[sidfink43]

Wow

Again, I admire your perserverance and I really appreciate the detail that you are giving. It is very helpful for me and I am sure for the large number of others who are viewing these postings.

I think there is a good chance the pump will solve your problem, it does sound like your brakes are engaging and releasing as they should.

The shavings from the snubber are worrisome, but since they are new lets see if the pump fixes the uneven spin, which should stop the snubbers from wearing.

Good luck, keep posting. At the end of this you will know this machine quite well!

[MPHCO]

Ha!

Well, I definitely am getting well schooled in this model of Maytag!

Thanks for your support.

So, it sounds like you agree the brake assembly and thrust bearing is ok? I still have the old snubber and it doesn't look very worn. Is there something obvious or not so obvious about the snubber and its interface to the base or stator I may have missed?

What about the corn starch thing? Does it serve a real purpose?

[sidfink43]

Replacing the snubber ring is pretty routine, the difficult part is getting to it and the cost of the special tools. If you had not replaced it I would have said that was your likely problem. Now you just need to check that it is on correctly and not off center. Even though you saw shavings I am hoping it is still ok since it is new.

The corn starch is pretty important, it is a dry lubricant (the snubber gets oily and you have problems) and in fact that is what is put on at the factory.

Let's just hope the pump gets things going correctly.

[MPHCO]

I'm pretty sure the snubber is installed correctly. Here's a few pics:

[sidfink43]

Looks good, lets see what the pump does for you

[MPHCO]

REceived the new pump today and put it all back together. Funny how it takes me no time at all now.

Everything seems to be doing good now. I've run a med and a large load, only a bit of big wobble after most of the water gets drained and it starts spinning faster, then it evens out to only a slight wobble. But it all seems to be within normal range. Washer runs very quiet now.

One last question though. I seem to remember that during the one of the spin cycles it would spray a little water in now and then, it doesn't seem to do that anymore. But, I may be mistaken. Any thoughts on that?

sidfink - thanks for your help and support. It definitely helped to have a second set of eyes on this. Of course now I wonder if the transmission was ever bad to start with now that I know more about how it works. Hopefully this washer will last a bunch more years now that it has a bunch of new parts!

[sidfink43]

Well, thanks but you know, you did all the work. Repairing Maytag's is not easy, and takes a lot of patience and skill so you are to be congratulated.

Some washers do have a feature where they spray water in during the spin cycle, I just do not know if yours is one of them. I never thought it did all that much, so if you do not have it you haven't lost anything special.

With those parts your washer should last a long time, just don't do what my kids do, that is, overfill it. (how do you stop them from doing that??)

With your skills and experience you can keep this machine going indefinitely. Be sure to tell everyone of your success, it will confuse your enemies and astonish your friends.

Also thanks for updating us. As you can see a lot of folks viewed this posting and it has to be very helpful for them.

[MPHCO]

I may have to advertise to fix this specific model!

I do hope this helps someone else with this type of Maytag. Seems that they have these types of problems fairly often.

Cheers!