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Dale Miller  
#1 Posted : Monday, June 30, 2008 7:36:28 AM(UTC)
Dale Miller

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I have a question concerning the transmission in my washer. Three weeks ago my wife told me that she smelled a burning odor while washing a load of clothes. I removed the front panel and checked the belts. I noticed that the transmission belt was slightly burnt so I tried rotating the drum by pulling on the belt, i also tried turning the drum from inside of the washer. It didn't give any trouble in turning from the bottom or the inside of the washer so I replaced the bad belt. I thought that it might be the transmission at this time since we have recently noticed a few drops of an oily substance starting to appear on the clothing.

Well, three weeks have gone by and my wife asked me to look at the washer this past Saturday. As I approached the washer I noticed a thin smoke rising from the front of the washer and immediately unplugged the trouble maker. The best I can figure is that the Trans is going out and would like some instruction as what to look for...

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kdegru  
#2 Posted : Sunday, April 10, 2011 5:03:11 PM(UTC)
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I have a older A511 two belt washer and experienced the same thing. It has a damaged transmission drive belt. This was caused by an agitator shaft that was gradually becoming frozen and loading down the transmission when in agitate mode. I first replaced the belt but then watched the washer operate by defeating the lid switch and saw that the agitator was moving slowly and erratically at times. It finally froze up altogether and would stall the motor. I stopped trying to use the machine or testing it in agitate mode for fear of damaging the drive motor. I have completely dissasembled the washer down to the old type flat transmission unit. After separating the top of the transmission and examining the agitator shaft (stem) I proved that it was this that had become frozen. Maybe water got down into the stem because the 27 year old stem seal had probably failed. I used Keystone penetrating oil with time and patience to free up the stem shaft and now I am read for reasembly with a new stem seal kit and a new outer tub bearing kit. I also plan to replace the transmission oil just to be sure it was not contaminated by any water that may have made it's way into the transmission case. Back to the original poster's question about burning smell. It could have been the drive belts or an over loaded or stalled motor. Definetly something is being loaded too heavily. Do not run it any more until you correct the problem.
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