Rebuilding Westinghouse laundromats

[3beltwesty]

DANGER area; worn HUB can cause failures

Here is where I once screwed up. I used a HUB piece that was the old 29 year one and the went through a few clutch springs and a potato pulley too

 

[3beltwesty]

the 3 westy belts

the Spin belt was drawn in

 

[3beltwesty]

tub front clamp bolt

To get the tub fronts red clamp installed was a bit if a challenge. I ended up get a longer threaded rod instead of teh stock bolt. No matter how many clamps and rigged clamps I was always about 1/4 inch short of engaging the threads. I had a brand new gasket and probably too much rtv and not enough grunt force. One the bolt is intalled one hits around the tub front with a mallet to seat the gasket and tightens then repeats

 

[3beltwesty]

shot showing front and water hose new feet

unit here was leaned over, Ince it is all togeher it weights approx 260 to 270 Lbs

the yellow plates purpose is to hold the balance weights

here one spot welded pem type nut got lost or was rusted gone; notice there are 4 screws to hold the retrofit nut

 

[3beltwesty]

Booting up

Booting up

 

[3beltwesty]

minor goofs to show us we know very little!

After I put the boot on I went to install this blue weight and had unclamp the boot and move the clamp so I could remove the boot again with this weight!

Those concrete weights need a tad of locktite too; not the killer type; just to keep the bolts from coming loose

 

[3beltwesty]

Kludge but it worked

This bottom weight required new screws. In replacing the nut on the yellow plate, no stock bolt would work, thus I just added a few washers. These old bolts were lost in Katrina, I am not sure if Westinghouse had a non standard bolt length on the old ones.

If too long they hit the tub front, if too short and only on thread is engaged.

 

[3beltwesty]

1976 westy in 2006 with a 5 weights in place

Originally I just painted washers parts odd colors so I could find them in the cluttered rubble of the house.

They machine almost has a Mardi Gras attire or comic book coloring scheme

 

[3beltwesty]

westy door now on; color match is fair but livable

before intalling the door test out the tub lamp!

 

[3beltwesty]

Another GOOF, Delector RING (clothes guard)

This ring was way too hard to install because when I epoxy painted the tub front, I had too much thickness where ring goes.

It was a bear to install.

There is a trick to install these, like a figure 8 and hand reversal gambit too.

This guard helps prevent stuff getting behind the basket

 

[3beltwesty]

1976 westy in operation washing

Unlike my new FL washer of 2010; the 1976 washer actually has the clothes washing IN water, not sprayed/tinkled on.

This LT570 machine in a 1978 CR test had the lowest water usage of any washer, 30 gallons max

 

[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!