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Oh For God Sakes
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outer spin tube that has corroded off, for a Kenmore/Whirlpool?
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Judging from the title that you gave this thread (Oh For God Sakes) and the fact that whatever it is looks like it broke off of something, my guess is that your news can't be good! I'm waiting on pins and needles here in New Jersey and I hope that it has a happy ending!
Mike
Mike
The world's largest joint?
Looks like a centerpost to Whirlpool/Kenmore belt drive washer.
toggleswitch
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Did Missy have a flood?
The drainage stand-pipe; of the plumbing system variety?
The drainage stand-pipe; of the plumbing system variety?
OH MY GOODNESS!!! And to think I was the one that broke it!!! I can't believe that's what happened Robert! I am so, so sorry!
BTW...that would be the centerpost to Robert's 57' Lady Kenmore I'm guessing. We ran it this weekend when I was there and it made it all the way to the finally spin and started making a horrible sound. I would have never guessed that that was the cause though. :-(
Center post deterioration has long been a Whirly killer.
Yup you guys who guessed it was a centerpost to a Whirlpool/Kenmore washer are correct. Jon and Tony were visiting last weekend and we were having a fun time doing my Sunday wash in many of the machines when the 1957 Pink Lady Kenmore during the final spin made a very strange scraping sound. Tonight I took out the basket and found that the centerpost has split right off of the baseplate! Well it looks like it's time to find a parts donor for a new baseplate. The question is did Whirlpool use the same baseplate for it's 29" standard capacity machines from 1956 thru 1985??? I will have to do some research and find out.
I also find it interesting that during the restoration I painted the rusted centerpost with a few coats of POR-15 silver paint and it still continued to rust through that!
I also find it interesting that during the restoration I painted the rusted centerpost with a few coats of POR-15 silver paint and it still continued to rust through that!
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hmm.
"the mind wobbles" -Kelly Bundy, Married with Children
A crude 18th century dildo?
An ugly green crucifix with the 2 'arms' broken off?
A spinach pizza roll for dinner?
A paint roller that fell into the bottom of a washer and has become covered in years of lint and slime?
That's all I got or all it's worth.
"...I'm waiting on pins and needles here.."
Where do these sayings come from. I use them too.
Did it mean that these objects are standing up straight and your standing on a group of them, possibly drawing blood?
Did it mean they were just in a pile and they were all over the floor and there was no other place to stand?
Was it an analogy for a stilt house someone once lived in?
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I suppose there were, and probably still is, those who lack proper dictionary meanings for words and aren't able or were not encouraged to express personal emotions in the past. As a result some developed a penchant for dramatics or theatrics such as in the case of this weathered saying. lol.
"the mind wobbles" -Kelly Bundy, Married with Children
A crude 18th century dildo?
An ugly green crucifix with the 2 'arms' broken off?
A spinach pizza roll for dinner?
A paint roller that fell into the bottom of a washer and has become covered in years of lint and slime?
That's all I got or all it's worth.
"...I'm waiting on pins and needles here.."
Where do these sayings come from. I use them too.
Did it mean that these objects are standing up straight and your standing on a group of them, possibly drawing blood?
Did it mean they were just in a pile and they were all over the floor and there was no other place to stand?
Was it an analogy for a stilt house someone once lived in?
?
I suppose there were, and probably still is, those who lack proper dictionary meanings for words and aren't able or were not encouraged to express personal emotions in the past. As a result some developed a penchant for dramatics or theatrics such as in the case of this weathered saying. lol.
Whirlpool went to a short centerpost, don't recall when. There's a NIB belt-drive baseplate left at the long-closed Whirlpool dealer's shop in my home town. Not sure if it's standard capacity, 18#er, long or short centerpost. A member expressed interest but I can't get Ted to state a price. He wants to get at least the original dealer cost, but he threw out the price books. I can try again, I suppose.
Tsk Tsk Well that's what
happens when you don't maintain your machines properly! Hmmph!
It's so nice not to have center post anxiety with a bendix.
