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Thread Number: 71238
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
ISO Help from 3-Belt Front-Loader Buffs! |
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Post# 942991 , Reply# 1 6/11/2017 at 08:41 (2,509 days old) by moparwash  (Pittsburgh,PA ) |
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Good luck with your rust fixing...wish I could help with advice, but my 1961 had no rust on the inner and outer tubs, just stains from hard water. W was well known for thin paint and not using porcelain on the outer cabinet, so a leaky door boot like on mine almost rusted the door opening to the point of being unusable, so hope your cabinet is in good shape. Please post some pics when you can so we can see what rust issues you are facing
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Post# 943032 , Reply# 3 6/11/2017 at 15:17 (2,509 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Rusty slant front WH washer
Hi, unfortunately there is no stainless steel basket shaft assembly that fits these models that I know of.
Unfortunately without seeing your tub front it's hard to advise the best way to repair it or whether it's repairable at all I've tried repeatedly to get together with you we're only about 15 minutes apart. I'm out of town right now call me next week if you like it, but it's hard to help repair something like this on line. John L | ||
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Post# 943062 , Reply# 6 6/11/2017 at 18:23 (2,509 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Disagree! | ||
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Post# 943063 , Reply# 7 6/11/2017 at 18:25 (2,509 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Disagree! Having been confronted with Westinghouse front loaders and finding parts (without the help of several members here and Greg's generousness gift, we'd still be working on a slant-front dryer nine years later: If a more modern piece fits and works: GO FOR IT. Some may frown upon it, but those of us who actually have worked on Westinghouse appliances know that they are a world apart from the far more easily serviced GE/GM/Whirlpool machines. You take what you can get and make an appliance live again - and if the Imperial Queens don't like it, they can just get over themselves. | ||
| Post# 943070 , Reply# 8 6/11/2017 at 19:22 (2,509 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.) | ||
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Would modern plastic/polypropylene outer tubs fit, with their respective matching inner steel drums? That way, the inner drum and outer tub would be more of mechanical match. | ||
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Post# 943146 , Reply# 9 6/12/2017 at 03:16 (2,508 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Post# 943161 , Reply# 11 6/12/2017 at 09:39 (2,508 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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"I wish I could weld" | ||
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