I'm going to post this so folks that perform a Clutch Pulley One-way bearing and Upper One-Way bearing ring clean up and relube are on borrowed time before DC/UC unbalance errors return.

Replacing the clutch pulley or cleaning up and relubing the Upper One-Way Bearings used in what I call the 1st generation Outer Tub design of FAV6800A's or FAV9800A's which uses the Upper One-Way Bearing is a temp fix to unbalance errors in spin cycle ditto for or what I call the 2nd generation Outer Tub design. That design has the Upper One Bearing ring functionality integrated into a lower outer tub bearing assembly i.e. a CSK207 bearing type........no Upper One-Way Bearing ring above the Clutch Pulley.

The longer lasting fix is do a Outer Tub rebuild. A minimum rebuild would just be to replace the Tub Seal and Tranny O-ring. If the machine sounds like a freight train coming down the tracks then a complete Outer Tub rebuild is called for. By that I mean Outer Tub bearings and Spinner Support bearings.

See this rebuild thread;
http://forum.appliancepartspros.com/washer-repair/167669-fav6800a-fav9800a-outer-tub-bearing-replacement.html

This rebuild is not for everyone skill set and downtime factor in.

I knew nothing about the machine before I dove in. I pick up throw away machines and used parts cheap and will extend the useful life of the machine way past it's poor design. Search dh1200s in the search box for other failure issues I have commented on for the machine.

Good luck to everyone with your new machines and I hope the new machines provide years of reliable operation....Dick

Thanks for responding.

I read through that quite thoroughly and removed and reattached the clutch four times now. It looks just like item 5 in the outer tub breakaway diagram (05-Outer Tub parts for Maytag FAV6800AWW - AppliancePartsPros.com) without the plastic part directly below part 21 (Jam Nut). Is that what you mean by the "Upper One-Way bearing ring"? I've seen that mentioned several times, but it doesn't have a separate itemization code on the clutch assembly so I wasn't sure if that was it or not.

I've straightened out the spring's kinks and the clutch seems to be operating quite nicely with a thorough cleaning and new grease. When it spins CCW, the lifter assembly rotate briefly, then locks in place for the spin cycle. When it moves CW, the lifter assemblies AND the tub spin slowly. Despite that, it seems to get thrown off balance CW. It spins nicely during the CCW spin cycle (once I get the clothes distributed evenly). It still seems to have trouble getting the clothes evenly distributed at first though. Is it supposed to rotate the tub while it's distributing the load in the CW direction?

Anyways, I'm at a loss. The clutch looks like it's operating normally, but the load is still unbalanced and I still get a DC error code more often than not.

Yes that is correct.

Great feed back so you do not have the Upper One-Bearing Bearing ring installed above your Clutch Pulley correct?. If so I call your outer tub design the 2nd generation design where the that Upper One-way bearing ring function has been moved to the Lower Outer Tub bearing.

That One Bearing in the Lower Outer Tub bearing assembly prevents the spinner support shaft attached to the Wash Basket from rotating CW during Clutch Pulley CW rotation the wash/agitate cycle, but allows the wash basket to rotate CCW with CCW Clutch Pulley rotation the Spin Cycle.

The Upper One-Way bearing ring in 1st gen Outer Tubs has that functionality.

So your wash basket is rotating slow CW rotation in the wash/agitate cycle and throws DC unbalance errors but operates normal in the Spin Cycle? Is that correct?

If so the only way to get the machine back to normal operation is to replace that Lower Outer tub bearing with a CSK207 bearing and some shims............an outer Tub rebuild.

In this post http://forum.appliancepartspros...bearing-replacement.html

You will find info on how to replace that bearing assembly.

I'm at work with limited time to respond but will try to help if you decide to repair the machine.

Dick

OK

If you could check this for me does your wash basket rotate slowly rotate CW when you are in wash cycle.....CW Clutch Pulley rotation?

Pics to show exploded view of Clutch Pulley assembly.

New Clutch Pulley with Upper One-Way bearing ring resting on top of Clutch Pulley.

If you don't have that Upper One-Way bearing ring you have a 2nd gen Outer Tub design...........Dick

I just gave away a very nice Neptune TL with the problem as mentioned . I took the clutch apart several times and thought I had it cured from the non spin situation when the DC code was present. The only way I could get the water to spin out was to run the washer on the very lowest spin speed. Clothes were still quite damp. If I put the controls to run at the high speed spin it would not work. Bought a new Speed Queen which is not very effecient but supposed to be much more reliable over the long run. Doing the math I figure we saved about $350 over the last 8 years in water and power use and sewer charges. That is about what I figure it would cost for repair parts for the Neptune