Maytag A606 sometimes doesn't spin without help

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Service manuals or drawings

I think Arbilab has summed it up well.

One other culprit might be excessive drag in the system, such as a failing bearing, brake not fully releasing, clothes stuck between the inner and outer tubs, etc. But it appears that our mystery coupling, if it's functioning properly, is either fully "on" or "off", and doesn't slip when subjected to extra load. So we're back to a problem in the coupling.

Does anyone know where I could find a service manual for the A606 (or similar, like A608), or maybe drawings that show how the innards work? Usually you can find just about anything on the internet, but these seem be an exception. The best I've done so far is a parts list with illustrations (actually for an A608).

Thanks again,
Dave

 

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our friend Brian gave us a great insight into rebuilding a transmission, this may help you in determining inside as to what may not be functioning....

Rebuild of Maytag Transmission and Transplant into LAT 9800 AAW.

To the best of my recollection this is my step by step rebuild, with photos, from last summer of a Maytag Newton style trans. put into a newer LAT model. I hope this is helpful to someone. Here’s the HA408 machine’s top. Almost hated to take it apart. It was salvageable. It came with a HDE606...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

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Brian's rebuild

Wow, that's an amazing job Brian has done!
However, for some reason, I'm not seeing his photos. I just see the pic of the matching washer and dryer on each post. Is there a link or such that I'm not seeing?

 

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Update after 5+ months

The washer has been in regular service and the failures to start spinning without help have gradually become less frequent. It now seems that the failures no longer occur. (Insert cautious optimism here.) I'll re-post if anything changes.