Recent content by amanaguy

Yes thats right Your also right about both sites being closed, Whirlpool shut them down in 2006 and as far as i know the plant in Herrin was totally stripped because Whirlpool didn't want another washer/dryer plant starting up there again. I think Amana may still have the site here open to...

Herrin Maytag's Herrin Maytag's have model numbers AAV, CAV, PAV, MAV and LNC. The herrin made machines are more dependable than the machines that were manufactured here simply because the tub seals seem to hold up better. These are usually very quiet machines that are known to have issues with...

Well.... It broke today. I did a load of towels and noticed the washer wasn't clunking on the spin cycle and when i went to check it wasn't doing anything but draining.I called Maytag/Whirlpool and apparently the transmission is no longer under warranty. Guess this means it will have to be...

So how do you tell if it isn't milled correctly? If i buy a new transmission would there be any way of knowing that it was just going to add up to another bad tub seal in 2 or 3 years? if thats the case i would probably just start using my Amana again. I also have to ask, if Maytag SAV washers...

Hi, I'm new to this site and it seems allot of your posts are against Maytag SAV washers due to leaky tub seals and such. Unfortunately i know about that all to well as I have repaired the complete tub seal and bearing assembly 3 times in this washer and once in my similar Amana washer. I live...