elbow grease -to me anyway... So whatever advice you can give is greatly apprecated! Thanks! Matthew |
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Post# 114293 , Reply# 2   3/9/2006 at 20:35 (6,593 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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