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Thread Number: 95552
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Kenmore Centerpost Bearing Replacement |
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Post# 1202142 , Reply# 1 3/23/2024 at 07:23 by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Installing center post bearings in a whirlpool built washer
You can definitely drive the center post bearings and seals in without the tool if you’re careful. I used to know one repair man that just used a wooden dowel. That was just small enough to go inside the center post and would drive the bearings in with it, you could also use a plastic tube, we have pieces of aluminum tubing that whirlpool supplied for doing this when they added an extra bearing to the top bearing on the compact belt drive machines in the 70s and it worked quite well.
John | ||
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Post# 1204110 , Reply# 3 4/26/2024 at 09:23 by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Rubber cushioned center post bearings
For a short time, whirlpool had a bearing that had a rubber ring between bearing material and a steel sleeve, the bearing you got is completely interchangeable, but you must get that steel sleeve out of the center post for the bearing to fit.
I have a whole box of brand new rubber Isolated bearings for belt drive washers, I think they might improve alignment problems, and they also might make the machine slightly quieter, but I’ve never release experimented with them. I would post a picture of them if you’re curious but I’m away from my shop. I’m out in the Midwest still visiting a lot of the washer people. | ||
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Post# 1204116 , Reply# 4 4/26/2024 at 14:24 by kenmore70 (New York) |
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Thanks John, I will get that steel sleeve out of the center post. | ||
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