Thread Number: 61011
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Amana vs. Speed Queen |
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Post# 836352 , Reply# 1   8/13/2015 at 02:33 (3,150 days old) by Chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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The spin on the Speed Queen is 710 RPM. The Speed Queen here is an Alliance made washer which is light years ahead of Amana let alone any modern washer in terms of reliability. I am unsure of the sealing mechanism, however an Alliance made machine will easily last 15 years. I would not think twice about buying this machine, you scored. The only down side (and I could be wrong) is that the machine might be a single speed model.
The Speed Queen washers made in that last 10 years are hands down the best washers on the market and have been for over a decade. The modern Speed Queen design rivals the orbital Maytags that were in production before Whirlpool bought Maytag. |
Post# 836353 , Reply# 2   8/13/2015 at 02:38 (3,150 days old) by Chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 836395 , Reply# 3   8/13/2015 at 07:15 (3,150 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Is an Alliance built washer and has a much better seal design and placement than the MT-Goodman built washers. Alliance uses a better seal and the seal assembly is also raised off the bottom of the washers outer tub which keeps it from being affected by mineral build-up and other crud as much.
The tub capacity of the Amana you had and the used SQ is the same.
The Amana could have been fixed, it just needed a new seal and top bearing, the transmission should have been fine. The downside to fixing is you still have the same bad design and if you do not have soft water and use too little detergent the seal will fail much sooner again. The other downside to fixing is that it can be very difficult to disassemble and replace the top bearing and seal in these washers. We are seeing the seal and top bearing fail in some SQ TL washers even during the 3 year warranty, especially when people are over rinsing clothing, such as always using the 2nd rinse option and again using too little detergent, cheap detergent and have less than great water conditions [ over 3 grains of minerals in their water supply ].
Most of the current SQ TL washers that have been sold in recent years and are being sold today will be trashed when the main seal fails. It is just too labor intensive and therefore costly to repair this design washer, GE TL washers since 1995 and all WCI-Frigidaire TL washers also fall pray to this bad design and as a result very few are ever repaired when they have a serious problem.
Even WPs inexpensive new Belt-Drive TL washers can be repaired easily in less than an hour in the home without working up a sweat when the main seal-bearings or transmission fail.
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Post# 836435 , Reply# 6   8/13/2015 at 12:40 (3,149 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 836462 , Reply# 7   8/13/2015 at 16:11 (3,149 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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Thanks, Malcom. I was afraid that might be the case. |
Post# 836484 , Reply# 9   8/13/2015 at 18:30 (3,149 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 836498 , Reply# 11   8/13/2015 at 19:46 (3,149 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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not sure about it being a Goodman......I know the term they were using was a "Dual-Drive" tranny, basically double the gears, which caused equal weight, and no counter balance was required....
the only ones I knew were trouble prone for seal failure was the Raytheon built Amana/SQ...... once Alliance took over for SQ, those issues were first priority.....so far so good....better reliability than the Raytheon design.... |
Post# 836499 , Reply# 12   8/13/2015 at 19:51 (3,149 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Yes these were only made after MT owned the Amana name. After MT bought Amana they continued to use the SQ style transmission [ Goodman never made any big changes in these washers ]. The DAA was used in some Amana models after MT cheapened the Amana-SQ style washers by using the Non-Repairable Norge style transmissions in both the Norge and SQ platform washers.
The DDA was by far the best agitator ever used in these SQ designed washers, it is too bad that SQ does not use them today, they not only allow you to wash more clothing in a given load and also are far more genital on your clothing.
John L. |
Post# 836503 , Reply# 13   8/13/2015 at 20:12 (3,149 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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Good info! Thanks. |
Post# 836527 , Reply# 14   8/13/2015 at 21:58 (3,149 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 836547 , Reply# 15   8/14/2015 at 00:38 (3,149 days old) by Gusherb (Chicago/NWI)   |   | |
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Post# 836627 , Reply# 17   8/14/2015 at 14:26 (3,148 days old) by Chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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