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[bpetersxx]

Yep burned the main drive belt on the Harvest gold 806

Transmission locked up

Bad agitator shaft althou I wonder if the bearing or seals around the shaft is what locked the shaft up

Well in any case new agitator shaft put into the transmission

 

[beekeyknee]

Pete,

You did put a new agitator shaft in the 806 transmission? If you did, will you describe the process you went through to accomplish this task.

If memory serves me correctly, is this the machine that sheared off the drive shaft groove pin inside the trans. and you pulled the shaft out and the pinion was left inside?

If this is what happened, how did you hold the gear case cover and the drive shaft still while you pushed that new groove pin back through the pinion and shaft? Especially with that spring washer between the pinion and the trans. neck.

It would seem to take quite a contraption to hold all of those things still and in the proper position. All I can think of is a configuration of vices, a gear form with a hole in it for the pin to drop through and a hydraulic press with a 1/4 inch punch to drive that pin.

I'm not going to hit it with a mini-sledge to get it out. It's too risky. A machine shop would have to do it, but it seems it would take special equipment.

It may be noisy after the drive shaft is replaced, but you said yours was completely quite after the procedure, if I recall correctly.

That pin needs to be pushed in there under pressure, not banged on. What was the procedure, if you don't mind?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[cadman]

Burning Belts

Yeah, those Maytag burning belts really drive me nuts. Talk about a design flaw! Seems like I've already gone through 5 sets of the things! 10 years of service between replacement is simply unacceptable! Maybe it's time for a new washer....
(tongue planted firmly in cheek)

OK, I have seen glazed belts before, but they're typically the result of chronic overloading. Seizing of a pulley would do it too, but that's pretty obscure. It's amazing the abuse these Maytags take where lesser washers have failed and been replaced (over...and over...and over).

 

[bpetersxx]

Brian

I think one of the other members machines was the one that had the shaft come out of the tranmission

Mine was still in the transmission when I sent it to the repair shop

I know that they took out the transmission and placed it in a vice so they could work on it

I think they punched the pin out with a punch and hammer

they checked out every bit of that transmission before they reassembled it so they would not have to diassenble it again

I also got a new outer tub because they found that the tub had rust in it and since they had it disassembled it was a good idea