SPEED QUEEN

[areuoneto]

Here a picture of a soild tub

 

[gyrafoam]

Looks like the big-tub version (with the dreaded reversing motor). My favorite.
IMO these were really good solid-tub washers.

 

[areuoneto]

This machine was produced may 1980

This was the last year of the soild tubs and yes it is the Big tub. This is the same year they changed the design. It s runs like it was new it all it needed was the agitor and some TLC.

 

[scott55405]

Areuneto, all these machines are great! Steve, why dreaded reversing motor?

I notice they changed the high speed by then from "brisk" to "normal"

 

[gansky1]

A rare beast for sure, most of these late-model solid tub machines didn't last very long!

 

[gyrafoam]

Scott----

I really don't know the specifics----but the general concensus is that the reversing motors in these machines were very trouble prone.

I say change out the motor and keep right on going----these were my favorite SQ's!

 

[gansky1]

It wasn't really the motors that were trouble prone, it was the mechanism they were installed in! There was lots of trouble with the shifting mechanism (from agitate mode to spin mode) and also a lot of rust issues. The porcelain and sheet metal were lighter and much lower quality. I'm sure it was the "luck of the draw" - much like Norge products - if you got a good one, it would run forever but a lemon would be gone in a short time.