question on ge ff outer tub

[combo52]

Outer Tub Damage on GE FF Washers

When a GE FF washer goes badly out of balance the inner wash basket strikes the outer tub, even on a brand new GE washing its first load of clothing this collision between the porcelain coating on the outer tub and basket can result in enough porcelain being chipped and worn off to expose bare steel which will continue to rust. This design flaw was one of the worst things about GE FF washers, I was always amazed that with all GEs great experience with advanced plastics that they did not install something like Delrin wear strips around the top edge of the inner basket to prevent such damage.

 

When I do the cabinet swap on the GE DispenseAll washer in our museum I am going to add some Delrin ware strips to the wash basket that I removed from the front bearing of a WP built clothes dryer. The problem of the washers basket striking the outer tub seems to be even worse on the bigger tub 18 pound machines. And while it is easy to re-coat the damaged areas on the outer tub and top of the basket when restoring these washers I do not know of anything that is tough enough to withstand the crashing of the tub into the outer tub, so ones repair may not last if you ever have a severely out of balance load.

 

[yogitunes]

yes....John is right.....its hard to figure something to use for the inner and outter tub areas that will withstand constant banging/scraping along those areas, nothing is exactly fool proof.....

we just have to try and use stuff to minimize the future damage......

not a complete forever fix, but usng the FlexSeal on the outter tub gives a layer of cushion, and was thinking along the lines of a piece of rubber wrap, like an innertube glued to the top area of the inner tub.....again, over time both will sustain some damage from banging/scraping, but every bit of cushion will help some....

always was suprised GE never put in some layer of protection, one way or another, either a coating/shield for one of the tubs, or a suspension retainer that would not allow the inner tub to swing that far out to make contact with the outter tub...

as usual its up to us to think of things outside the box....

 

[gansky1]

The (bicycle tire?) inner tube is a good idea. Already a circle that can be stretched around the spin-tub and possibly glued would work perfectly. If it stays.

I've used a couple of inner tubes for the tubular rubber for other things in washer restore projects, they are very useful and come in a range of sizes and diameters.

 

[yogitunes]

Thats what I was thinking Gansky.....get one the right size, and slice it long ways, it would fit snug around the entire inner tub....and then something like rubber cement or epoxy to hold it in place....

you know again....like my pool noodle trick....an innertube of the right size would fit inside between the tubs, and "inflated" to keep the tub centered for transport....this would work for a number of machines....

keep the ideas comming guys....