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Thread Number: 28663
Plastic parts suck--- |
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| Post# 437612 5/26/2010 at 13:41 (5,081 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
I have 4 Frigidaire front loaders. Three are Affinities and one is a FriGEMore with the rectangular door. They all have plastic mixiing inlet valves. The problem is that:
A.the threaded stems are too close together making it difficult to connect and/or disconnect the hoses. B.because it's plastic,the threading strips so easily that you have to be real delicate on the instalation. I disconnected the red model to stack the dryer on top. As I went to reconnect it,the damned thing stripped the threading and I had to rethread it.What a PITA! | ||
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| Post# 437682 , Reply# 2 5/26/2010 at 19:55 (5,080 days old) by aaronfitzy (Pennsylvania) | ||
Hmmm..... | ||
| Post# 437694 , Reply# 3 5/26/2010 at 20:40 (5,080 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Uh, no, the Affinity is made by Electrolux-Frigidaire. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 437830 , Reply# 4 5/27/2010 at 12:05 (5,080 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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"Does Whirlpool make the Affinity?" | ||
| Post# 437902 , Reply# 5 5/27/2010 at 16:12 (5,079 days old) by aaronfitzy (Pennsylvania) | ||
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Hmm... | ||
Post# 437921 , Reply# 6 5/27/2010 at 18:21 (5,079 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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PLASTIC INLET VALVES
Inlet valves have been plastic since the mid 1950s, there should be no problems with stripped threads. To install a hose screw it on by hand until finger tight then tighten with flyers an additional 1/2 to 1 full turn. If you can't screw it on by hand get a new hose, if it still leaks after tightening install a new hose washer or replace the hose. We have started using the new nylon reinforced hoses WP is selling I like them much better than the SS reinforced hoses. They have a larger inside diameter for better water flow and your not sending so much money to China for the nickel that is used to make the SS.
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| Post# 437947 , Reply# 7 5/27/2010 at 21:33 (5,079 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
Hinge....hmmm | ||
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