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Thread Number: 73318
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Changing oil in Maytag counterbalanced trans |
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Post# 968539 11/17/2017 at 13:12 (2,344 days old) by robbinsandmyers  (Conn) |
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Post# 968541 , Reply# 1 11/17/2017 at 13:34 (2,344 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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yeah, you can.....but your going have to figure a way to get that old oil out of there....and at that point, worth cleaning all the gears as well...
don't know that an oil change will correct that....pretty common if in a cold location for the oil to slow things until it heats up...... have you tried placing a small heater near the machine before use.....or maybe the first fill should be as hot as possible to warm up the inner cabinet somewhat... | ||
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Post# 968701 , Reply# 3 11/18/2017 at 11:46 (2,343 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Sluggish MT Washer
Other than a complete rebuild you can try drilling a hole in the side of the transmission then tipping the washer over and draining out most of the old oil.
Then add a new lighter better oil tap the hole you drilled and screw in and seal a pipe plug and away you go, we have successfully done this a few times. Other than this get a better washer, Maytag was the ONLY washer ever built that used a drive system that allowed so much slippage of the drive belt during agitation, no other brand ever had such a poor design. The first helical drive MTs used a pivot motor mount [ 1956-1959 ] and these never had this problem no matter how cold the machine was, and MT finally [ pretty much ] solved this problem on the last of the HD machines on the LAT series. John L. | ||
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Post# 968784 , Reply# 5 11/18/2017 at 17:10 (2,343 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Getting An Old Cold MT Washer To Agitate
Tightening the pump belt slightly will only make the main drive belt slip MORE and will do nothing to improve the agitation in an old cold machine, Mark you are correct that tightening the pump slightly will help the motor start and get going into the spin cycle without going out on its overload and I have done this to help that problem.
But there is no getting around that this drive system was a poorly designed system. Maytag had it right in 1956-9 and then they ruined it with the sensitive problematic system with the four little plastic rollers.[ I have NEVER seen an orbital transmission washer { LAT model } that had trouble agitating when cold. I worked at a Maytag Red Carpet dealer as a service tech and nobody liked this system, Just like you we were always tinkering with the springs pump belt tension trying to get the machine to work in a satisfactory manner, NO OTHER washer had problems like this getting their washers to agitate in cold basements, or with heavy loads. I like a lot of things about these durable washers, but this is not one of them every great machine has its problems, I could go on for hours about problems with WP BD washers, GE FF washers and on and on. John L. | ||
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Post# 968828 , Reply# 7 11/18/2017 at 20:41 (2,343 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 968840 , Reply# 9 11/18/2017 at 22:36 (2,343 days old) by Norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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But then I am very opinionated. L o l. So what I think is only my opinion | ||
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