Whats that smell in my front load washer?
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If you have an unpleasant smell coming from your front load washer, don’t fear, Affresh is near.
The big draw for consumers to use front load washers is they are “eco-friendly”. Front load washers use much less water than the top load washers; the problem with this is that the front loaders begin to accumulate dirt and detergent residue.
There are a few problems that the residue causes: Read more
Changing a Washer Coupling
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There is a design on some Whirlpool/Kitchen-Aid/Kenmore washing machines called Direct Drive. This machine is a forward/reversing style of washer. The motor drives one direction to wash, stops, reverses and goes the other direction to spin and pump. The timer is responsible for cycling the motor back and forth.
As the “direct drive” name indicates, there is no belt on this machine. It has a coupler between the motor and the gear box. Most direct drive washers are a neutral drain washer, which means the timer allows the washer to pump out the water and then the timer pauses the washer so the neutral drive in the transmission can reset for spinning, and when the timer allows the washer to start back up again, the pumping will continue and spinning will occur.
The key to know when the coupler may be broken is Read more
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