Rebuilding Westinghouse laundromats

[3beltwesty]

2nd wash

With the flash off the color miss match is less, there are some hokey CFL bulbs on only.

This is a 2nd load with a bit a lot of soap, trying to check boot and for any leaks.

The bezel on this Westy is the parts the that has the most visible corrosion; the poor aluminum gets polished; the salt and Katrina flood did not help either. This machine was my only washer for the last 4 years after its rebuild

 

[3beltwesty]

Big washer

This is the washer I left off at first, it caused the slinky spring to get goofed up. It took a mess of time to find this missing washer, then once it was on the machine had no issues with the springs

 

[jetcone]

Thanks for the teck talk!

3belt, I learned a lot , my 1957 sounds like it has bad bearings but when I heard your machine I am now thinking its the shaft and not the bearing, it sounds the same!
I will check and see if that shaft fits my 1957 3 belt for a refit! My bearings may be good after all since the original owner replaced them three times in its working life.

Love the Mardi Gras colors I have a 1918 Easy painted the same way!

 

[3beltwesty]

Bearinsg and shaft

Jetcone; thanks for the comments.

With the worn shaft the machine would just be noisy in the spin mode. That video with the spin noise was shot was with brand new 6205 bearings.

Back in early 2005 the machine had a worn out bearing towards the front, with its balls corroded, pitted but it still worked. With the potato pulley off one could turn the basket by hand and feel the clunks and bearing noise. It too roared when in spin mode, but sounded different. I wish I had shot a video back then to record the noise.

I am not sure if the 25mm shaft is case/flame/surface hardened or not, or just a dumb steel shaft. When I place a new shaft in the several potato pulleys here; the fit is tight. It is like the shaft wore down the most, and the rollers little.

The shaft on my 1976 is a 5303261165. It has a left hand tread that screws into the steel basket. There is a O-ring 5308015092 too that is between the basket and shaft, I think this o-ring keeps water out of the threads.

in reply 28 the table shows the clutch spring going back before 1959.

the shaft one mine may not go back that far

 

[syndets2000]

shafts that fit...

are all the interchangeable ( the same )- from 1953 to whenever they stopped making them!