Thread Number: 86117
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag A608 Slow Agitation |
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Post# 1106788 , Reply# 1   2/4/2021 at 18:51 (1,174 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 1106805 , Reply# 3   2/4/2021 at 21:22 (1,174 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1106863 , Reply# 6   2/5/2021 at 10:39 (1,174 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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The slider and belt tension arrangement accounts for slippage. When the trans oil is cold that's enough extra load on the pulley to make the belt slip. You can hear it happening. Switch low, that sound goes away.
To get you through winter, start the machine on low speed. Depending how cold your laundry area is, after about 5 min go back and switch to high. You only have to to that once, for the first of sequential loads. |
Post# 1106877 , Reply# 7   2/5/2021 at 11:45 (1,173 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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Post# 1106883 , Reply# 8   2/5/2021 at 13:11 (1,173 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 1106896 , Reply# 9   2/5/2021 at 14:15 (1,173 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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We dealt with this issue when our A206 lived in our garage. It was slow going with the first load during the winter months.
What doesn't add up, for me at least, is how changing the speed setting back and forth immediately resolves the problem. This makes me think old, cold transmission oil isn't the main issue. Would a bad belt instantly stop slipping? I'm not so sure about that either. |