partscounterman
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On a recent thread about the quality of modern appliances, Launderess and others bemoaned the fact that they don't make 'em like they used to. I didn't add anything to that thread as I like to have more to say than just "Amen".
So here is my example of modern junk. When we moved here, Dennis gave me permission to get the most "bling-bling" washer available at the time, saying something about "Malama aina" which means care for the land. So I got the super stingy HE3t from Sears Kenmore.
Over the course of the last year, I've noticed that it makes a strange knocking sound at the lower spin speeds, the sound goes away at the higher speeds. I chose to ignore the sound. The other day I was looking at things more closely, I noticed that there was play in the tub; by jiggling the tub back and forth, you could recreate this knocking noise I kept on hearing. It felt to me like the tub had come loose from the spider that holds it to the shaft. The only way I could prove this is by tearing the thing down.
Now let me just say that it galls me slightly to even have to consider this procedure on a machine that is not even three and a half years old. It is just Dennis and I so its not like its doing laundry for one of the huge Catholic families that Maytag used to feature in their ads....
So I tore the f#*&ing thing down today, which is not how I wanted to spend my sunday, but I took pictures so my friends here could enjoy.
I started by removing the top.
So here is my example of modern junk. When we moved here, Dennis gave me permission to get the most "bling-bling" washer available at the time, saying something about "Malama aina" which means care for the land. So I got the super stingy HE3t from Sears Kenmore.
Over the course of the last year, I've noticed that it makes a strange knocking sound at the lower spin speeds, the sound goes away at the higher speeds. I chose to ignore the sound. The other day I was looking at things more closely, I noticed that there was play in the tub; by jiggling the tub back and forth, you could recreate this knocking noise I kept on hearing. It felt to me like the tub had come loose from the spider that holds it to the shaft. The only way I could prove this is by tearing the thing down.
Now let me just say that it galls me slightly to even have to consider this procedure on a machine that is not even three and a half years old. It is just Dennis and I so its not like its doing laundry for one of the huge Catholic families that Maytag used to feature in their ads....
So I tore the f#*&ing thing down today, which is not how I wanted to spend my sunday, but I took pictures so my friends here could enjoy.
I started by removing the top.
