1971 Lady Kenmore Washer
Hi Harry, the agitator I used in the 71 LKM is the tall white WP Surgeulator, because my machine has the extra long agitator shaft, spin-tube, center-post etc there are only four agitators that WP ever made that fit these washers. The first machines with these huge tubs used a Bakelite straight vane in the KM versions and a Bakelite Surglator in the WP versions. Then WP switched to the white Polypropylene agitator and Sears switched to a tall Rotoswirl in either gold or white PP.
Even though I used this fast spinning washer for around 25 years I do not recommend making a Super Capacity WP BD washer spin this fast, because unless the load is perfectly balanced the machine will walk and vibrate. I have also added the pulley setup for 700 RPM spin on standard capacity WP built washers and this worked a lot better. I am currently doing a safire blue 1967 Whirlpool Imperial Mark 12 washer with this fast spin setup.
John L.
Hi Harry, the agitator I used in the 71 LKM is the tall white WP Surgeulator, because my machine has the extra long agitator shaft, spin-tube, center-post etc there are only four agitators that WP ever made that fit these washers. The first machines with these huge tubs used a Bakelite straight vane in the KM versions and a Bakelite Surglator in the WP versions. Then WP switched to the white Polypropylene agitator and Sears switched to a tall Rotoswirl in either gold or white PP.
Even though I used this fast spinning washer for around 25 years I do not recommend making a Super Capacity WP BD washer spin this fast, because unless the load is perfectly balanced the machine will walk and vibrate. I have also added the pulley setup for 700 RPM spin on standard capacity WP built washers and this worked a lot better. I am currently doing a safire blue 1967 Whirlpool Imperial Mark 12 washer with this fast spin setup.
John L.
