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Thread Number: 18976
Maytag LAT 8714 |
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| Post# 307047 10/1/2008 at 20:37 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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A good find last week. Took it apart today to work on it. Famous lint screens....... 
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| Post# 307049 , Reply# 1 10/1/2008 at 20:37 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Tub without agitator Tub cleaning 
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| Post# 307050 , Reply# 2 10/1/2008 at 20:38 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Underneath Shotq Insides 
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| Post# 307051 , Reply# 3 10/1/2008 at 20:39 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Transmission Washing 
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| Post# 307053 , Reply# 4 10/1/2008 at 20:40 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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trans after spin M 
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| Post# 307054 , Reply# 5 10/1/2008 at 20:40 (5,684 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Tub Shot Filling A steamy hot wash........ 
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| Post# 307087 , Reply# 6 10/1/2008 at 21:59 (5,684 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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Nice pics. What's more reliable, a Helical or an Orbital? | ||
| Post# 307096 , Reply# 7 10/1/2008 at 22:15 (5,684 days old) by toggleswitch2 () | ||
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Not sure there is a measurable difference. However, the older Helical drive makes for some AWESOME washing action with its long slow arc. | ||
| Post# 307105 , Reply# 8 10/1/2008 at 22:40 (5,684 days old) by tuthill () | ||
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You mean like this? CLICK HERE TO GO TO tuthill's LINK | ||
Post# 307107 , Reply# 9 10/1/2008 at 22:44 (5,684 days old) by pulsator  (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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The Helical was more mechanically complex but the Orbital was made out of plastic. The Helical strained more when overloaded and the Orbital dealt better when overloaded. It's pretty much a tie IMHO, the best is putting a Powerfin agitator in a Orbital machine though, shortens the life of the transmission, but MAN does it move some clothes! It's like a KitchenAid agitator but on HIGH speed!!!
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| Post# 307112 , Reply# 10 10/1/2008 at 22:54 (5,684 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
They are both Helical... Helical is the drive mechanism at the bottom of the machine with the pulley. The Helical drive holds the tub in place during agitation, and releases the tub and the transmission to spin as one unit during drain and extract. The Orbital is the transmission. Prior to this was the Pitman Gear transmission. Pitman is much more reliable and give a much better wash. | ||
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