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Post# 304690 9/19/2008 at 20:40 (5,689 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Post# 304691 , Reply# 1 9/19/2008 at 20:43 (5,689 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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the problem is, now that everything has been scraped, burred, sanded, cleaned and oiled, I can't seem to get the spline back in the agitator. I'm inserting it in the same direction it was originally, but can't seem to get that pesky last inch all the way in(Toggle, I hope you're not reading this)...
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Post# 304693 , Reply# 2 9/19/2008 at 20:45 (5,689 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 304695 , Reply# 3 9/19/2008 at 20:51 (5,689 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Is there a trick to this that I'm missing? I really don't want to hammer the thing in too hard (oh, Lord)and damage the agitator. Any suggestions and/or experience will be appreciated As it happens, this 1964 black gyrafoam is my favorite Maytag agitator that I own. As you said months ago, this thing is a powerhouse. Like a boat propeller, those low-slung, up-sloping paddles and that interior baffle really whip up a tub 'o' suds, better than the power-fin. Pity there aren't as many black fabric softener cups around as turquoise: 
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Post# 304714 , Reply# 5 9/19/2008 at 23:08 (5,689 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 304745 , Reply# 6 9/20/2008 at 09:31 (5,688 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 305090 , Reply# 8 9/22/2008 at 15:38 (5,686 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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There was a special tool for compressing the rubber on the agitator spline and squeezing it back into the agitator. I'm not sure you'll be able to do it without the tool though, perhaps someone else has tried it and can offer suggestions. I remember reading that it was so easy to break the bakelite agitators which is why re-splining was quickly dropped once the plastic agitators for wringers and automatics were cheaply available. If you can't find a replacement bakelite agitator right away, you can use the black power-fin that you posted in another thread. | ||
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Post# 305146 , Reply# 10 9/22/2008 at 22:07 (5,686 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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