easy washing machine

[vaclover]

Spinner problem..
I've got a easy spindryer today but the spinner doesn't seem to engage its the type with the gearbox and not the one with the seperate belts driving the spinner and washer.some of the gearbox oil leaked out when I tipped it over to remove it from its storage space where it sat for more than 27 years.where do you fill up the gearbox fluid and where can I start to troubleshoot the spinner problem?any kind of help will be usefull.thanks in advance and kind regards.
Ruan Fouche

 

[vaclover]

I can't believe .....

No one replied on my post?but anyways I've managed to get the spinner woorking the shaft was stuck.now its working 100 percent.

 

[mickeyd]

Easy Lover

I saw the post, but I have never worked on the spinning side of an Easy before except to release a spinner that was stuck to the drive shaft, so I could clear the drain port of lint. I've replaced a pump, torn a whole machine down to the frame, but haven't come across an Easy that would not spin. Mystified, I didn't know what to say, and was hoping the expert Easy repair whiz would see your thread and comment, but his is a later one with the belts.

It happens sometimes: people get busy and want to post but plan to do it later then forget. Other times they're all posted out from other threads. You can't take it personally. But it is surprising sometimes, for all of us when we go unanswered. It just happens.

 

[vaclover]

lol no its fine...

I've posted the thread from my mobile phones browser so I thought maybe it wasn't showing at the other side lol.how did you manage to release the stuck spinner?I've emtied the kettle with hot water on the spinner shaft and turned the shaft with a spanner and from there on its working perfectly.I've put some silicone between the two halves of the pump to seal it properly hopefully it won't leak from there.I wonder if somebody can tell me the date from the picture?it wasn't cleaned up when I took the picture so please excuse the condition its in.and thanks for your kind reply.

 

[akronman]

spinner problems

I have small experience with EASY SpinDriers. One has a bad transmission, and I believe the clutch for the spinner is often the first thing to go, so that one sits and donates parts to my working one.

 

My working one is very similar to yours, with those sliding gray handles operating stuff, all located in that control circle. Likely 1960 plus/minus 5 yrs.

 

My trouble with the working machine was all thsoe cable guides from the gray handles, broken and stuck. No transmission problems, but I had to follow the cables to where they hit the tranny and manually push/pull, then the spinner worked great. Are you sure so far that the cables function? I bought various lawn mower cable controls to get mine working, decent success but my probelms are cable-related still, not tranny. In every 2 or 3 uses, I do end up on the floor staring up at the underside to push or pull a damn imperfect cable.

 

There are various experts here, but also folks get busy for a few weeks with other stuff and don't log on. Try the "searchilator" for SPINDRIER and/or EASY, you'll find tons of old posting/pics/explanations, better than what I can offer.

 

 

 

[mickeyd]

WOW Fabulous

We do NOT have full (or almost full) Easy skirts over here. This is a real first . Your panel is vintage classic mid-fifties when they sold like crazy. Does it say anywhere on the machine where it was manufactured?

Using a drain hose mod instead of the long drain faucet, I recirculated boiling water and white vinegar from the pump back into the spinner for about an hour and finally the spinner got hot and lubricated enough that I was able to pull it loose.

 

[vaclover]

the rating plate....

Serial no 5250 made by the Easy Washing Machine Co South Africa LTD