Darn that Dominion

[turquoisedude]

Doctrine explains all!!

I also remember that the 'blood lines' of Beatty, Easy, and GSW all ran Incestuously close but like Phil, I was sure that happened in the late 1960s! So by gosh and by golly, I may have the first run of a Beatty-Easy coop project. How exciting!! Now, if I could just get the blessed thing to spin again, I'll be a happy camper... LOL

 

[turquoisedude]

Some progress...

Phil came down to Ogden to lend a hand with the Dominion... Literally! After some unsuccessful tries to pull the drive block yesterday, we tried another tack today (after a trip to the Canadian Tire hardware store in Magog!)

Here's his hands around a puller rigged with a standard bolt in our next attempt at pulling the drive block.

 

[turquoisedude]

It worked! And we were very happy that it was not threaded, trust me!!

 

[turquoisedude]

But here was the next nut to crack... What exactly is holding the inner tub in place...

The chances were 50/50 that it was the spin shaft OR the six screws at the bottom of the tub.

 

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To help out, we had a look under the tub - that remote camera of mine has been a very helpful item!

Note the bolt on the upper right hand side of the photo. We quickly learned that these are mated with the six screws in the tub and ruled them out as being the ones holding the tub down!

 

[turquoisedude]

So now we felt it had to be that post. We tried to unscrew the post but without any luck... We looked underneath again and found this hole, possibly for a set screw, but we left it alone!

So we're stuck here... Is there any kind of special tool that was used for other washers with this kind of a spin tube??

 

[jetcone]

Well I would figure this

the tub is bolted to a plate by those six screws, that plate is what is mounted to the spin tube - by what we don't know yet- but getting the tub out would allow you better access to what is holding the plate down on the spin tube.

 

I just saw there is a hex nut formed to the base of the tub spin tube, that has got to be a big clue! That isn't just formed there to be pretty!! That formed nut could be one giant casting right up to the drive block , and what you do is you just spin the whole thing and it might just screw out and up off the spin shaft thereby releasing the tub to come up and out!

In fact I think thats what it is. A long tube bolt- see there is that red gasket right underneath it , that too is clue.

And the thread of that will be opposite to the spin direction of the tub so that it constantly winds onto the shaft not off in spin.

 

 

 

 

That inner tub picture looks like one of the photos taken of the Titanic wreck deep down under!

 

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[gansky1]

Remote camera!  I know, I feel like we're looking at a deep-water oil well (not gushing oil) - I want one!

 

I humbly went down to the Sacred Ark of the Doctrine this morning to beseech the washer gods for assistance on your behalf.  They gave up the parts manual for this (Easy) washer, Easy Washing Machine Co., Ontario.

 

All Hail Doctrine!

 

 

 

[gansky1]

Front page - authentic Canadian!

 

[gansky1]

Parts explosion

 

[gansky1]

Spin clutch parts

 

[gansky1]

Shafts

 

[Unimatic1140]

Great Doctrine Find Greg!!!

Well if I'm reading this parts list correctly and looking at the shafts, it does appear that the center post does screw onto the spin shaft. Why else would they have formed a big six sided nut into the bottom of the shaft?

Did you guys try heating the area around the nut with a torch? That is what I would do and you'll have to get it really hot and have a really good wrench and carefully pound it with a hammer.

Of course we don't know if it threads to the left or the right, but I would try getting it to turn counterclockwise first.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow!! Greg, this is an amazing find for sure - thank you!!

Phil and I spent a few hours messing around last night and we pretty much came to the same conclusion about that spin shaft; as Jon mentioned, those six screws sure look like they hold the tub in place, but the Easy drawing confirmed our suspicions that they didn't!!.

We tried to undo the hex nut shaft just using a wrench and gently tapping with a hammer (that sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it?) in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions but we couldn't budge it and were a little paranoid about trying too hard and busting something.

Robert, I think that heating the post is indeed the way to go. However I'm a little paranoid about that flexible boot underneath the wash tub! We'll probably have another run at this shortly!

Thanks everyone!! This is quite the adventure!

Now Greg, 'fess up - are you a Closet Canadian?? LOL

 

[jetcone]

What a great find Greg!

His Doctrine  confirmed my suspicions exactly! All Hail  Doctrine! ( even Canadian )

 

Paul, I would get some PB Rust blaster and soak for three days first before heating , that stuff is magic, if Canadian tyre doesn't carry it I can mail you some ---------   for a price...

 

 

My next guess is the threads are cut in a direction so that they drive into the hex bolt shaft during spin so as never to unwind it and loosen the tub!

 

 

 

SA-5474 must hold the 6 bolts but they don't show them in the diagrams - an oversight.

 

This also means a spiralator will fit in YOUR machine!!

 

 

 

[jamman_98]

Observation

Take a closer look. I have This post and the one after it. I think this will answer your question about the tub.  Joe

 

[jamman_98]

Observation 2

If you see this first, look at the previous post just above this.  Joe

 

[turquoisedude]

Off with the post!

The evidence presented here was definitely enough that Phil and I thought we should try to get that hex-nut post removed. We did wind up heating it ever so gently and using a new wrench Phil bought yesterday...

 

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And it worked!!

 

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Again, we took a gentle approach to removing the tub... and failed. Phil tried using a spark-plug socket from a wrench set and tapping moderately gently to free it up. Well, that worked!!

 

[turquoisedude]

The forbidden tub base!

Yes, it does like it was just in a patent of the day doesn't it?? That unusual tub boot was a worry - we being extra careful to avoid damaging it when removing the inner tub and this paid off!

 

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This is what the upper tub clutch and spring assembly look like up close.

 

[turquoisedude]

Look familiar? That clip that jammed up the pump must have sat here for ages judging by the soap film. It looks like one of those old chalk outlines of a murder victim in an old movie...

 

[turquoisedude]

But we still had more dis-assembling to do. To get inside the spin clutch 'dome' we needed to remove the outer tub. That was quite easy (no pun intended) - we just undid the bolts holding the tub to the legs on the washer base.

 

[turquoisedude]

The inner mechanism of the spin 'clutch', based on rollers and as described in the patent. It was like peering back into history!!

 

[turquoisedude]

On the subject of the rollers, here's how this mechanism works:

When the machine is agitating, the spin 'dome' is turning clockwise and the rollers follow. They hit the stops you can see at the left of the picture.

 

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To spin, the motor reverses and turns the spin 'dome' counter-clockwise. The rollers move towards the stops on the right, causing the clutch spring to rise, engage the tub bottom and start spinning.

What went wrong with the Dominion was the rollers were literally 'stuck in a groove' on the left-hand side stops. Years of use and perhaps some deterioration of the material the stops were made of left a small ridge that the rollers got stuck in and would not move to the right when the motor direction shifted.

This was remedied by filing down the ridges, ever so gently yet again.

 

[turquoisedude]

To test our theory, we were fortunate to have the motor and transmission still mounted on the washer base.

And it was good news, indeed! Our fix seemed to work!!

 

[turquoisedude]

After several tests of cycling between spin and agitate, we felt confident enough to try the machine with the tub back in...

But first, I wanted to tidy up the inner wash tub. Look at that shine!! I was told that the washer was regularly used when I bought it, but I think it's previous owners liked their Beatty wringer washer better. It's in wonderful shape!!

 

[turquoisedude]

We got the tub back in but realized that we'd have to be careful about that boot... No worries - we used the remote inspection camera to check that it was seated properly!