|
Thread Number: 64526
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 3/11/2016 |
[Down to Last] |  |
|
Post# 871855 , Reply# 2 3/11/2016 at 07:00 (2,967 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
||
Last Of The Speed Queen Solid Tub Washers Yes these were the last of the famous SQ commercial washers and we usually found in a busy coin laundry store these machines would usually put in around 10 years service before they got changed out and junked. The interesting thing was in home use this style SQ washer also usually only lasted 8-15 years before they were no longer practical to keep running.
ST SQs were an old 50s design and suffered from having too many cast pot-metal parts exposed to water which really limits the life of a washer. { there were no stamped aluminum parts in a SQ washer ] Weak areas included the water pump, agitator post and shaft, the fluid drive assembly and main motor.
By the 70s SQ really started to lose out to the more durable Maytag washers in laundromats, the easier to repair GE FFs and even Whirlpool Belt Drive washers were really giving SQ a run for its money by the 70s.
John L. | ||
| Post# 871858 , Reply# 3 3/11/2016 at 07:46 (2,967 days old) by A440 () | ||
|
There are a few Laundromats in the Atlanta area that still have this SQ front loaders. Such a fun machine to use! | ||
| Post# 871859 , Reply# 4 3/11/2016 at 07:52 (2,967 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
|
John L., The gear case looked like aluminum to me. Is it cast? | ||
|
Post# 871876 , Reply# 5 3/11/2016 at 10:26 (2,967 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
||
|
SQ Gear case | ||
| Post# 871983 , Reply# 6 3/12/2016 at 00:18 (2,966 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
Cast Aluminum... | ||
| Forum Index: |
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
