Thread Number: 36112
Agitator fins keep breaking on Speedqueen top loader. |
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Post# 538210 , Reply# 4   8/20/2011 at 02:49 (4,604 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Defective lot of agitators?I can't beleive SQ would "sabotage" their equipment deliborately.And the broken agitator vane edges could certainly tear clothes. |
Post# 538302 , Reply# 5   8/20/2011 at 11:18 (4,603 days old) by magic_clean (Florida)   |   | |
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the agitator problem might be a symptom. Is your machine spinning while it is agitating? The direction of broken fins suggest that the machine spins clockwise. Keep us posted! |
Post# 538340 , Reply# 6   8/20/2011 at 14:24 (4,603 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 538369 , Reply# 7   8/20/2011 at 15:34 (4,603 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Probably worn or broken brake pads. Amanas are notorious for this. It probably is spinning while agitating. |
Post# 538434 , Reply# 8   8/20/2011 at 22:50 (4,603 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 538463 , Reply# 9   8/21/2011 at 07:27 (4,603 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 538464 , Reply# 10   8/21/2011 at 07:54 (4,603 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Yes there is differently something wrong with the washer. Agitators are not designed to break in any washer I have ever seen to protect the machine. If a washer is severally overloaded the only thing that is supposed to give is the overload protector on the motor will cycle the machine off. Even the drive cupping on a WP DD washer will not automatically break if you stuff the machine so full that the agitator can't move. |
Post# 538611 , Reply# 11   8/21/2011 at 18:43 (4,602 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 538681 , Reply# 12   8/22/2011 at 05:14 (4,602 days old) by museumtech ()   |   | |
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The tub doesn't appear to be spinning during the agitation cycle. And hints on how to check if the brakes need replacing? |
Post# 538692 , Reply# 13   8/22/2011 at 08:07 (4,602 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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in washers the thing that tends to break the most if the washer is overloaded is the washer motor that burns and when this happens the washer do not wash or spin i know happen to me in 1996 with my inglis whirlpool superb 2 washer they replace the motor and it was fix so its very rare that the agitator breaks.
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Post# 1180185 , Reply# 14   5/9/2023 at 07:41 (324 days old) by Oldwasherguy (Ladson SC)   |   | |
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Post# 1180219 , Reply# 15   5/9/2023 at 16:25 (323 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1184485 , Reply# 16   7/9/2023 at 01:52 (263 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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I have a SQ with plastic agitator... and it's intact. |