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Thread Number: 29612
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Post# 450247 , Reply# 1 7/18/2010 at 16:02 (5,029 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Prepare yourself. | ||
| Post# 450263 , Reply# 2 7/18/2010 at 17:35 (5,029 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Oh No! Not the Boiling Turban of Terror again! Wait, let me hide before you bring it out! | ||
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Post# 450276 , Reply# 3 7/18/2010 at 18:12 (5,029 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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are you sure there is no screw?...for your year there should be one.....
two things to look for...take out the lint filter, look down the barrel, you should see the screw there, or at least the port for the screw, it should be on the same side as the air hole on the bottom of the agitator, a small mirror may help to see it too!....note: this screw is located on the outside of the agitator, not inside the barrel... let us know how you made out | ||
| Post# 450279 , Reply# 4 7/18/2010 at 18:18 (5,029 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
welcome!
surely someone here will be able to give you information on how to get the agitator off your 806.
i just picked up a 606 on a recent road trip to cleveland and buffalo and i love it. but i don't know much about maytags yet. i have a friend in cleveland, larry at modern parts house. he's in parma actually but he knows his stuff and his appliance parts store is the bomb!!! if anyone could tell you how to get that thing off he probably could. just tell him pete from automaticwasher.org sent you. just talked to him last week about bendix parts. he's a character but i'll bet he can help you if no one else here can. good luck! i've picked up a lot of stuff out of the cleveland area, you guys are a mecca of old vintage dishwashsrs and washers! | ||
| Post# 450280 , Reply# 5 7/18/2010 at 18:19 (5,029 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
I even bought an online repair manual, but it shows a white agitator with a repair screw about 1/4 up from the tub floor.
The 1/4" bolt on the side of the agitator came into play in the mid 80's beginning with the 12 series machines. Your 806 doesn't have it. The agitator simply lifts out by pulling directly up from underneath the base. For the owners who periodically removed the agitator and slathered some petroleum jelly on the shaft, the agitator comes out with ease. Most didn't do that though. If your husband has access to various pullers, he may be able to rig something up. Other here have had luck by wrapping an un-inflated bicycle under the agitator and then pop the agitator off by inflating it. For tub bearing and stem seal replacement (replace the stem seal while you're in there or you'll soon be back again), follow this link. BTW, give us the serial # of the machine and we can narrow down the year and month is was manufactured. CLICK HERE TO GO TO qsd-dan's LINK | ||
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Post# 450297 , Reply# 6 7/18/2010 at 19:11 (5,029 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Dan is correct, an 806 doesn't use a setscrew to hold the agitator. An appliance repair shop should have a tool called an AgiTamer, it's a little bigger version of the inner tube tool Dan described. Maybe you could borrow it.
Otherwise, a lot of HOT water in the tub, and on the agitator will sometimes free them up. I've had a few where nothing worked, and I ended up destroying the agitator. They still can be found. Let us know how it turns out. kennyGF | ||
| Post# 450574 , Reply# 9 7/19/2010 at 20:46 (5,028 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi) | ||
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Nancy, don't give up.that ol' faithful will crucify anything made today,though Speed Queens are somewhat closer, comparitively speaking to that Maytag. But fix the Tag and get years more outa it. The most reliable washers in history! | ||
| Post# 450577 , Reply# 10 7/19/2010 at 20:58 (5,028 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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qsd-Dan- Love the Maytag guy!
Thanks you :D That machine he's leaning on should look rather familiar. It's a Series 2 806 washer. Here's the info on your machine: LA= Almond color Series 2: A. Revised bleach injection system and new top cover added 1-29-75 beginning with WD serial number. B. Front panel trim trim strip removed - WD (Feb. 1975) serial number C. Control panel - Sunglow color D. New (aluminum) timer dial. E. Discontinued shading of top covers beginning with WD (Feb. 1975) serial. F. New pressure switch G. No tub light. EJ = May, 1980. The absolute latest production 806 washer to grace this forum yet! | ||
| Post# 450608 , Reply# 11 7/20/2010 at 00:02 (5,028 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
Little did I know... | ||
| Post# 451128 , Reply# 13 7/22/2010 at 13:44 (5,025 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 451205 , Reply# 16 7/22/2010 at 21:47 (5,025 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
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i would say you are | ||
| Post# 451214 , Reply# 17 7/22/2010 at 23:05 (5,025 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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