Maytag Pulley Problem

[drummerboy928]

Hello everyone, Recently I took to figuring out the odd chirping noise on my dads 1985 A382. It would make this sound whenever the motor was running, and I figured it was just the motor itself. As it turns out I was incorrect. I recently removed the belt for the pump from the machine to check and see how bad they were, and I figured Id try turning the machine on to see if the noise went away. While it didn’t go away, it changed significantly, so I checked the pulley and noticed that the bottom of the pulley was loose! The pulley itself was still very tightly attached to the motor shaft, but the very bottom part where the pump belt goes around was loose and clattering around. Is there a way to retighten this or adjust the pulley, or does it need an entirely new pulley? I have a video documentation of it too if anyone needs to see what i’m talking about better.

 

[repairguy]

You need a new pulley Maytag number 200816 or Whirlpool number WP6-2008160.

 

[drummerboy928]

Thank you for the help! Hopefully I can get it taken care of easily.

 

[wayupnorth]

Funny, that is the same reason I found AW because my 1984 511 was making the chattering sound and I was shown what to do by the knowledgeable people here. New $28 pulley and its just as quiet as new. Maytag apparently used a 2 piece pulley in that vintage that will come apart and make noise. That new pulley is a solid one piece.