Sorry about your shaft darling but this is what you get from the washer gods when you tap dance on their lids!! I told you so in that field that day!!
already in mexico hiding........
happens when you don't maintain your machines properly! Hmmph!
It's so nice not to have center post anxiety with a bendix.
Sorry about your shaft darling but this is what you get from the washer gods when you tap dance on their lids!! I told you so in that field that day!!
already in mexico hiding........
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aww that is a sad site indeed.. hope you can find a good doner real soon
Poor, pitiful Kenmore! I suppose this is what they mean when they refer to "useful life." Bitch of a repair though, almost every part has to come out of the machine to replace this too...
Base plate replacement
Good morning Robert,
Sorry to read about your 57 LK and the center post splitting from the baseplate.
When I was restoring my 56 I questioned the condition of the centerpost and wasn't comfortable with just leaving it that way after putting in so much time and effort making sure everything else was in decent shape.
So, without asking questions, I gutted the entire thing and replaced the baseplate with one from an early 70s small tub Kenmore I gutted that had a primo centerpost. It has worked beautifully for the last year and a half.
The only problem I ran into was that I thought I would save some time and use the suspsension rods from the small tub donor machine that I had left attached and was I surprised to find out that they were longer than the ones in the 56. Must be due to some law in physics and the changes made in the Sears washer/dryer cabinet changeover in 60.
Hope this info helps you.
Dick S.
Good morning Robert,
Sorry to read about your 57 LK and the center post splitting from the baseplate.
When I was restoring my 56 I questioned the condition of the centerpost and wasn't comfortable with just leaving it that way after putting in so much time and effort making sure everything else was in decent shape.
So, without asking questions, I gutted the entire thing and replaced the baseplate with one from an early 70s small tub Kenmore I gutted that had a primo centerpost. It has worked beautifully for the last year and a half.
The only problem I ran into was that I thought I would save some time and use the suspsension rods from the small tub donor machine that I had left attached and was I surprised to find out that they were longer than the ones in the 56. Must be due to some law in physics and the changes made in the Sears washer/dryer cabinet changeover in 60.
Hope this info helps you.
Dick S.
frontaloadotmy
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You should also graft a Maytag "Automatic"
button on to the console, you'll have to graft a pop-up
wringer too, of course. But it will spare you a lot of that
higher speed vibration.It will probably last another 50 years!
button on to the console, you'll have to graft a pop-up
wringer too, of course. But it will spare you a lot of that
higher speed vibration.It will probably last another 50 years!
Hi Dick thank you, that is good to know that a Baseplate from the 70's worked in your '56.
Glenn I will measure the centerpost height and let you know, I would love to get a NOS baseplate for this beautiful pink lady if I can.
But it will spare you a lot of that higher speed vibration.
It's a Kenmore Darrel, there's vibration, but what's with the high speed? LOL
Glenn I will measure the centerpost height and let you know, I would love to get a NOS baseplate for this beautiful pink lady if I can.
But it will spare you a lot of that higher speed vibration.
It's a Kenmore Darrel, there's vibration, but what's with the high speed? LOL
frontaloadotmy
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Now Robert
Not every machine can be a Unimatic or 47 GE....
Gloating is so unbecoming!!!!
Not every machine can be a Unimatic or 47 GE....
Gloating is so unbecoming!!!!
Oy!!
Oh no!
I didn't have to look twice to guess what you were holding in your hand; I have had four Kenmores and seen that three times, though gratefully, still attached to the machine. And not a single Kenmore that I've worked on hasn't had a turbo-corroded centerpost in it, except the '63 Lady K, and that's cheating--it was completely rebuilt with new parts internally!
In fact, usually I get not only that, but a split outer tub from all the rust compressing the doughnut seal. A real two-for! The joy of repairing this phenomenon might explain why I have the Filter-Flo in the house now.
I hope you get that repaired with a nice, minty-fresh baseplate; I'm sorry to see that after all your efforts to restore the machine. And yes, absolutely everything has to come apart to replace the baseplate, but since you were so careful to lubricate and clean everything when you restored it, hopefully it will be more a matter of time involved rather than having to use the Reserved Expletive List when things don't come apart.
