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Thread Number: 64041
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Post# 866272 , Reply# 1 2/9/2016 at 01:14 (2,999 days old) by askolover  (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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personally I love the Maytag orbital transmission, seemed so simple, but it has plastic gears inside it too. My mother's is 22 years old now but still chugging along. I'm looking around for a new one at a good price to have just in case....because she has a stacked unit and it's much better built than anything like it today. It would be better for me to refurbish her unit than to replace it with a new stacked set. | ||
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Post# 866356 , Reply# 2 2/9/2016 at 14:00 (2,998 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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GE tranny My GE has all steel gears and ball bearings. Filled with heavy gear oil... you bet! | ||
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Post# 866415 , Reply# 3 2/9/2016 at 20:34 (2,998 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 866491 , Reply# 4 2/10/2016 at 13:42 (2,997 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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unfortunately... Unfortunately, I don't. I just suspected that the transmission has heavy gear oil when I examined the pulley. I'll see if I could attach a video of the steel gearbox. CLICK HERE TO GO TO GELaundry4ever's LINK | ||
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Post# 866493 , Reply# 5 2/10/2016 at 14:16 (2,997 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Who cares if the gears are steel or plastic?
OK so at the first mention of a polymer (Ack PLASTIC!!) gear, the paranoid folks are likely to jump to conspiracy theory's such as planned obsolesce or cost cutting etc. Clearly plastic can't hold up like good old fashioned solid metal...
But one material or the other isn't magically superior except in the mind of someone that wants to "Monday morning quarterback" the engineer. One can rest assured that if a given material is chosen there is a valid reason behind it. | ||
| Post# 866502 , Reply# 6 2/10/2016 at 15:20 (2,997 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
great, but....
None of those videos show anything about the oil or the gears.
I do believe the gears on GE's older transmissions with the 1 "see saw" reciprocating gear, ARE metal. But that doesn't tell any of us what oil was used in the case. As far as I know, GE does not sell rebuild parts. You have to get a whole new transmission. They don't even sell oil, from what I can find. Also, AS an engineer, there are in fact, many plastics out there that can replace steel applications. And they can be even better at times, because they can act as their OWN lubricant! In addition, many other parts of the assembly have been thinned out, lightened, and such, where metal gears no longer are needed. Spin-drains are a thing of the past. And no more does a transmission or motor have to spool up a steel tub with 150lbs of water in it. In fact, new top loaders have NO gears at all. No oil. Just a belt and a digitally controlled motor. | ||
| Post# 866503 , Reply# 7 2/10/2016 at 15:22 (2,997 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 866514 , Reply# 8 2/10/2016 at 16:14 (2,997 days old) by glomain (tuscarawas cnty. (eastern ohio)) | ||
John
thanks for clearing that up about SPEED QUEENS ! LOL
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Post# 866534 , Reply# 9 2/10/2016 at 18:03 (2,997 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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90 weight gear oil and metal I think steel is better due to the durability. Also, I have seen the insides of my dad's GE. When I saw the pulley, I noticed how heavy the oil was. There's nothing wrong with the machine. I do notice a faint smell of gear oil during operation, however. | ||
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