New DD's Suck

[everythingold]

I own a small Appliance shop, and directs drives are my bread and butter. It is the most simple, elegant washing mechanism ever made. But the new ones are just shit. I put in a new,cheap Amana the other day and it just roars and shakes. And the Kitchen Aid's with their cheap, clanky switches. I could go on and on. Ten years ago a cheap estate was a hell of a machine.

I feel better now...

 

[everythingold]

I put this on the wrong forum. sorry, I'm new.
This is a really gtrat site.

 

[qsd-dan]

I'm afraid that it's only going to get worse. That's why I started hoarding vintage parts like no tomorrow. I'm still (barely) in my 20's and I have a ways to go before I take a dirt nap. I gotta keep these vintage machines going until I die or else being forced to use modern crap will prematurely kill me.

BTW, Welcome!

 

[whitekingd]

Long Live The Belt Drive!

I've never had a direct drive machine. My belt drives just keep going and I keep fixing them, though not very often. They don't need much fixing.

 

[everythingold]

I like the old, especially the piston drivens, but DD's are the only way to go for a lot of people.

 

[tuthill]

What were the old piston drives???

 

[everythingold]

GM Frigidare Piston wasging machine. It is the machine on the homepage