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Thread Number: 72985
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Getting a Maytag Orbital Washer Home |
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Post# 964165 , Reply# 1 10/24/2017 at 17:04 (2,369 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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finding one of those original braces is next to impossible.....
for the most part, not like it would hurt to lay on any side of those machines, done it plenty of times with many machines..... but if you feel compelled, and you would have to take off the front, but in using something like what is used in this thread, it would secure and stabilize the inner workings... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK | ||
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Post# 964168 , Reply# 3 10/24/2017 at 17:35 (2,369 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 964454 , Reply# 5 10/26/2017 at 23:41 (2,366 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 964466 , Reply# 6 10/27/2017 at 05:34 (2,366 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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LAT Series Maytag Washer Looks Like it is in great condition.
I would just drain the water from the pump by taking one of the hoses off the pump, otherwise you will spill antifreeze in your vehicle when you lay the machine on its side.
Maytag helical drive washers can have heavy power draw issues when starting because of the lack of a real spin clutch. You can easily add a start capacitor to make the starts more positive.
Another really great upgrade to this washer is a MT Load-Sensor agitator, they really help the turn over and lessen clothing damage while actually being able to wash decent size loads.
The other thing that is a great upgrade if you are going to use this washer much is to find a 50 cycle motor pulley and set of 50 cycle belts, the 15% speed increase really gets the lead out so to speak and ups the performance closer to a vintage WP [ BD or DD ], KM, GE FF or even a Norge washer.
John L. | ||
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Post# 964527 , Reply# 7 10/27/2017 at 11:42 (2,366 days old) by Losangeles (Muscle Shoals, AL 35661) |
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LAT Series Maytag Washer Very nice and clean. Great pictures. I just brought home a Maytag Model 282 except my transmission is looking nothing like yours. Mine does not have the cone shaped piece on the shaft. Question: I have some light scattered rust on the base. 1. Is it better to remove and paint or just leave it alone? 2. What is the difference between a ORBITAL DRIVE TRANMSISSIONS and a HELICAL TRANSMISSION and which is the better, or is this a topic for different opinions? Thanks | ||
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Post# 964529 , Reply# 8 10/27/2017 at 11:59 (2,366 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Real Maytag Washer Transmissions | ||
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Post# 964531 , Reply# 9 10/27/2017 at 12:18 (2,366 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Both transmissions are helical-drive. What's commonly called "helical" is more correctly called "pitman." The difference is the internal design & gears. Pitman has a longer, slower stroke similar to a classic WP belt-drive. Orbital has a shorter, faster stroke similar to a WP direct-drive. This thread has internal diagrams of both types. This video at 5min 17sec briefly shows how the orbital gearing transfers oscillation to the agitator shaft. | ||
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Post# 964839 , Reply# 10 10/29/2017 at 16:14 (2,364 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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When the knob is pushed in is it supposed to have to be held down to actually adjust the timer? I didn't remember it being like that a year or two ago but I also didn't take notes at the time either. | ||
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Post# 964841 , Reply# 11 10/29/2017 at 16:20 (2,364 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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That Operation | ||
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Post# 964848 , Reply# 12 10/29/2017 at 16:53 (2,364 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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that's almost a Maytag trait.....
for years Maytags had a spring loaded cycle knob for the washer....you always had to keep tension while turning the knob... I want to say it started back on the Highlander machines.... until this was mentioned, I don't know any other machine to have this.... I do recall certain Kenmore/Whirlpools that had a push-to-start, rather than pull.. I figured the push-to-stop was incorporated as a panic stop device! | ||
| Post# 1018048 , Reply# 14 12/14/2018 at 19:14 (1,952 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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