Do I have neutral drain ?

[TAG]

My Kenmore/ Whirlpool direct drive washer is from the mid 90's ... reading the posts I think it should have the neutral pump out of the tub prior to spin. If it does -- has not worked for a couple of decades. How do I check .. and fix? New trans/ gear box?

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[combo52]

Your machine was built with neutral drain. You might have a transmission problem , it was fairly common for certain periods of production of direct drive machines to have a problem with the transmissions neutral drain pack.

The machine will go on working fairly well without doing the neutral drain of course you’ll have more lint in your clothing and smaller loads are more likely to go unbalanced but many tens of thousands of these machines go on working the rest of their life just fine without the neutral feature.

John L

 

[TAG]

Thanks for the information. Is it worth trying to fix the original one or should I just buy the whole gear case? If I want to fix it.

Does not look too hard when viewing the many videos out there. The OE neutral kit and the shaft seal for the upper case is about $50 + the oil and the sealer needed to put the case together. Seems you can get the whole OE assembly for $120-150 on ebay. If the new ones are still quality parts -- not worth fixing the old one IMO.

That's always the question with older items -- sometimes fixing the old even when used is better than new if it's all plastic inside.

 

[phillymatt53]

Thanks for the information. Is it worth trying to fix the original one or should I just buy the whole gear case. If I want to fix it. Does not look to hard when viewing the many videos. The OE neutral kit and the shaft seal for the upper case is about $50 + the oil and the sealer needed to put the case together. Seems you can get the OE assembly for $120-150 on ebay. If the new ones are still quality parts -- not worth fixing the old one IMO.

That's always the question with older items -- sometimes fixing the old even when used is better than new if it's all plastic inside.

Yes, the quality of the iron and steel processing was strict in the past.

 

[qsd-dan]

New gear cases are noisy as hell and don't last as long due to worn out tooling. Just pull yours and do the job.