Refurb project started yesterday. Bad bearings.
Pump protector.
Discuss. (Or perhaps disgust.)
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Refurb project started yesterday. Bad bearings.
Pump protector.
Discuss. (Or perhaps disgust.)
Yup, disgust!
Was this on an oil rig?
Was this on an oil rig?
tecnopolis
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tecnopolis
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Obviously someone doesn't check their pockets before hitting the start button.
Duets never had an access door. You had to stand on your head to remove the center screw from the lower panel and the two other screws to access the innards. This looks like a decaying bird. Sorry.
Where are you sourcing the seal from?? I've got a Duet torn down, for a number on months -- not high on my list, but need a decent seal. I bought my last one from the guy online but felt the shipping was price gouging. looking for a good source.
mark_wpduet
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Dadoes
Don't you have a Duet? I know this can't be YOUR washer.....
Oh - oh - oh and regarding the access door to clean the pump - isn't that the freaking truth! I mean, there should be a door for easy access to clean that!
Don't you have a Duet? I know this can't be YOUR washer.....
Oh - oh - oh and regarding the access door to clean the pump - isn't that the freaking truth! I mean, there should be a door for easy access to clean that!
laundromat
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Why whirlpool refuses to put the small door on so customers have access to the button catchers they have on their Duets is beyond my comprehension. The Electroluxes have no catch hense no door but everyone else has it. Why????????????
mark_wpduet
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I know! It just makes ZERO sense that they don't have an access door on the front. I can't figure it out. Even the latest models!
1,2-Kalamozoo; 5,6- West Phoenix; 1008,1009-Anaheim - Why do I have to wait for it? I don'wanna wait for it!
1,2-Kalamozoo; 5,6- West Phoenix; 1008,1009-Anaheim - Why do I have to wait for it? I don'wanna wait for it!
joe_in_philly
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I have had my HE3t washer (Duet sister) for 9 years, and have yet to find something in the pump protector.
Not my machine. Doing the project for my neighbor to use the pair stacked at a foreclosure he's remodeling for rental. Same neighbor of the Catalyst project last year.
The set was obtained via CraigsList. Seller had listed only the dryer. The washer had been "abandoned" at the local Whites Western Auto after diagnosis of bad bearings. Seller said he could try getting it back and toss it in for "free" with the dryer deal, which he did.
MattL had been reporting on his bearing replacement project at the time so I figured I'd try it.
Unfortunately the peeps at the store cracked the outer cover on the door. Seller said it was not cracked prior to leaving the machine there. The store gave him a spare door but it's the wrong design (duhhhhh). The crack is cosmetic but Mr. Neighbor wants to replace the cover, which is the most expensive of the short-list of needed parts. I may yet convince him to take the cover off and do without.
My only other concern at this point is whether the spider has enough "life" remaining to justify the project. The arms aren't bad but the center around the shaft has some corrosion. A new drum/spider tips the project over to "uhhhh, maybe not" territory. I need to remove the spider to clean all the smutz, I suppose whether or not it breaks is an indication.
MattL, I don't have any knowledge/experience of how to source the bearing seal, so will have to go with the "Handyman" guy's offering.
Wow
Hi Glen, what a mucker, looks like you`ll need a hazmat suit with that!!
Wonder what type of detergent ( if any) was being used and programme selection!!
Many of our older machines used a vortex pump which had vanes and flushed everything through to drain....new machines do have traps but must admit have never seen a pump and spider so bad - best of luck!!
Hi Glen, what a mucker, looks like you`ll need a hazmat suit with that!!
Wonder what type of detergent ( if any) was being used and programme selection!!
Many of our older machines used a vortex pump which had vanes and flushed everything through to drain....new machines do have traps but must admit have never seen a pump and spider so bad - best of luck!!
redcarpetdrew
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The scuttlebutt was...
That Whirlpool eliminated the lower access panel to eliminate cabinet vibration issues. I never noticed any major noise that I'd blame on that lower panel, myself. My personal thought was that it would make it 'more cost efficient' to stamp only one panel during production. As to trying to access the clean out on a washer full of water and why isn't there a easier way to get to it without dismantling the whole pos, very seldom have I seen Whirlpool actually try to make the servicer's lives easier. I just wish that they would regularly involve a few techs when designing things...
RCD
That Whirlpool eliminated the lower access panel to eliminate cabinet vibration issues. I never noticed any major noise that I'd blame on that lower panel, myself. My personal thought was that it would make it 'more cost efficient' to stamp only one panel during production. As to trying to access the clean out on a washer full of water and why isn't there a easier way to get to it without dismantling the whole pos, very seldom have I seen Whirlpool actually try to make the servicer's lives easier. I just wish that they would regularly involve a few techs when designing things...
RCD
mark_wpduet
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Every time
I see a Duet washer that is similar to mine that's almost 8 yrs old, I have to wonder what my spider looks like on it.....but I'm not taking it apart to find out..Even if I wanted to, I don't know how and would be terrified to attempt such a thing.
I'm not so sure I would go through this project.......That spider doesn't look that great....It would be a shame to do all of that work only for it to disintegrate in a few months....
I see a Duet washer that is similar to mine that's almost 8 yrs old, I have to wonder what my spider looks like on it.....but I'm not taking it apart to find out..Even if I wanted to, I don't know how and would be terrified to attempt such a thing.
I'm not so sure I would go through this project.......That spider doesn't look that great....It would be a shame to do all of that work only for it to disintegrate in a few months....
pierreandreply4
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would not like to see my 2004 duet in such a state i would rather replace it with a new machine rather than pay for a tech to come clean these parts
This machine is a tad-bit over 6 years old now. Serial number CST33. 33rd week of 2006.
It was a few months past 5 years when the seller was selling. We picked them up on/about 12-20-2011.
