launderess
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Weep hole
Am going to guess it may be for oiling the wringer bearings.
Am going to guess it may be for oiling the wringer bearings.
Easy wringer washer model 101-swp help
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launderess
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Can't think of any other reason for that hole. Water will always seek it's own level, so in a wringer washer it will be going down, not gushing upwards.
All wringers/mangles hand or machine operated required periodic few drops of oil. On Maytag conventional washers some parts are packed in grease, the roller bearing needs a drop of oil every several weeks depending upon how hard used. But Maytag's wringers open up like a clam so easy to get at spots that require.
Those oil holes are quite common on many older appliances; motors, gears, etc... Before better quality greases/oils came on scene allowing "permanently lubricated".
With a wringer/mangle due to nature of work involved there is a constant exposure to water. Worse that water will be laden with detergents or soaps, so sooner or later whatever lubrication at certain exposed points will need refreshing.
All wringers/mangles hand or machine operated required periodic few drops of oil. On Maytag conventional washers some parts are packed in grease, the roller bearing needs a drop of oil every several weeks depending upon how hard used. But Maytag's wringers open up like a clam so easy to get at spots that require.
Those oil holes are quite common on many older appliances; motors, gears, etc... Before better quality greases/oils came on scene allowing "permanently lubricated".
With a wringer/mangle due to nature of work involved there is a constant exposure to water. Worse that water will be laden with detergents or soaps, so sooner or later whatever lubrication at certain exposed points will need refreshing.
mickeyd
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News to me; we need Brad Ross on the scene
None of my wringers require oil, only grease.
Here are the pix: The Easyspin tub looking like yours; the beat up spiralator; two black spiralators, one American, one Canadian, the Canadian being about an inch larger; the Canadian Mc Clary Easy which, though it has the narrowest footprint of barely 20 inches, has the largest capacity except for the Montgomery Ward Signature which I haven’t measured yet; And your knob & screw, ready for tomorrow’s mail.
None of my wringers require oil, only grease.
Here are the pix: The Easyspin tub looking like yours; the beat up spiralator; two black spiralators, one American, one Canadian, the Canadian being about an inch larger; the Canadian Mc Clary Easy which, though it has the narrowest footprint of barely 20 inches, has the largest capacity except for the Montgomery Ward Signature which I haven’t measured yet; And your knob & screw, ready for tomorrow’s mail.
launderess
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Don't know about Easy
But your Maytag certainly does need a bit of oil now and then.
Just checked my copy of owners manual and it states a drop of oil on each end of upper wringer roll once a month.
But your Maytag certainly does need a bit of oil now and then.
Just checked my copy of owners manual and it states a drop of oil on each end of upper wringer roll once a month.
Thanks!!
Thanks for the knob Micky!!!!!!!! It will be awesome to have a complete machine.
I'll investigate the wringer oil hole a bit more...and get some pictures.
Are those spiralators plastic or metal? Mine is metal,I think aluminum.
Thanks for the knob Micky!!!!!!!! It will be awesome to have a complete machine.
I'll investigate the wringer oil hole a bit more...and get some pictures.
Are those spiralators plastic or metal? Mine is metal,I think aluminum.
mickeyd
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My white one is identical to yours, not sure if it's aluminum, iron or steel, but it IS hard as fudge LOL. The black ones are plastic. Also, the Canadian Girl operates at a slower speed than her American sister, really nothing like the Easies as I have known them, except for that massive Spiralator.
