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Thread Number: 70529
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag washer Model # A606 oil leak - Can you help? |
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Post# 934704 , Reply# 4 4/26/2017 at 15:17 (2,550 days old) by Gyrafoam  (Wytheville, VA) |
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Drive shaft seal. You will need plenty of room to move around. | ||
| Post# 934759 , Reply# 6 4/26/2017 at 18:52 (2,550 days old) by duke () | ||
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Membership pays sir. Once you join, Your questions will lessen.I found enough information with pictures and interaction to sheepishly call myself an expert concerning my own machine.Welcome | ||
| Post# 935202 , Reply# 7 4/28/2017 at 21:13 (2,548 days old) by 357Dee (Holdrege, NE) | ||
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Noted. Thank you. In the mean time, pics of the bottom of the machine...Not sure if they help. Purchased some service lit, hoping to find how to replace the drive shaft seal. If you have any tips or pointers, I'm all ears. Again, many, many thanks for the input. | ||
| Post# 935203 , Reply# 8 4/28/2017 at 21:23 (2,548 days old) by duke () | ||
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Noted,Oil leak-What service literature did you purchase ? | ||
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Post# 935218 , Reply# 9 4/28/2017 at 22:29 (2,548 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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If the machine runs fine, I'd clean up the oil and keep washing. I've seen a lot worse than that and the washer will run for a long time with a drip of oil now and then. Oil always looks disastrous when it's splattered about, but Maytags can run for years like this.
If the transmission becomes sluggish at start of agitation, you have a significant loss of oil, or see signs of oil in the wash basket, then you will need to rebuild it. Better still, keep your eyes on Craigslist around the general area for another nice Maytag washer, which you're likely to find fairly easily and cheaper than the combined new parts you'll need to rebuild this one. Maytags are pretty plentiful out here on the Mighty Prairie. | ||
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Post# 935275 , Reply# 11 4/29/2017 at 09:58 (2,548 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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An orbit of options
Forgive me if its been said and i missed it but another option would be to put an orbital transmission in it. You should be able to still buy a new one. Its probably the most expensive options but would be the easy/faster option to a rebuild if time is limited. If you choose this option its highly recommended to replace the agitator with one that was designed to be used with the orbital transmission. The base is smaller in diameter to allow for the faster agitation.
Just a thought. | ||
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