It happened yet again!

[mrb627]

WP BD

I don't recall any plastic in WP's BD suspension system.

And the cabinets were solid and heavy, not the tin found in machine's today.

Malcolm

 

[combo52]

Top Hung Supension Systems In TL Washers

The single most important part in WP BD washers was plastic, the machine would bang and crash all over the place without it, GE also had three plastic parts in the FF washers that made their suspension system possible, can you name them ?

 

[lebron]

single most important part in WP BD washers

These are comepletly uneducated guesses, but I will try

Bd's : the snubber

Ge's : the suspension pulleys

 

[autowasherfreak]

When I had my WP Cabrio for a brief time, I washed queen size comforters several times and never had a problem with it going out of balance. I used the Bulky cycle which reduced the spin speed to medium, once the cycle was finished I would do a spin only cycle on high to remove more water. I think the only time it ever went out of balance was when I was washing mop heads.

I even washed a king size comforter, however it was to large for the machine and really didn't get clean.

 

[combo52]

Top Hung Supension Systems In TL Washers

Tuttle you got it right, In most cases when plastic is substituted for metal parts in home appliances and automobiles it results in a better LONGER lived product.

 

[pulsator]

Interesting....

Something to note, it appears Whirlpool pulled that video of the Kenmore Oasis exploding... Something about a copyright claim lol

 

[macboy91si]

Plastic in Wp BD's

I thought the suspension rod balls were also plastic?

 

 

-Tim

 

[combo52]

WP Sunpseon Balls

Hi Tim, They are probably more a synthetic rubber, which might be considered a type of plastic.