1956 Kenmore Cycla Fabric Kickout switch

[kenmore70]

I’m restoring a 1956 Kenmore Cycla Fabric washer and I believe this was the only model that had this type of kickout switch shown in the picture. I took it off the machine and the parts fell out and I don’t know how they go back together. The switch is there but not shown in the picture. There is also a button at the bottom of the rod that you push up on from the bottom of the cabinet to reset it , it is missing. I was wondering if anyone had a parts diagram that showed how the parts should go. I could always bypass it if I had to but would rather not do that.

 

[combo52]

One year only off-balance switch

I had heard about these, but never even saw one in person, I wonder if it was even used on all of that one year 1956 Kenmore cyclafabric washer.

Unless you’re worried about losing points at the concourse judging of vintage restored washers, I would definitely bypass it as I have done hundreds of times on Belt drive Kenmore washers till the end of the production of them.

The unbalanced switches on Kenmore belt Drive machine serves no practical purpose, which is why whirlpool never used them on the whirlpool machines, it was just a sales gimmick so that Sears could claim they had a better machine than the whirlpool.

I suspect these may have even been bypassed by Sears repairman, around 1958 whirlpool came up with a two way sudssaver valve that was activated by the wigwag solenoids instead of having a big heavy solenoid on the two valve assembly, that didn’t last a year whirlpool had a kit to put a regular valve in place of it.

John

 

[maytag85]

I wonder if it’s possible to put an off balance switch on my Whirlpool

 

[combo52]

You can add an off-balance switch

To about any whirlpool or Kenmore full sized belt drive washer built 1957 or later.

I can’t imagine why anybody would want to turn their wonderful automatic washer into one that would require two trips to the basement to rearrange a load however it can be done easily. I’m sure I saved a lot of the 100s of off-balance switches We disconnected on all the machines we sold over the years if someone wants one.

John