Thread Number: 47231
Easy Washer Corp / Restro Advice Needed! |
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Post# 686392 , Reply# 2   6/30/2013 at 00:14 (3,924 days old) by stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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With Larry about the power unit, don't mess with it, unless you have to!
For the pump.. You need to be able to look under the skirt, and see what going on when the pump lever is engaged, (on) and when is not (off) Move the lever back and forth to see how it's supposed to work. You may have to lay the machine on its side, in order to see. (Easier to see on a Maytag, because of the shorter skirts on Maytags) The machine dose not need to be plugged in, and running when checking this. Should be just simple adjustment, provided the mechanicals are actually still present. If you have not had the agitator out yet, you might see if it lifts off, as it should, and check to see what's underneath before filling with water. Let us know how you make out. |
Post# 686419 , Reply# 4   6/30/2013 at 08:58 (3,924 days old) by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)   |   | |
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Hey nice find.
My grandmother had a wringer model like that. Hers was bought in 1948. They had a repair man remove the pump, since they did not use the pump. From some of the threads I've read of Easy, some models have a direct drive instead of a belt. Does your wringer have a belt? IIRC, the motor has a high-pitched sound which is very quiet. I remember pushing the red and black buttons. |
Post# 686453 , Reply# 7   6/30/2013 at 12:45 (3,924 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)   |   | |
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The motor turns a pulley via a v-belt. That pulley moves the gears in the power unit. The a series of clutches either engages or disengages the agitator and/or wringer. I could be wrong. But unless EASY did something completely different, it's belt drive. |
Post# 686522 , Reply# 8   6/30/2013 at 18:21 (3,924 days old) by stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Post# 686624 , Reply# 9   7/1/2013 at 08:48 (3,923 days old) by bigskymusiclove ()   |   | |
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Here are some photos of the washer, it is in fact direct drive, the main motor input shaft is on the side of the tranny. |
Post# 686625 , Reply# 10   7/1/2013 at 08:49 (3,923 days old) by bigskymusiclove ()   |   | |
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Post# 686626 , Reply# 11   7/1/2013 at 08:50 (3,923 days old) by bigskymusiclove ()   |   | |
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Also what year is this from? Late 40's? |
Post# 686664 , Reply# 12   7/1/2013 at 13:21 (3,923 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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It's just like the original Easy Spins before Easy was taken over and cheapened.
There is a belt, just one, for the pump. You have to remove the curved bar clamps and slide the rubber hose-like coupler back, exposing a gap. Then you can slip a new belt through the gap, work it around the pump pulley and you're in business. The standard belt from the classic Hoover Vac worked for me. When I read the other day about "the rubber hose like thing," I was amazed. Could it be, I thought, that the Wringer pump is engineered like the Easy Spin. Indeed it is. Is your pump missing? How 'bout a close up of the control panel with the cord out if the way. It almost looks like half a panel from the Easy Spin. Your machine is from the late 40's to very early 50's. The chrone stripes give the age away. Took some pump pix for you, but they're still in iphone cyberspace. When they arrive, I 'll show ya. My name is Michael. What's yours? |
Post# 686688 , Reply# 13   7/1/2013 at 15:46 (3,923 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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the big bottom one, a replacement. Wiggling and pressing the rubber coupler back to get the belt through the gap is tricky and challenging. You'll only need to remove the bottom or right clamp to expose the drive shaft and the gap. It's pretty cool that such a humble piece of thick rubber makes all the magic possible.
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Post# 686709 , Reply# 14   7/1/2013 at 18:25 (3,923 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)   |   | |
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Direct drive on a wringer. This is COMPLETELY different than my Maytag E2LP. Larry |
Post# 686728 , Reply# 15   7/1/2013 at 20:29 (3,923 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Easies were always thus. Even the very early Whirly-Dry is direct drive. The Easy Spin spins at 900 rpm, and the direct drive of the spinner spray cone rinsing is kind of breath-taking to watch in operation.
This lasted forever till Hupp took over. The stroke-of-brilliance cable controlled operating system which once never failed now malfunctioned regularly. The pump was moved under the agitator which powered it, and everything slowed down, a train-wreck. Have yet to learn the particulars or the dates of the changeover. Some day! |
Post# 686761 , Reply# 16   7/2/2013 at 01:10 (3,922 days old) by stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Post# 691247 , Reply# 18   7/22/2013 at 21:00 (3,901 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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Don't know how I missed this posting - I'm always looking for the posts about vintage wringer washers! Anyway, the underside looks very similar to my 1948 Kenmore (built by Whirlpool). It is also direct drive (rather than belt-driven like Maytag wringer washers.)
The pump assembly looks almost identical - from your photo, it appears that the rubber "band" or gasket on the drive shaft wheel is missing. I encountered a similar experience with my Kenmore - the rubber had deteriorated so badly, I scraped it off and fashioned a new gasket by first using a silicone-type rubber from a tube, and then topped it with a vacuum belt. I've attached a pic - hope it helps you. All the best with the restoration effort! |