Shredmore - help?
Maybe you guys can help... I actually have one of those Series 80 Kenmore Ultimate Fabric Care machines, and this month it earned the monikker "Shredmore", as it ruined one of my favorite blouses. I had found a white clothing article wedged underneath one of the agitator fins when I was moving clothes from the washer to the drier, and a few days later when I was hanging up clothes in the closet (my husband had temporarily hung the shirts and blouses on a door knob) I discovered the damage that was done.
I've had other articles of clothes develop small holes in them over the two years I've owned this machine, but I had always assumed it was due to a flaw in the fabric being aggravated by normal wear and tear.
We never had any problems for two years with the front-loader in our last rental house, and I don't remember any problems with the top-loader we inherited with the house we owned for four years before that. Before that was coin-op machines that were often broken, and I think we had more problem with clothes not getting clean or not getting dry than with excessive wear/tearing/holes. This problem seems to be specific to this machine.
Anyway, I know this isn't a "how to wash your clothes" site but an "I love old laundry machines" site, but maybe you can shed some light on the particulars of my machine and perhaps I can figure out how to use it differently so as not to wreck any more clothes. I've searched for burrs or sharp edges, and in view of how I found that shirt under the agitator fin, I think it's a design issue possibly combined with overloading the washer.
So:
This is a model 110-82983800, serial #C91410790. From the comments above, I see that depending on exactly when the machine was made, there may be different agitator and/or spin speeds not only per cycle, but per where the machine is within the cycle. I've been to Sears Parts Direct and can't find a manual there. Can anyone tell me any of the specifications of my machine? What speeds at what parts of what cycles, cu ft capacity, direct drive vs belt drive, etc? As well as any tricks to prevent clothes from getting trapped under the agitator fins?
This is my first time posting, so I'm going to give it a try to post some photos of the machine and of the type of damage.
Thanks for any help and any information!
