Introducing: 1982 Kenmore 70 Series Belt Drive In Harvest Gold!!!!

[ddfan92]

Upon having run a few more cycles through, the baseplate leak has seemed to mitigate itself for now. The pump leak still persists though.

Thanks Melvin for the info. Know anybody that would carry those necessary seals and whatnot?

Thanks Sean as well for that info.

 

[ddfan92]

In other news, the main basket drive pulley sounds rough when running. Bearing failure maybe?

 

[maytag85]

The basket drive may need some oil added to it. Drummerboy had something similar happen to his Kenmore a while back and using some Zoom Spout helped correct that issue.

The tub seal and center post seals are the same as what was used on the direct drives. Even the older belt drives like my ‘63 use the same seals as well.

 

[drummerboy928]

I have a similar year 70 series Belt drive machine, and I had some similar problems to what you are having with it. I had a couple of pinhole leaks around the outer tub that caused it to leak out onto the base plate and drip down onto the floor. I ended up patching the outer tub and that fixed all of those problems for me, however I plan to take the outer tub out and replace or redo the whole thing again soon.

As for the main basket drive pulley, about two years ago mine started making a horrendous sound in agitation, as Sean mentioned in reply #32. I'll link the thread to it here in my reply, but after I reoiled it, I have not had another problem from it since. Hope this helps!

- Henry

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?86972

 

[dominic20]

nice

great find

 

[ddfan92]

Appreciate the help on the issues guys. Will let you know when I find out more by taking it apart here within the next week or so. I currently just have it sitting in my shop with the heater on it at night so it doesn't freeze.