Slow agitation and other stuff...
Jed -
Slow agitation is very possibly from a very worn belt. If I recall when I saw the spin video, it sounded like a worn or weak belt during the initial ramp up.
Regarding the filter, KM certainly made a lot of their machines well past their model year of issue, so if this is a '66 model for example, it could easily have been built in 1967 or 1968 based on other things I've seen in KM production. BUT, the gold polypropylene straight vane agitator replaced the Bakelite straight vane (I think KM called that a 6-vane) in 1968, but I can't quote exactly when. Most models that were current at the time of the swap got an engineering revision to replace the bakelite agitator, cap, and drive lug with the new gold cap and agitator on the production line. The new agitator mounts directly to the splined agitator shaft. And yes Jed, your machine should have the drive block mounted on the splines - this was done with a beefied-up gearcase in 1963 ish.
For the bearing kit, 285134 is the part number. There are lots of them around, including on eBay.
As far as bearing tools, best thing you can do is borrow those from someone here who will let you borrow them. They are bulky and somewhat heavy to ship, often expensive, and quite often hard to find. Unless you're going to do lots of bearing jobs, you'd want to be sure you want to marry this washer before you go that degree of expense and trouble to acquire your own tools,
When I did bearing jobs in the early 90s, I borrowed a buddy's tools. When I found AW and started this again, I bought mine on eBay, used.
Gordon
Jed -
Slow agitation is very possibly from a very worn belt. If I recall when I saw the spin video, it sounded like a worn or weak belt during the initial ramp up.
Regarding the filter, KM certainly made a lot of their machines well past their model year of issue, so if this is a '66 model for example, it could easily have been built in 1967 or 1968 based on other things I've seen in KM production. BUT, the gold polypropylene straight vane agitator replaced the Bakelite straight vane (I think KM called that a 6-vane) in 1968, but I can't quote exactly when. Most models that were current at the time of the swap got an engineering revision to replace the bakelite agitator, cap, and drive lug with the new gold cap and agitator on the production line. The new agitator mounts directly to the splined agitator shaft. And yes Jed, your machine should have the drive block mounted on the splines - this was done with a beefied-up gearcase in 1963 ish.
For the bearing kit, 285134 is the part number. There are lots of them around, including on eBay.
As far as bearing tools, best thing you can do is borrow those from someone here who will let you borrow them. They are bulky and somewhat heavy to ship, often expensive, and quite often hard to find. Unless you're going to do lots of bearing jobs, you'd want to be sure you want to marry this washer before you go that degree of expense and trouble to acquire your own tools,
When I did bearing jobs in the early 90s, I borrowed a buddy's tools. When I found AW and started this again, I bought mine on eBay, used.Gordon
