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Post# 1118289   5/25/2021 at 14:05 (1,038 days old) by Laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        

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How would I go about righting the wringer rollers on this. I don’t see a twist knob like some have ?

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Post# 1118299 , Reply# 1   5/25/2021 at 15:41 (1,038 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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If that is a Whirlpool wringer then type is what they called "Mercury", and tension is automatically set, no adjustment by user.

Maytag and many other makers of wringer washers either only offered automatic tension setting, and or also customer adjusted.

Makers of all sorts of wringers and mangles had no end of problems with users making things so tight (in aid of extracting more water), that it caused damage to both textiles and equipment.

For Maytag wringers one could increase tension by adding a second or different (cannot remember atm) set of of bearings. Don't know if that is possible with Whirlpool, but the service manual is available in library for downloading.


Post# 1119239 , Reply# 2   6/4/2021 at 08:55 (1,028 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)        

Just clamp it closed and that should do the trick.

Post# 1119250 , Reply# 3   6/4/2021 at 10:19 (1,028 days old) by Laundryboy (Orlando Florida & Moravia NY. )        

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Oh I meant once it’s closed is there a way to tighten it like some models have that option


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