70series
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Good to know there is at least one brand out there keeping things traditional.
Giving up on my Maytag A606
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Well AW.org if its not the springs is it the dampers or damper lubricant? I had a couple of "medium loads" today to have everything done for the weekend. I always use the A106 for partial loads, approx 22 minutes and laundry is perfectly done. Echo i think the "worn" belts" and resulting slower speed probably disguised the wear of the dampers or springs, now that the speed is back these problems are surfacing. I would still fix it if you can. I know many here love the new Speed Queens but it will interesting to see how well they are doing at the 40 year mark. My old Tag came from an estate sale the grand daughter told me it had never been worked on. Apparently the matching dryer was electric and a lightining strike finished it off years ago. alr
O.K. I'll tell you what's the matter with this machine. In 1973 that transmission was filled with 80-90 gear lube. Now it's 50 yrs later and the lube has changed to "peanut butter" and the motor can't achieve speed against this load. New slides, new rollers, new belts, new motors...etc won't help. Personal experience from 35 yrs ago: I split the transmission, removed the stiffened grease with a putty knife as best I could, cleaned it with kerosene/ diesel fuel...whatever; added new seals & gaskets where needed, added new gear oil, reassembled and I had a new washer. That's the problem with all of the aged Maytags of that vintage. Good luck. Let me know if you take this tack...and the results
You had to take the transmissions apart when it was only 15 years old?
My A606 is 49 years old, the transmission has never been apart, and it runs fine as long as it's not installed in a very cold room.
My A606 is 49 years old, the transmission has never been apart, and it runs fine as long as it's not installed in a very cold room.
The post is 10 YO, the original poster is probably long gone.
arlithrien
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Do combo52's posts hold true 10 years later?
Everything I have read on these forums until now gave me the impression that the 1960-1980s maytags are solid gold compared to most modern washers. I know SQ's are the king of modern washers due to their oldschool build quality but are they that much better than the old maytags? Is it worth it for your average user to toss their late-century appliances for something new and shiny? Are vintage maytags more akin to a classic car rather than a timeless competitor? Something for an enthusiast to restore and appreciate for the novelty of it but otherwise falls short to quality modern products in most ways?
Everything I have read on these forums until now gave me the impression that the 1960-1980s maytags are solid gold compared to most modern washers. I know SQ's are the king of modern washers due to their oldschool build quality but are they that much better than the old maytags? Is it worth it for your average user to toss their late-century appliances for something new and shiny? Are vintage maytags more akin to a classic car rather than a timeless competitor? Something for an enthusiast to restore and appreciate for the novelty of it but otherwise falls short to quality modern products in most ways?
Long gone..
Even some of the replies on here are by people Ive never seen comment the few years Ive been here, and they had lots of comments under their belts at the time. I wonder why they left?
Even some of the replies on here are by people Ive never seen comment the few years Ive been here, and they had lots of comments under their belts at the time. I wonder why they left?
But Sean spending $12.00 a year more to help support this site is too much? Hoe about upgrading and supporting this site since you post so frequently?
ryner1988
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Had this post been written today...
I feel like the original author might have felt more compelled to keep trying with the old Maytag, or might have paid really whatever they had to so someone would come do the repairs. At the time when this was written, 2012, Whirlpool direct drives had very recently stopped production, and the switch to VMW and other high-efficiency designs was well underway, but there were still many, many traditional top loaders available. People weren't as desperate to hang onto their old appliances when they could still get something like a Speed Queen with dial controls, or even a really good Whirlpool direct drive machine. Heck, even if this person would have wanted to stick closer to what they had, they could have probably found a used 12 series Maytag from the 80's. That is not the case these days. I think people are really working to keep their old top loaders in service as long as they absolutely can now, as in, they are much less willing to sell or scrap them then they were even a few years ago, because there just aren't good options to replace them with unless one wants to get a front loader, which is out of budget for many.
Times sure have changed in 10 years.
I feel like the original author might have felt more compelled to keep trying with the old Maytag, or might have paid really whatever they had to so someone would come do the repairs. At the time when this was written, 2012, Whirlpool direct drives had very recently stopped production, and the switch to VMW and other high-efficiency designs was well underway, but there were still many, many traditional top loaders available. People weren't as desperate to hang onto their old appliances when they could still get something like a Speed Queen with dial controls, or even a really good Whirlpool direct drive machine. Heck, even if this person would have wanted to stick closer to what they had, they could have probably found a used 12 series Maytag from the 80's. That is not the case these days. I think people are really working to keep their old top loaders in service as long as they absolutely can now, as in, they are much less willing to sell or scrap them then they were even a few years ago, because there just aren't good options to replace them with unless one wants to get a front loader, which is out of budget for many.
Times sure have changed in 10 years.
good-shepherd
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I wonder why they left?
Well, for one reason if you're inactive on the site for a certain length of time your profile and user name gets deleted.
I had to start over again a few years ago.
Well, for one reason if you're inactive on the site for a certain length of time your profile and user name gets deleted.
I had to start over again a few years ago.
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Makes sense. I usually try to be as active as much as possible but if there aren’t any interesting threads or not much going on, I usually won’t post. If I posted just for the sake of posting, my comments/posts wouldn’t be as interesting to read nor would they sound all that great.
Makes sense. I usually try to be as active as much as possible but if there aren’t any interesting threads or not much going on, I usually won’t post. If I posted just for the sake of posting, my comments/posts wouldn’t be as interesting to read nor would they sound all that great.
ryner1988
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I think as long as you log on every now and then that's enough to keep your account active. I went like 5 whole years without posting but I still hopped on to read occasionally.
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