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Post# 238439   9/25/2007 at 15:52 (6,029 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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Ok, so a while ago I got a miserable, rusty dog of a belt drive machine - a portable whirlpool. The PO said it hadn't been working at all, and I had no luck getting it moving. I've decided to part it, as its really beat.

I pulled the transmission out today and I'm trying to figure out if this is worth saving, perhaps worth making available to anyone who has one of these little monsters. I don't think it would do me any good for repairing my frogeye. My quandry: does it work properly?

I've got it here on the floor. I can spin the big pulley and (carefully!) lift one of the solenoid plungers and the shaft wags back and forth, as it would when agitating, so all is right with the world there.

However, when I lift the other plunger instead, the shaft does nothing at all; when I am thinking it should be spinning.

Does this sound like a busted transmission to anyone, or would this be the normal situation if you had one of these transmissions out on the floor?

Thanks!





Post# 238442 , Reply# 1   9/25/2007 at 16:18 (6,029 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Hi Eric, the only way that the spin tube would turn (if you have the Basket Drive assembly installed over the agitator shaft), would be for the drive belt to turn it. So it does sound like the transmission is working the way it is suppose to for agitation. In order to have the belt installed on a Whirlpool transmission that is out of the washer is to some how hardmount the motor and pump to some kind of structure.

Post# 238446 , Reply# 2   9/25/2007 at 16:22 (6,029 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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ok. i don't have the spin basket mounted tho. I just pulled the transmission out from the bottom.

Post# 238449 , Reply# 3   9/25/2007 at 16:44 (6,029 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        
oooooh....

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okay, i got it.

now i see how this should work. looks like the transmission is okay, then.

thanks!



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