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Post# 472832   11/1/2010 at 14:28 (4,896 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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My '66 washer tends to make a screech/squeaking sound when engaging from neutral drain to spin. Seems to do it with heavier loads on regular spin, never on gentle/slow spin. Should I be worried? Hopefully it's something a little WD-40 might cure? Had to include a picture again because I love this machine!




Post# 472834 , Reply# 1   11/1/2010 at 14:33 (4,896 days old) by cphifer5115 (Jackson, TN)        

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sounds like the belt might be slipping when starts to spin. it could just be that the belt might be too tight or not tight enough not realy sure.

Post# 472850 , Reply# 2   11/1/2010 at 15:38 (4,896 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)        

Change the belt....though not an easy task.

Post# 472869 , Reply# 3   11/1/2010 at 17:23 (4,896 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)        

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Three things come to mind when I read this, two are pretty obvious to a belt-drive person, the other is something I have only experienced twice and both since joining AW in 2008.

The first is indeed a bad belt. I have never heard them make really loud squeals though. Usually they are more of a muted slipping. They don't scream like an old automotive fan belt or something because they aren't moving fast enough.

The second would be the spin cam bar being tight. Lube this with white lithium or Rykon grease - it should become easier to slide. If this is tight, it would also put more of a drag on the belt and cause option 1 more readily too.

Finally, the third possibility is something I've had happen twice recently and it's something I've never heard before. It seems that when these machines sit for some time or just age, they slowly loose their "lifetime lubrication" in the bearings. It seeps past the seal below the bearing itself, and the bearing over time becomes dry. When both bearings are dry, this can be a real problem. On a tight, lightly worn bearing, there develops this unholy screetch when polished spin tubes rub against the bearing at 500+ RPM. I first heard this only briefly at the start of spin, and it would be worse on a heavy load vs. a light one. One case was so loud I heard it from the garage into the house with the door closed, and my garage is insulated! The problem worsens as the oil seeps away.

My solution is a pain in the a$$, but you have to pull the machine apart far enough to add turbine oil to the centerpost - so all the way apart. It's a magic cure though!!!

I would start with the belt, or better yet, record the sound on a video and let us listen to it!!

Gordon


Post# 472931 , Reply# 4   11/1/2010 at 23:48 (4,895 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

Your 66's are beautiful! Hope you can get it fixed.

Post# 472969 , Reply# 5   11/2/2010 at 08:42 (4,895 days old) by ingliscanada ()        

My family's old Inglis washer did something similar when it got old. When it kicked into spin, it would start up very sluggishly, and sometimes make short screeches at each revolution, until it eventually came to speed. Sometimes it was unable to pick up speed and spin very sluggishly, and at the end, there would be some water left in the bottom of the tub, since the pump was too slow when that happened.

Gary


Post# 473039 , Reply# 6   11/2/2010 at 16:39 (4,895 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. I'll keep you posted!


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