Secrets of Keeping your Automatic Washer Trouble Free

[redcarpetdrew]

Shredmores...

When you have a short stroke, hi speed agitation like that then there will be clothes Movement. In the same idea, a blender on higher speed tends to liquefy the contents easier. What I enjoy on those neutral drains is taking a putty knife and scraping off all the hair, lint and soap scum off the underside of the tub cover and upper outer tub to get rid of the smell. I've seen build up so bad, you can hear it scraping against the inner tub as it tries to spin. I'll take a spin drain machine anytime...

RCD

 

[fnelson487]

Indeed

I am enjoying the 906s.  45 years and still going strong as daily drivers.  Where do people get the idea that these are trouble-prone?  I have also had 806s for years and never a problem.

 

[combo52]

Never a Problem?

Be real, Fred you recently posted pictures of the MT repair guy fixing your washer and there is nothing wrong with that, but there has never been any piece of complex man made machinery that has never had a problem.

 

[jetcone]

Nothin' cleaner

than sheets washed and rinsed in a FilterFlo

 

 

 

 

[danemodsandy]

John:

As a fellow Maytag aficionado, what I understood Fred to mean is that Maytags don't give undue trouble if they are cared for. You're absolutely right that the machine doesn't exist that never gives any problem whatsoever. The occasional ordinary repair or bit of maintenance isn't "trouble," in my book - it's just reality.

I'm going over an A806 I recently got. The mechanical needs are: 1) New damper pads 2) New motor glides and 3) New belt.

This isn't too bad for a machine produced in June, 1968, the month after I finished my sophomore year in high school!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I'm not sure there was really any problem. Was it that same thread where there was more time and pictures posted of the repairman than the 'problem'? Man, I just love those 906's!

Jon, out of respect, I won't go after your GE right now as its still her maiden washing (and one Hell of a snazzy looking machine...) but I do notice it took longer to fix her than a Maytag... LOL!

True, all complex machines have occasional issues or Repairman like John and I would be out of business but some (Maytag's) usually have less complex issues... ;^) I must thank our generous Webmaster for such a fun thread even though I think he had no clue it would turn out this way...

I do hope you all know that this has been in fun and I really DO love all machines. Ok, well maybe some (Maytags) a touch more than others...

RCD

 

[fnelson487]

I Was Referring

To the 806s.  In the 20 years that I owned them, I don't think I every had a repair on them.  The dryer started to squeak a bit so I foolishly replaced them.  In any event, the 906s were entitled to some repairs after 45 years of service and by such a handsome repairman as well which made the experience all the more enjoyable!

 

[ovrphil]

Melting ice

Hope it wasn't me posting a photo of Fred's A906 timeless looking machines that brought out the best in all of you. Not taking sides, even if I do own a modest pair of Maytags myself, no repairs so far, and everything gets very clean and done so quickly. I'm having anxiety, after this thread.

Maytag! Kenmore! GE FF! Bendix! I better find room and save up for three more - can't afford to be left out of the "how clean are your whites?"

You've heard about the fury in a Maytag scorned? Well, that's nothing compared to the fury of a Maytag devotee who possesses and threatens to use booster heater backup.