Thread Number: 82413
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Frigidaire Unimatic Problem |
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Post# 1064607 , Reply# 1   3/25/2020 at 17:53 (1,285 days old) by Tomturbomatic ![]() |
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There is a shift solenoid that might not be working properly or, horror of horrors, it might be something inside the mechanism. |
Post# 1064611 , Reply# 2   3/25/2020 at 18:45 (1,285 days old) by JesseD (Saint Marys, Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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If it were the solenoid would it spin at all? |
Post# 1064620 , Reply# 3   3/25/2020 at 20:09 (1,285 days old) by thomasortega ![]() |
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Torque spring maybe? I've heard that horror story once.... |
Post# 1064621 , Reply# 4   3/25/2020 at 20:28 (1,285 days old) by swestoyz ![]() |
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Do you hear the solenoid snap confidently into spin AND it continues to agitate, or as previously suggested is the linkage not properly engaging the trip shaft? Is it not fully getting up to speed?
You should be able to manually move the trip shaft with ease. Otherwise, it sounds like it might be a torque spring which will require a full re-operation to replace the spring. Ben www.automaticwasher.org/c... (Thread with a link to a Youtube video showing the symptoms of a broken spring) www.automaticwasher.org/c... www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/... |
Post# 1064624 , Reply# 5   3/25/2020 at 21:58 (1,285 days old) by twintubdexter ![]() |
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![]() I replaced a lot of torque springs for that same problem. I can still remember the box they came in, wrapped in this oiled parchment like paper. I only go as far back as Frigidaire blue & white boxes, although I remember old stuff in the parts department in blue & yellow boxes. Either way...I'm old!
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Post# 1064651 , Reply# 6   3/26/2020 at 00:48 (1,285 days old) by Tomturbomatic ![]() |
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I remember the blue and yellow boxes and the oiled paper. |
Post# 1065131 , Reply# 7   3/29/2020 at 20:40 (1,281 days old) by JesseD (Saint Marys, Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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I did not get to check to solenoid shifter yet but I did try to just run spin with nothing in the machine and the agitator goes up and down while it starts spinning and eventually after some speed gets built up it stops moving and gets up to full speed spin |
Post# 1066808 , Reply# 9   4/10/2020 at 18:03 (1,269 days old) by Unimatic1140 ![]() |
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