Thread Number: 69290
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Kenmore Direct drive minor issues, help please! |
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Post# 921164 , Reply# 1   2/13/2017 at 16:44 (2,600 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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Tub lean can be caused by a number of things AFIK springs are just one of them. I'll let others chime in on that. If you want to improve turn-over the most in that machine you need the DAA with the upswept base. I found it on Sears Parts Direct. I would check with John L. Combo52 or some of the other repair men here as they may have a good used one. WK78 |
Post# 921298 , Reply# 3   2/14/2017 at 11:44 (2,599 days old) by Searsbest (Attleboro, Ma)   |   | |
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good little workhorse of a machine you have. I am a service tech for sears and see these machines on a regular basis with few problems. the tub lean could be caused by a broken counterweight spring which attaches the tub to the base for stability, or the spring itself worn through the base of the machine and is disconnected, easily fixed by drilling a new hole next to the old one and putting a dab of grease on the spring where it attaches to the base to keep it from happening again. Could also be that the skate plate that the tub sits on is out of alignment easily fixed by picking the tub up slightly and kinda wiggling it back and forth. As fo changing the agitator..go for it! The mechanics of these machines are all the same, as long as it fits properly it wont be a problem..hope this info helps
Scott |
Post# 921309 , Reply# 4   2/14/2017 at 12:19 (2,599 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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sometimes you would find an agitator like in this link on those smaller capacity machines, some even had 5 shorter vanes.....
but makes no difference, as Scott said, if it fits, it will work fine just the same..... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK on eBay |