Thread Number: 81093
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag 712 Slows Near End of Spray Rinse |
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Post# 1051074   11/15/2019 at 01:03 (1,621 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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I mentioned this problem in another Maytag thread, but have decided it needs its own discussion.
Advice in the other thread was to check pump belt tension. I did, and it was loose (the belt could be squeezed in the middle and both sides would readily touch -- while keeping the motor stationary) so I adjusted it to proper specs.
I ran a load of towels as an acid test and all seemed fine until toward the end of the spray rinse, when the tub slowed way down and as a result the pumping action slowed too, contributing to the drastically reduced spin speed.
Final spin was fine all the way through.
I replaced the pump belt a few years ago, but couldn't find a Newton Maytag OEM one. This machine isn't a daily driver, so the belt is super low mileage. I got a new after market drive belt at the same time, but it didn't compare to the OEM Maytag belt that still looked decent, so I didn't install it. Could either belt be the problem? If not, what else could be the causing this? |
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Post# 1051092 , Reply# 1   11/15/2019 at 04:18 (1,621 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 1051098 , Reply# 2   11/15/2019 at 06:23 (1,621 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 1051108 , Reply# 3   11/15/2019 at 07:36 (1,621 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 1051128 , Reply# 4   11/15/2019 at 11:19 (1,621 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1051130 , Reply# 5   11/15/2019 at 11:57 (1,621 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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My Maytag used to do this when I had the end of the drain hose up too high. |
Post# 1051146 , Reply# 6   11/15/2019 at 14:38 (1,621 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Thanks guys.
I was thinking suds lock, but I use the same h-e detergent as the Neptune FL gets, and I feel I'm fairly conservative with it considering how much more water the 712 uses on a full load. I was absolutely sure that it was suds lock after I first got the machine and was thrilled to use Mexican powder in it, but this latest situation had me scratching my head. There's no suds whatsoever on the surface of the water during agitation, so I figured it had to be something else.
When we had an A206 for many years, this never happened, and that was before h-e detergents dominated the store shelves. Could this be a common flaw in the larger tub models' design since mechanical specs are, I presume, no different from the smaller tub models?
Since it just so happens that the last two or three loads I've done in this machine all consisted of towels, I'll run a different type of load and see what happens.
Todd, I had the lid open for the spray rinse sequence and noticed that the fabric softener cup empties early on in the spin process -- well before top speed is reached -- so in my case the FS dispensing wasn't an issue.
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Post# 1051179 , Reply# 7   11/15/2019 at 20:57 (1,620 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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