Anyhow, best wishes for a speedy recovery :-|
Oh no!
I didn't have to look twice to guess what you were holding in your hand; I have had four Kenmores and seen that three times, though gratefully, still attached to the machine. And not a single Kenmore that I've worked on hasn't had a turbo-corroded centerpost in it, except the '63 Lady K, and that's cheating--it was completely rebuilt with new parts internally!
In fact, usually I get not only that, but a split outer tub from all the rust compressing the doughnut seal. A real two-for! The joy of repairing this phenomenon might explain why I have the Filter-Flo in the house now.
I hope you get that repaired with a nice, minty-fresh baseplate; I'm sorry to see that after all your efforts to restore the machine. And yes, absolutely everything has to come apart to replace the baseplate, but since you were so careful to lubricate and clean everything when you restored it, hopefully it will be more a matter of time involved rather than having to use the Reserved Expletive List when things don't come apart.
Anyhow, best wishes for a speedy recovery :-|
Ohhhhh Nasty...
Hi Robert, sorry to see that happened to the beloved Pink Lady!!!
Not being used to the mechanics, ..What would have happened, would the tub be spinning and the centrepost/tube broken off and still?? or the centre post /tube spinning and the tub broken & still?? apart from the horrible schreeching either way??
Mike
Hi Robert, sorry to see that happened to the beloved Pink Lady!!!
Not being used to the mechanics, ..What would have happened, would the tub be spinning and the centrepost/tube broken off and still?? or the centre post /tube spinning and the tub broken & still?? apart from the horrible schreeching either way??
Mike
irishwashguy
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I was going to guess
The biggest Amond Rocca in the world, if only it was. I am sorry to see this happen to your Kenmore. Find comfort that there are alot of Kenmore parts floating around , some still waiting for you someplace close by. As a matter of fact I looked on Craigs list and found one for free.It could work, maybe? Ducks and Runs exit stage left<--------------<--------------<<<<<<<
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/zip/402782405.html
The biggest Amond Rocca in the world, if only it was. I am sorry to see this happen to your Kenmore. Find comfort that there are alot of Kenmore parts floating around , some still waiting for you someplace close by. As a matter of fact I looked on Craigs list and found one for free.It could work, maybe? Ducks and Runs exit stage left<--------------<--------------<<<<<<<
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/zip/402782405.html
70series
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I hope you find the part for the Beautiful Pink Lady, so you can restore her glory.
Good Luck,
James
Good Luck,
James
Not being used to the mechanics, ..What would have happened, would the tub be spinning and the centrepost/tube broken off and still?? or the centre post /tube spinning and the tub broken & still?? apart from the horrible schreeching either way??
Hi Mike, well thankfully it happened during spin when the tub was drained, otherwise we would have had a nice little flood. Oh well the basement can always use a good moping.
Hi Mike, well thankfully it happened during spin when the tub was drained, otherwise we would have had a nice little flood. Oh well the basement can always use a good moping.
Poor pink Lady. Robert, do you still have the centerpost from the white 57 you restored a few years ago or did you use that machine's centerpost on the pink lady? I remember you said you used some parts from the white one on miss pink.
An 18th century dildo indeed! Get your mind out of the toy chest!!!
An 18th century dildo indeed! Get your mind out of the toy chest!!!
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I knew that your news couldn't be good!
Oh, Robert! I'm so sorry. I just love your pink Lady. I hope that you can find a parts donor and that she'll be up and running in the not to distant future.
Mike
Oh, Robert! I'm so sorry. I just love your pink Lady. I hope that you can find a parts donor and that she'll be up and running in the not to distant future.
Mike
I'm sorry Robert. :-(
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I'm sorry Robert.
My neighbour had the same problem with her machine. The base are like new and we can replace the centerpost but we need a mechanical press.
My neighbour had the same problem with her machine. The base are like new and we can replace the centerpost but we need a mechanical press.
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