Not car suspension components, rather dampening straps. There are 4 of them in each model T and Modern VMW.
Here is a vid:
Here is a vid:
Most Maddening Washer Commerical
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Whirlpool's snubber doesn't have as much effect as may be presumed. Vintage service literature states that it should prevent a 4-1/2 pound weight from causing the tub to impact the cabinet during spin. 4-1/2 lbs.
Not to mention that the early models with the original tub ring design that's fully open (no raised interior edge) to water splashing during agitation at lower fill levels, soapy/slippery water substantially reduces the snubber's friction.
strap knocking
I remember in 2004, the washer would make a knocking sound when the agitation started. I suspect it had something to do with the suspension straps. As it progressed, the noise would discipate.
I remember in 2004, the washer would make a knocking sound when the agitation started. I suspect it had something to do with the suspension straps. As it progressed, the noise would discipate.
model t
Why did GE call their washers model t? It sounds like they stole that name from Ford.
Why did GE call their washers model t? It sounds like they stole that name from Ford.
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This was especially true for super sized loads when the washer twisted and shifted when on normal/fast. It did get my family's clothes clean though.
This was especially true for super sized loads when the washer twisted and shifted when on normal/fast. It did get my family's clothes clean though.
The 4 point hanging assmebly design never belonged in a super capacity central agitator washer. The model T was simply a role play toy to extract the remaining wealth out of GE's name. It worked exactly as intended, for GE only.
GE today
It seems that GE today doesn't care. I'm still trying to figure out why GE named their plastic tub washers model T.
It seems that GE today doesn't care. I'm still trying to figure out why GE named their plastic tub washers model T.
You could literally feel and watch the cabinet twisting on full loads of regular clothes, I.E. cotton/linen.
Which resulted in the most horrendous noise. The grinding noise of the suspension followed by the screeching of the outer cabinet. To bad more people did not make their own noise about it.
Especially after seeing the Whirlpool Design 2000 video, I'm now convinced more than EVER that Whirlpool was way ahead of their time. And don't even get me started about the underwater muffled banging from the dual action agitator.
Design 2000 is the washer they are technically speaking of in this video, not the rancid model T. Design 2000 was novel and did not come from any old ideas.
That commercial should've went to Whirlpool. That was really the washer of the future. Ultimate precision machine. That's a lie! GE lied!
It absolutely should've gone to Whirlpool and its a borderline criminal that it didn't. The misapplication is what makes it so maddening.
I am still angry about this! As if GE was built tough! Whirlpool was agitated no pun intended and rightly so!
The model T was vengeance for the durability of the filter flo while letting them milk the remaining equity out of their name.
Well, Whirlpool built the DD until 2011. GE couldn't even launder nor last in a laundromat or college dorm.
Like your Maytag Dependable Cares? Perhaps if the world had been less accepting of the Model T the industry would still be selling machines like the DC brand new.
Direct-drive production continued a bit longer for coin-op models. I worked on a couple of them for an RV park, serial numbers of May 2012.
And the thin twins to at least 2015.
I've been in dorms that had the coin operated direct drives. They lasted and lasted.
Same with the direct drives. I wish I knew better about the model T GE's.
I wish everyone knew what the Model Ts truly were and didn't go by adverting suffering from grandeur.
phillymatt53
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Such a controversial thread this is!
As per the original title of this thread, "Maddening Washer Commercial", I have to add my own two cents and say that advertising-commericals are always "glorified" in their product presentation.
They have to be, of course, in order to sell their product.
"New" "Better" "Ideal" "Improved"....... and a host of other labels is used to sell anything from Snake Oil to Healthcare, to Insurance, to good honest products.
Nothing's sacred from this type of marketing.
However, it's apparent that this glorification of products has worked its way up to downright lies and misinformation over the decades.
To me, it's annoying,... to the gullible, naive, uninformed, it's like cheeze in a moustrap to a mouse.
The old saying: "A sucker is born every minute" applies here.
As per the original title of this thread, "Maddening Washer Commercial", I have to add my own two cents and say that advertising-commericals are always "glorified" in their product presentation.
They have to be, of course, in order to sell their product.
"New" "Better" "Ideal" "Improved"....... and a host of other labels is used to sell anything from Snake Oil to Healthcare, to Insurance, to good honest products.
Nothing's sacred from this type of marketing.
However, it's apparent that this glorification of products has worked its way up to downright lies and misinformation over the decades.
To me, it's annoying,... to the gullible, naive, uninformed, it's like cheeze in a moustrap to a mouse.
The old saying: "A sucker is born every minute" applies here.
I wish the same thing too, yet nobody cares. Haier purchasing GE is the end result. I don't think their washers and dryers are any better.
The Model T was heavily gloried. Advertisements of semi trucks resting on the machines, wine glasses tacked on top of one another, awards saying these machines saw the fewest number of repairs. Yes, that last part might actually have been true. When a Model T breaks it is cheaper to just junk the whole machine.
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