My Maytag Highlander Pair

[lowefficiency]

Wow, you made that base look brand new!

I think I'd be inclined to keep the current damper pads if they seem well-attached and in good shape...

 

[qsd-dan]

Fantastic job Jeff!!

You can use the newer damper pads on these older bases and is standard operating procedure when I restore these older washers. 2 of the 3 pads can be glued on as is. The 3rd pad needs to be trimmed for proper spacing.

I always swap in bases from the later end production of this generation when possible which uses the later motor carriage design and are equipped with much larger suspension springs that provide lots of room for adjustments (and are still backwards compatible for older designs). The newer damper pad/silicone grease combo is slicker, allowing tighter spring tensions without transferring vibrations to the cabinet. It's a benefit for these older suspension designs and when properly adjusted, mimics the superior '66-06 design.

Hope this helps.

 

[washerlover]

Funny in the photo of the water inlet with “C/H” that seem to be backwards compared to standard hot and cold configurations where hot is on the left, cold on the right. But I also thought it odd that the Maytag washers spin “backwards” compared to most (Speed Queen comes to mind as well with the counterclockwise spin direction) and the dryer door opens the “wrong” way as well, as again, most other makes seem to set up with the washer on the left and dryer on the right.

I’m by no means bashing Maytag at all, as I have become a big fan of Maytag as of late..! Just merely an observation.

 

[combo52]

Fantastic restoration Jeff

Many many years ago my brother Jeff and I completely rebuilt a Maytag 123 the first helical drive washer Maytag built.

I always had a soft spot for this early design washer we sold it to a customer of ours and he went on to use the machine for another at least 15 years is his only washer raising two kids with it.

If you’re doing this is a restoration project I would definitely leave it original the original pivoting motor was a superior idea that MT should’ve gone on to perfect. It is true that the later centering springs were a huge improvement so if you’re going to use it for an every day driver you might as will update it maybe even a couple generations but otherwise I’d leave it alone I’d probably leave the original damper pads also just make sure they’re glued firmly in place reglue them if necessary.

Keep us posted with the progress. You probably don’t need them but I have lots of parts for old helical drive washers and HOH dryers let me know if you need anything.