my little laundromat

[yogitunes]

the motor pulls forward more during spin start up, until all the water is out, then it will pull tighter as it reaches top speed....

I have 3 springs on mine...

I did have a round motor cut out on me several times, basically it was overheating on its own....even with an empty tub....installed a square motor, been fine ever since....

 

[electroluxxxx]

I do have the round motor in this machine. Its really odd that it seems to happen after I replaced the glides and springs considering that it was running so well before. Should I try to grease the track? Would it hurt anything?

 

[yogitunes]

cant hurt....

 

[lowefficiency]

Are the new springs stiffer/stronger than the old ones?
Maybe try putting the old springs back on as a test?

 

[electroluxxxx]

@yogitunes
Thanks! I will give it a shot and let you know if it’s resolved. I was looking on the member collections yesterday and yours was one of the collections I looked through, you must really like those Neptune front loaders. My questions are how well do they work? Are they reliable and what do you dislike about them?

 

[electroluxxxx]

They are stiffer and I’ll need to find them,if I didn’t toss them.

 

[electroluxxxx]

well... today was a productive day! the DE502 was completely lubed and put back in to service and the 642C is next ( this week). The issue with the A502 was indeed the tension on the springs so I stretched out the new ones a little bit. now here is the good news, after putting the machine back together I found both old springs, one I had put on my workbench and the other was lodged in the vacuum hose that I have been using to clean the basement with. I will also put them back on the machine this week as well, but for now with stretching out the new springs the machine seems to work well. I oiled the pump in both the 142 (pot metal pump) and the A502 (replacement). next is to take out the leaking anti siphon on the drain hose and to extend the hose a little bit. Other than that, thank you all for the wonderful compliments and advice.