Brake Assembly

Washer Repair
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I have a Maytag A712 washer that is leaking oil from what looks like the brake assy. Maytag part # 6-201190 or your part # AP4373089. Should this be leaking any oil at all? Is this the correct part to replace? If I do will it stop? Is it filled with oil? If I replace the whole assy. do I need to be worried about the spring tension?

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Is the washer still working OK? If it is, I would just keep using it. Its pretty normal for these to leak oil at the age it is. Unless the oil is getting all over the belts it shouldn’t be a problem. The brake assembly isn’t full of oil, but there is some in it. The oil was to keep the brake from sticking. If it starts doing that you can oil it, but as long as it works OK, I’d leave it alone.

I’ve changed a few brakes in the last 20 years, and its not an easy job. You need to get everything back together just right. It helps to have the manual to go though it step by step. Figure a couple of hours to do it.

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[quote=ThatGuy;421176]Is the washer still working OK? If it is, I would just keep using it. Its pretty normal for these to leak oil at the age it is. Unless the oil is getting all over the belts it shouldn’t be a problem. The brake assembly isn’t full of oil, but there is some in it. The oil was to keep the brake from sticking. If it starts doing that you can oil it, but as long as it works OK, I’d leave it alone.

I’ve changed a few brakes in the last 20 years, and its not an easy job. You need to get everything back together just right. It helps to have the manual to go though it step by step. Figure a couple of hours to do it.[/quote]

It is still working fine but it makes a mess. We want to move it from a tile floor to one wih new carpet. Any ideas?

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I personally, would never put a washer on carpet. Especially carpet with a pad. If I had a dollar for every time I had to tell someone the reason their washer was bouncing around was because its setting on carpet I’d be rich. Not to mention that all washers at some point leak oil, or burnt belt pieces, leak water, or water with rust. With carpet underneath them, you may not find out about the water leak until the floor is already rotting. I’ve seen it before.

But if you have to do it, you could change out the brake, and clean up the whole bottom of the washer at the same time. Good luck with it.