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Double-door Westy gearbox?
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Post# 598249   5/22/2012 at 15:07 (4,349 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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We had a WH double door slantfront. Who here knows what was inside that transmission? Almost surely a planetary gearset but was there also some kind of fluid coupling arrangement to allow for spin acceleration?

We had to replace it once before replacing the whole machine ~1957. But since they just took out the old one and put a new one I never got to see what was in it.





Post# 598315 , Reply# 1   5/22/2012 at 19:29 (4,349 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
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These are welded closed so you must destroy them to see what is inside, yes it does have a planetary gear set in it for wash speed reduction and it has a disk clutch that just locks the two pulleys together for the spin speed when the large solenoid is engaged.


Post# 598349 , Reply# 2   5/22/2012 at 22:56 (4,349 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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And the spin clutch just slips until it's up to speed? Well that would explain how it failed. Thanks.


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