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Thread Number: 69243
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag impeller blowers HOH |
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| Post# 920614 , Reply# 1 2/10/2017 at 23:11 (2,623 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
Well, I'll enlighten you about this which you probably already know, but you'd better treat that blower (Impeller) like an egg. One misstep and you will break it and that includes replacing the bearing in it. I've never done it but it sounds scary. I know replacing the bearing in the drum support spider requires a drift of a specific size.
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| Post# 920621 , Reply# 2 2/10/2017 at 23:50 (2,623 days old) by duke () | ||
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Brian, I have a brand new bakelite impeller and a new bearing kit.I want to get folks thinking about a way to retrofit this problem as I really feel the parts are basically used up.Without a solution,The HOH dryers will vanish. | ||
| Post# 920622 , Reply# 3 2/10/2017 at 23:54 (2,623 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Post# 920759 , Reply# 4 2/11/2017 at 16:32 (2,623 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Blowers For HOH Dryers
There are still lots of good [ used ] ones out there, the last few HOH dryers we have scraped this past year I didn't even bother saving the blowers.
If you clean and lucubrate the bearing properly these blowers will last a very long time, certainly longer than anyone would want to use one of these dryers today. I do have some good used ones if anyone gets in a bind for one. | ||
| Post# 920761 , Reply# 5 2/11/2017 at 16:43 (2,623 days old) by duke () | ||
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Thanks John, What do you mean by, certainly longer than anyone would use these dryers today? | ||
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Post# 920764 , Reply# 6 2/11/2017 at 17:02 (2,623 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 920810 , Reply# 8 2/11/2017 at 21:10 (2,623 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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| Post# 920826 , Reply# 9 2/11/2017 at 21:31 (2,622 days old) by duke () | ||
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True. I was testing the water to see how many old timers would step up and say --I have two--I have one -I have plenty etc.Fact is,I have a box of spare new parts for mine but I sorta feel for the next generation who love these machines too. | ||
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Post# 920893 , Reply# 10 2/12/2017 at 06:10 (2,622 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 920912 , Reply# 11 2/12/2017 at 09:47 (2,622 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Maytag HOH Dryers These are very cool dryers, I restored a brown pair of all push button machines a few years back that will get hooked up and reside at the museum for everyone to see and use.
Yes it is possible to keep most dryers running almost indifferently, but for my everyday dryer I want something that dries faster, has a bigger capacity, has a better cool-down and keeps my shirts from wrinkling for at least a few hours after the machine stops, and most of all I want a safer machine that I don't always have to be home when it is running.
I love and use vintage appliances in my home, and my 1975 Lady Kenmore gas dryer, Maytag ditched the HOH dryers because of all the reasons mentioned. | ||
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