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Post# 561377 12/5/2011 at 21:12 (4,518 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Most of the time it is nice to post a thread of a well working, restored machine.
Here's a quick clip of a Kenmore gone pissy. Shot on my iPhone so the quality is mediocre. My diagnosis is: the original version of the agitate spring has gone weak, causing the agitate gear to float inside the transmission assembly, causing the brief interruptions of agitation. The control magnet (wig-wag) is activating the cam with ease. This only happens with a decent load. A no-load full tub of water and the machine is fine. The issue was discovered after a day full of follies during Mark's, kenmore71, visit Thursday and Friday. Everything that happened wrong was on my own behalf, nothing to do with his visit! :D This was the final straw Friday night. Yet another washer added to the growing list of restoration needs. Gotta love the hobby! The link below is to a thread from when Robert rebuilt the transmission from his previously-owned early 1952 Whirlpool. After a bit of research, it seems the spring was changed in 1964/1965 for the 'heavy duty' modifications to the gear case. Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK | ||
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Post# 561391 , Reply# 1 12/5/2011 at 21:34 (4,518 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis) |
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Oh wow! | ||
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Post# 561470 , Reply# 3 12/6/2011 at 07:54 (4,517 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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KM WASHER JUMPING OUT OF GEAR This was a common problem with worn transmissions in BD WP built washers with transmissions built before 1964. And it can still happen on later ones if water gets into the transmission as the first thing that usually rusts and breaks is the spring that holds the agitate gear in gear . The easiest way to fix these older pre-1964 machines is to replace the complete transmission with a good one from a later machine, you can use transmissions from BD washers all the way to the end of production. We are still throwing away BD washers with good transmissions every month so these are still plentiful.
But the best way to rebuild these old WP BD machines is to come to Maryland and see it done I am still working on several machines. | ||
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Post# 561493 , Reply# 4 12/6/2011 at 10:29 (4,517 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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The easiest way to fix
@ John - yes, I totally agree about swapping in a transmission from a later machine. I parted out a super clean '84 Whirlpool several years ago in case I needed to rebuild this machine. I have a few NOS agitate shaft kits around if I decided to rebuild the transmission. When Don Shier and I rebuilt his '59, we used a 1978 transmission but we did install a new agitate shaft. It is super quiet now!
@ Tom - what a neat memory! You have great way of telling stories such as these. Ben | ||
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Post# 562087 , Reply# 6 12/9/2011 at 06:41 (4,514 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Oh Tom I love that | ||
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