The worn portion of the lower porcelain basket is a dead giveaway of repeated overloading techniques. I have a '65 A702 that saw much, much more use/abuse and the tub is still near perfect. However, I knew the original owners and their laundry habits. All washes were properly loaded, if not slightly underloaded.
if you think my more than 40 EXPERIENCE years are wrong
Well, my 50 year old towels in the hall closet coupled with my nearly 20 year old clothes prove (to me) that long stroke Maytags aren't as aggressive as you claim. Actually, you are the only person on this site (that I have known of) to claim long stroke Maytags have a harsh washing action. Not to be an asshole, but that kinda sounds like your opinions are clouding the truth.
Further I tend to trust Maytag and thier engineers they are the ones who changed to the load sensor agitator for there dependable care washers they did a lot more testing than either one of us.
Engineers changed to the load sensing agitator with the
orbital transmission because of its fast agitation speed that was harsher on clothes and had poor turnover in a fully loaded situations. The orbital trans was used because it was
cheaper to manufacturer than the pitman trans, and had a couple of less moving parts. It was also serviceable without requiring a complete tear-down of the machine. However, those points don't prove it's a better design, especially in the long run. Orbitals wear out the lower o-ring seal faster than the older transmissions and replacing the lower o-ring in orbitals doesn't guarantee a leak free operation after replacement. Also, they like to shear the pin and wind the agitator and upper shaft right out of the transmission, requiring a rebuild. It also didn't help th fact that most orbitals used the inferior triple lip seal that lasted an average of 5 years, compared to several decades, like the older design. The fact that most orbitals didn't have a lint filter in the agitator is just icky to someone who has 4 pets.
had far more complaints about MT dependable Care washers than any other brand when it comes to performance issues.
So, I guess the all of the high ratings that long stroke Mayatgs consistently received via Consumer Reports (long before the days their opinions became skewed) and the millions upon millions of happy customers that paid BIG $$$ for those machines are all full of BS then?
To me, it sounds like the complaints you got were from those who were "stuffers" and didn't know how to properly load a machine. They are a common breed in society
I have used several other washers and never was much impressed. The only machines I haven't played with a lot are belt drive WP/KM machines. However, my parents had a coppertone belt drive Kenmore for a short period time when I was 5 and I remember my mother commenting how, once the KM died (it was less than 7 yrs old) the "new" Maytag (the very machine I still have) exceeded the Km in washing performance and especially drying performance with its faster spin. Also, no more frequent out of balance issues with the Maytag that the KM had.
