Speed Queen - Are belts a common prob

[rp2813]

Our Amana was on its third belt when it was nine years old and we decided to replace it with a Duet pair.

 

I think we were lucky that the belt was the only component that needed attention over those nine years.

 

[blackstone]

Amana/Raytheon 1991 Top Loader

gets used every day; I might have changed the belt & idler once, but I don't remember. Never touched the pump. However, I've changed the motor twice, and brake pads once.

I have no issues with the difficulty of changing this belt. Not at all, compared to all those years changing belts on old Whirlpools, laying on someone's damp, cold cellar floor, removing those spacers, and backing off the levers the right amount to make room for the belt. That is, of course, if I was able to loosen the rusty bolt tensioning the belt.