A Cavalcade of WO-65-2 Unimatics - Part V

[Unimatic1140]

MYSTERY SOLVED

Well as promised I took apart the bad transmission tonight, you know the one that was completely missing its pulsator shaft. First I noticed that the transmission housing had been siliconed to the base so I knew that someone else had been inside the transmission before me, most likely the previous owner. After opening the housing I realized that the crankshaft sleeve had broken off. At that point the mechanism had to have been opened to see what went very wrong and the pulsator shaft had been completely removed. It appears that after the pulsator shaft was removed this machine was just set back up to be used as a spinner/extractor as no agitation could ever take place using the transmission. Here are some photos to show what had happened…

 

[Unimatic1140]

Here is a chart to make it easier, I've colored the Pulsator shaft blue and the sleeve that had broken off the Crankshaft in red...

 

[Unimatic1140]

NOW FOR SOME FUN!

How about a video of the new and restored WO-65-2 spinning off its wash water in its second load...

The video is 7.7mb, high quality so do a right click and select save target as to save it to your hard drive first...

WO-65-2 Wash Spin Off 7.7mb

 

[tlee618]

Another beautiful restoration,and another vintage machine saved, amazing you must be very proud. Thanks so much for the video. Terry

 

[peterh770]

Is there anything salvagable from this bad mechanism?

 

[spiraclean]

Direct Drive

Hi Robert,
Great video I just love watching the Frigidares running. I love the noise as it starts to spin, is the basket being driven directly by the motor on spin or is there a clutch to all the basket to catch up with the speed of the motor?

All the best.
Hugh

 

[peteski50]

Unimatics

Robert,
You did such a beautiful job on this machine.
Best Wishes,
Peter

 

[gyrafoam]

Other than the sludge in the bottom of the mechanism base, this mechanism looks pretty clean. Must not have had any other issues. So now what-----punch out what is left of the sleeve (at the attachment point) and attach a new one to the crankshaft?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Hi everyone,

Hugh: There is no clutch what so ever as you can see in the video the washer throws the water out of the tub into the cabinet with incredible force due to the fact that it is directly driven off of a 1140rpm motor.

Peter: everything can be saved from this mechanism except for the Crankshaft and Sleeve. Of course the pulsator shaft is missing, but the rest will be spare parts.

Steve: The Sleeve is machined and welded directly into the crankshaft so there is no saving this cranshaft, sleeve and gear assembly. The gear does comes off so I will save that. The replacement part comes with the crankshaft/sleeve.

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi Robert...Great Video. I sure enjoy watching 1140 RPM spin.

 

[customline]

WOW!

That's a hell of a spin!

 

[spiraclean]

No Clutch

Hi Robert,
I though as much but never having experienced a Unimatic in the flesh I was not totally sure. I just love the noise of that high torque Induction Motor bringing the basket effortlessly up to 1140 RPM, I can see you love those Frigidaire’s so much.

Thank you
All the best.
Hugh