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AaronG and richappy,
Thanks for the advice. I'll probably order new springs and a break kit but not for some time. The wife reached her limit and I bought her a new washer. I'm keeping this one for now and will make these repairs in the near future.
Thanks all for the assistance. I'll post the results in a few weeks when I can get back to this.
Ciao,
Joe
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Great advice and I think you can lift the whole tranny with a pry bar and shims without pulling off the springs.
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Replace the break pads. there is 3 of them and they come in a kit with new bolts.
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Your tranny is not supposed to spin while agitating. This will bunch up the clothes resulting in the unbalanced condition. Probably need a new tranny.
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The springs do affect the tub blanace and centering.
Nat
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I must be a glutten for punishment because I went ahead and took one more look to see why this beast is overflowing. Well, with my very limited knowledge of washers I went ahead and raised the lid and watched the wash cycle. Here is what I found:
--Large to Xtra-large load; had one blanket and some misc. clothes to balance the load
--Filled with water fine
--During the agitation cycle the inner tub spins
--Spinning of the inner tub results in water shooting up through a plastic cover-like piece attached to the top of the tub. (This plastic piece looks like it should operate to allow overflowing water to flow back down into the tub.) Not sure what it is called.
--The tub will not center itself. If I push it to one side or the other it stays in place (off-center)
--Spin cycle works fine. The tub drains and the agitator stays in place while the tub spins.
Questions:
1) Should the inner tub spin while the washer is agitating? If not, is this a problem with the control mechanism?
2) Why is the tub not centering itself? I've replaced the snubber and checked it for proper seating. Can the springs also affect the centering by losing their tension (13 years old) and if so should I replace them?
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Well, I've reseated the snubber and adjusted the lid switch. I am now back to where I started...the machine just overflowed while washing a couple of blankets. It seemed to run fine for the first two loads after making the adjustments.
I just don't get it. Any final thoughts? If not I'm off to Lowe's for a new one.
Thanks in advance,
joe
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Quite possibly, I would suggest replacing the lid switch and maybe the snubber again, making sure it seated correctly
Nat
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Well, the washer isn't overflowing any longer but it has now become very sensitive to becoming off-balance. The loads seem no different than usual but we are having to re-balance the load 2 or 3 times and then push the lid down while the spin cycle starts (this also happens during the wash cycle as it spins out to prep for the rinse cycle).
Any thoughts on this? Could I have bent the switch mechanism when I had the lid up on the initial repair?
Appreciate all inputs.
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Ok, so I adjusted the snubber and it overflowed again during the wash/agitation cycle. It is now in the spin cycle and doing fine. I noticed that it kept starting and stopping in the spin cycle. Seems the lid switch/mechanism is not seating; I ended up holding the lid down with a little extra pressure while the spin cycle started until it was up and running.
Anyway, this is where its at. More to follow when the cycle ends.
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