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Post# 232479   8/23/2007 at 19:37 (6,061 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 232482 , Reply# 1   8/23/2007 at 19:42 (6,061 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)   |   | |
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outer spin tube that has corroded off, for a Kenmore/Whirlpool? |
Post# 232500 , Reply# 3   8/23/2007 at 20:57 (6,061 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 232501 , Reply# 4   8/23/2007 at 20:57 (6,061 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Looks like a centerpost to Whirlpool/Kenmore belt drive washer. |
Post# 232512 , Reply# 5   8/23/2007 at 21:45 (6,061 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 232514 , Reply# 6   8/23/2007 at 21:48 (6,061 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 232517 , Reply# 7   8/23/2007 at 21:50 (6,061 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 232523 , Reply# 8   8/23/2007 at 21:56 (6,061 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 232528 , Reply# 9   8/23/2007 at 22:08 (6,061 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Yup you guys who guessed it was a centerpost to a Whirlpool/Kenmore washer are correct. Jon and Tony were visiting last weekend and we were having a fun time doing my Sunday wash in many of the machines when the 1957 Pink Lady Kenmore during the final spin made a very strange scraping sound. Tonight I took out the basket and found that the centerpost has split right off of the baseplate! Well it looks like it's time to find a parts donor for a new baseplate. The question is did Whirlpool use the same baseplate for it's 29" standard capacity machines from 1956 thru 1985??? I will have to do some research and find out. I also find it interesting that during the restoration I painted the rusted centerpost with a few coats of POR-15 silver paint and it still continued to rust through that! |
Post# 232531 , Reply# 11   8/23/2007 at 22:24 (6,061 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Whirlpool went to a short centerpost, don't recall when. There's a NIB belt-drive baseplate left at the long-closed Whirlpool dealer's shop in my home town. Not sure if it's standard capacity, 18#er, long or short centerpost. A member expressed interest but I can't get Ted to state a price. He wants to get at least the original dealer cost, but he threw out the price books. I can try again, I suppose.
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Post# 232545 , Reply# 12   8/24/2007 at 02:47 (6,061 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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happens when you don't maintain your machines properly! Hmmph! It's so nice not to have center post anxiety with a bendix. Sorry about your shaft darling but this is what you get from the washer gods when you tap dance on their lids!! I told you so in that field that day!! already in mexico hiding........ |
Post# 232565 , Reply# 13   8/24/2007 at 06:05 (6,061 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 232580 , Reply# 14   8/24/2007 at 07:21 (6,061 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 232594 , Reply# 16   8/24/2007 at 09:09 (6,060 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)   |   | |
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button on to the console, you'll have to graft a pop-up wringer too, of course. But it will spare you a lot of that higher speed vibration.It will probably last another 50 years! |
Post# 232596 , Reply# 17   8/24/2007 at 09:20 (6,060 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi Dick thank you, that is good to know that a Baseplate from the 70's worked in your '56. Glenn I will measure the centerpost height and let you know, I would love to get a NOS baseplate for this beautiful pink lady if I can. But it will spare you a lot of that higher speed vibration. It's a Kenmore Darrel, there's vibration, but what's with the high speed? LOL |
Post# 232603 , Reply# 18   8/24/2007 at 10:27 (6,060 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)   |   | |
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Not every machine can be a Unimatic or 47 GE.... Gloating is so unbecoming!!!! |
Post# 232604 , Reply# 19   8/24/2007 at 10:35 (6,060 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Oh no! I didn't have to look twice to guess what you were holding in your hand; I have had four Kenmores and seen that three times, though gratefully, still attached to the machine. And not a single Kenmore that I've worked on hasn't had a turbo-corroded centerpost in it, except the '63 Lady K, and that's cheating--it was completely rebuilt with new parts internally! In fact, usually I get not only that, but a split outer tub from all the rust compressing the doughnut seal. A real two-for! The joy of repairing this phenomenon might explain why I have the Filter-Flo in the house now. I hope you get that repaired with a nice, minty-fresh baseplate; I'm sorry to see that after all your efforts to restore the machine. And yes, absolutely everything has to come apart to replace the baseplate, but since you were so careful to lubricate and clean everything when you restored it, hopefully it will be more a matter of time involved rather than having to use the Reserved Expletive List when things don't come apart. Anyhow, best wishes for a speedy recovery :-| |
Post# 232605 , Reply# 20   8/24/2007 at 10:36 (6,060 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Robert, sorry to see that happened to the beloved Pink Lady!!! Not being used to the mechanics, ..What would have happened, would the tub be spinning and the centrepost/tube broken off and still?? or the centre post /tube spinning and the tub broken & still?? apart from the horrible schreeching either way?? Mike |
Post# 232611 , Reply# 21   8/24/2007 at 11:12 (6,060 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Robert I am so sorry to hear about your beautiful pink Lady!! I do know that you will get her back in tip top shape, even better than new before you are done. Jon, I don't think Mexico is far enough!!!!! |
Post# 232612 , Reply# 22   8/24/2007 at 11:16 (6,060 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City)   |   | |
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The biggest Amond Rocca in the world, if only it was. I am sorry to see this happen to your Kenmore. Find comfort that there are alot of Kenmore parts floating around , some still waiting for you someplace close by. As a matter of fact I looked on Craigs list and found one for free.It could work, maybe? Ducks and Runs exit stage left<--------------<--------------<<<<<<<
CLICK HERE TO GO TO irishwashguy's LINK on Minneapolis Craigslist |
Post# 232713 , Reply# 23   8/25/2007 at 04:19 (6,060 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)   |   | |
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I hope you find the part for the Beautiful Pink Lady, so you can restore her glory. Good Luck, James |
Post# 232736 , Reply# 24   8/25/2007 at 08:21 (6,059 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Not being used to the mechanics, ..What would have happened, would the tub be spinning and the centrepost/tube broken off and still?? or the centre post /tube spinning and the tub broken & still?? apart from the horrible schreeching either way?? Hi Mike, well thankfully it happened during spin when the tub was drained, otherwise we would have had a nice little flood. Oh well the basement can always use a good moping. |
Post# 232794 , Reply# 26   8/25/2007 at 13:42 (6,059 days old) by jerseymike ()   |   | |
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Oh, Robert! I'm so sorry. I just love your pink Lady. I hope that you can find a parts donor and that she'll be up and running in the not to distant future. Mike |
Post# 232800 , Reply# 27   8/25/2007 at 14:44 (6,059 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 232847 , Reply# 28   8/25/2007 at 19:50 (6,059 days old) by bestcleaning ()   |   | |
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My neighbour had the same problem with her machine. The base are like new and we can replace the centerpost but we need a mechanical press. |
Post# 232861 , Reply# 29   8/25/2007 at 21:40 (6,059 days old) by goprog ()   |   | |
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Robert, I have no idea if that particular machine will work, but willing to pick up the free machine from craigslist in Prior Lake if it might work since it is somewhere close and hold it for you. |
Post# 232898 , Reply# 30   8/26/2007 at 08:50 (6,058 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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