Rebuild of Maytag Transmission and Transplant into LAT 9800 AAW.

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To the best of my recollection this is my step by step rebuild, with photos, from last summer of a Maytag Newton style trans. put into a newer LAT model. I hope this is helpful to someone.

Here’s the HA408 machine’s top. Almost hated to take it apart. It was salvageable. It came with a HDE606. Second down from TOL (excluding 906 of course). Good shape too.

 

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This is the configuration I used to fill the 408 the first time to check for operation and get the agitator off. Hot supply from inside the house to hot side of valve. Washer hose connected to cold side and the other end in tub.

 

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Put in the hottest tap water available with lots of detergent and phosphate.

 

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Put a piece of semi-rigid aquarium tubing with soft tubing on the end under the agitator to get at the air bubble underneath the agitator and sucked the air bubble out. Put the machine into agitate for several minutes and then let it set for several more. Reached in with rubber gloves, rocked, pulled and the agitator came off pretty easily. Better than stuffing it with rags and pouring on boiling water, I think.

 

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Use PB Blaster and a toothbrush to clean out splined hole.

 

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Scrubbed at spanner nut and shaft with PB Blaster and wire brush and let set over night.

 

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Spanner wrench and mallet wouldn't touch it. Cracked it off with cold chisel.

 

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Mounting stem cover removed. Shouldn't have taken out the clip and washer and dug out the agitator drive shaft seal before lifting out the old mounting stem. I think the old ADS seal could possibly be reused underneath the new style mounting stem if you didn't have a NOS drive shaft seal. It seems as if the extra seal just provides a little push under the new style stem mount for an extra guard against leaks. It might be able to be reused in a pinch if it were cleaned and re-greased. I would be willing to try it if I didn't have a new one. Anyway, I'm saving the old seals in the future.

 

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The underside before any parts were removed. This washer has had a replacement motor.

 

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Parts from underneath.

 

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Old style Mallory “scritching” timer.

 

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Diagram of motor and water valve connections in case I would want to re-assemble the 408 someday.

 

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Mounting stem wouldn't budge.

 

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Used this...

 

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...to cut off mounting stem.

 

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See how I almost cut too far? The other side was better.

 

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Wash basket removed.

 

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These people had undesirable water.

 

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Here's the old boot seal while in the tub.

 

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Here's the tub bearing still in the tub.