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Vintage FLs: Ever seen "spider" and bearing trouble?
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Post# 581821   3/11/2012 at 22:21 (4,399 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        

Out of curiosity, did the early front loaders like Bendix and Westinghouse (or the combos made by Whirlpool/Kenmore and GE for that matter) have issues with the "spider" drum support bracket corroding and failing and bearings going bad like many modern front loaders seem to?

Thanks for any feedback on this.

Andrew S.





Post# 581869 , Reply# 1   3/12/2012 at 06:23 (4,399 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Good Question

There were cases of bearing failure. The owners of Annapolis Bendix told me of having to hammer the bearings out of early Duomatics when they failed. The machines had to be brought into the shop for the bearing replacement.

There were no spiders in these machines. The very heavy, porcelain on steel tubs had a large hub at the back where the tub shaft attached and the very thick back of the tub supported and gave strength of the sides and the front as well as the tub vanes. Unlike the lighter weight stainless steel tubs, these had no rods going from the rear to the front through the vanes and so no spiders. Because these machines only turned in one direction, the tub shaft was screwed into the hub. In cases where bearing failure damaged the shaft, it could be replaced, if needed, when the bearings were changed.


Post# 582027 , Reply# 2   3/12/2012 at 21:28 (4,398 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
I know Westinghouse

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had trouble with the welds in the back of later tubs, they would break and the tub would flop around. You could see rust spots where the weld had broken behind the center dome.



Post# 582077 , Reply# 3   3/13/2012 at 07:05 (4,397 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
Interesting

Thanks for the follow up Tom and Jetcone.


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