nickl
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Hi folks, I picked up a '91 A8740 Maytag washer that was a daily driver until 3 weeks ago. It was reportedly making a 'bad bearing' sound during agitation.
My experience is on a '75 helical A107 and an '01 Performa before this orbital trans one.
The agitator seal had a good 32 year run, but has failed.
The agitator shaft seal area isn't too bad, but the shaft is binding in the trans sleeve bearing. The tub is off, and the pully can be rotated by hand with some effort. The trans and shaft "groan" when the shaft rotates in either direction. The oil was normal in level and it doesn't look very opaque or yellow to me.
I took the clip off the agitator shaft to remove it from the trans, but the shaft is stuck and it won't budge.
I tried tapping on a 19/32" wrench that fits snugly on the shaft between the splines and the seal land, no-go.
I put penetrating oil between the shaft flange and the trans housing overnight...still stuck.
Is there any trick to removing these shafts, and if so what are the chances of the sleeve bearing in the trans actually surviving ?
Or is this when these trans couldn't take a seal+shaft rebuild kit and they went to the trash pile ?
My experience is on a '75 helical A107 and an '01 Performa before this orbital trans one.
The agitator seal had a good 32 year run, but has failed.
The agitator shaft seal area isn't too bad, but the shaft is binding in the trans sleeve bearing. The tub is off, and the pully can be rotated by hand with some effort. The trans and shaft "groan" when the shaft rotates in either direction. The oil was normal in level and it doesn't look very opaque or yellow to me.
I took the clip off the agitator shaft to remove it from the trans, but the shaft is stuck and it won't budge.
I tried tapping on a 19/32" wrench that fits snugly on the shaft between the splines and the seal land, no-go.
I put penetrating oil between the shaft flange and the trans housing overnight...still stuck.
Is there any trick to removing these shafts, and if so what are the chances of the sleeve bearing in the trans actually surviving ?
Or is this when these trans couldn't take a seal+shaft rebuild kit and they went to the trash pile ?