Speed Queen LWN432SP115TWO1 hub and lip seal nut removal

[kalanikaau1]

How in the world is the hub and lip seal nut supposed to be removed when the entire transmission rotates with it?
Speed Queen repair videos show using a slugging wrench on the nut being struck with a hammer however the entire assembly rotates with each hammer blow.
I could somehow wedge a large pipe wrench on the transmission from below, but I don't want to damage the transmission case.
Is there some sort of magic trick in removing the nut, shown in the attached image.
TIA!

 

[kc27]

The guy in the video linked below ran into the same issue. He found a work around using pliers to prevent the transmission from rotating.

 

[kalanikaau1]

Thanks!

I borrowed a friends 1 1/2" deep, 1/2" drive socket and zapped it off with my trusty IR 1/2" impact gun...worked like a charm.

 

[combo52]

Traditional Speed Queen top load washer

Wash basket support and seal replacement.

The only times I’ve seen this fail on a machine that’s fairly new like this is when people use too little detergent and gunk them all up. You can see the mess this machine is in. It’s funny the guy fixing it thinks he’s looking at detergent residue when in fact he’s looking at gunk from not using detergent insufficient quantities. He’s also using water that’s generally too cool the warm setting on Speed Queen like this is often too cool depending on your cold and hot temperatures coming to the machine to wash clothing in, you generally need at least 100°F and a lot of detergent with a top load washer to get good results. People don’t realize this and is the reason I don’t use top washers much anymore. It’s just too expensive to use them.

The funny thing is people think front load washers do this. We see plenty of top load washers filled with mold and gunk. It’s almost more likely in a top load machine because of the large volume of water you’re never gonna use enough detergent and most cases also highlights the reason that bleach can be so helpful this machine obviously never saw bleach.
Hopefully, they’ll get some more good years out of it now.

John

 

[kc27]

Do products like these offer any benefit to keeping a top load washer "clean"? The packaging shows front loaders, but the info about the products said they work on top loaders, too.

 

[kalanikaau1]

Wash basket support and seal replacement

To be honest with you, I've no idea of what type, brand or quantities of detergent the previous owner of this machine used, I am merely in the process of rebuilding this Speed Queen to replace my aged Maytag, of which many parts have become obsolete.
I truly hate to say Aloha to my 24 year old Maytag, however issues with the machine has made that imminent.
I've been told that my Maytag, purchased new in Jan. 2000 is actually a Norge design, nevertheless I can only hope that the SQ will prove to be just as reliable...

 

[combo52]

Using commercial washer, cleaners on top loads machines

These can be used on top loaders. They often don’t work as well because of the much larger quantity of water in a top loader and some top load machines don’t fill up high enough and certainly don’t get things clean at the top of the wash basket, etc.

I’ve never felt the need to clean any front load or top load washer I’ve owned if you use the machine correctly, it won’t build up soil.

You should never wash anything colder than 100°F and hotter is better yet. You have to get above body temperature to get the oil and things out of your clothing and out of the machine.

I used my top load lady Kenmore washer for over 30 years and even with the sudssaver reusing the water a lot when I took the machine apart for rebuilding the other year it was perfectly clean. There was no cleanup necessary.

Hi Jeff, if you’re Maytag was one of the Norge design machines, you did well to get 20+ years out of it I would not contemplate major repairs on it and the Speed Queen will easily outlast one of those machines. The Norge design washer was a good performing machine worked better than even the regular Maytag, but they were not nearly as durable or easy to repair when things really go wrong.

John

 

[kalanikaau1]

Norge design

Interesting story about how I came to own my Maytag.
Sometime in Dec.'99, before the advent of the internet I was calling the local appliance dealers here in Honolulu for price and availability on the Maytag I now own.
One dealer was particularly less expensive than others, I verified the price and availability and told them that I would be there to buy it on their first business day in Jan. '00.
The business was a Japanese Mom & Pop operation, Mama San was seated at her desk with brochures and paperwork stacked so high that she had to stand to see me.
I sensed some uneasiness between the two, evidently she had quoted me for a Whirlpool top loader mistakenly, the actual price of the Maytag was consistent with the other dealers.
Meanwhile Papa San was hell bent on selling me a Whirlpool, there must had been some kind of promotional event going on with Whirlpool sales, Mama San apologized to me profusely for misquoting me.
As they had the machine in stock I bought it for the going price and did not hold her to her quote, she was greatly relieved when I told her that we all make mistakes and that it would not sit well with me if I was to be anal and hold her to her quote, they had to put food on their dinner table as well.
Twenty-four years later, it's time to say Aloha to the Maytag, it's been ridiculously reliable, the one and only repair I've done to it was replacing the lid switch some 10 years ago...everything else on it is original. I've replaced the water supply hoses many times (it's located indoors), however I consider those to be a maintenance instead of repair items.
Reflecting back on that day when Papa-San was extolling the virtues on a Whirlpool gives me a chuckle, however I was adamant about buying a Maytag, a wise decision, I'd say...

 

[combo52]

I’d say you did quite well with the Maytag however statistically you would’ve done much better with the whirlpool and you wouldn’t be having to replace it today because it would be a relatively easy repair if you wanted to keep another traditional washer. With your skills, a whirlpool direct drive washer is a very easy thing to fix no matter how bad the problems are.

John