norgechef
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I have decided to keep the used Maytag Neptune 6500 I recently acquired and repair it despite the fact that it does need several repairs.
I have the entire washer apart right now. I took the front off to replace the leaking door seal and decided I may as well replace the bearings as they are relatively cheap, and I already have the machine completely apart. Plus, this will save me from having to to tear the whole thing apart again in another year or two if they do go bad. I wish the door seal was the only REAL issue, but unfortunately that's not the case.
The motor definitely has something wrong. I've pin pointed it down to the 2 bearings inside the motor, as the motor runs fine but makes a terrible scraping noise while running, and is unusually loud compared to my previous Neptune. Any advice for this, what might be causing it, or why it is sounding like this would be appreciated. I know they are not exactly known for problems with the motor so I'm sort of confused on what to do. With the motor apart everything turns pretty smoothly. Both bearings still appear to be good to me. After I put the motor back together and on the washer tonight, the shaft rotated around like normal, but was louder, and then stopped after a few turns. It stopped mid turn-almost like it was binding, and the washer just stopped. The control lights were still on but the motor was off. It did this all the 3 times I tried it. But the shaft turns smoothly by hand, just the sound of a bad bearing. Really dreading the possibility that the motor will need replacing.
The pump impeller has also somehow came off the shaft, I'm assuming from the seller leaving the washer in his garage for god knows how long in temperatures below freezing without using any anti-freeze. I dried the shaft and the impeller off and crazy glued the impeller on. We'll see how that turns out tomorrow. I do not feel like buying a new pump, and I have someone who says he can fix it without any glue. Fingers crossed.
The last issue I have, is more of a question for owners of Neptune front loaders. With my last Neptune, and with this one, as the spin cycle just begins around 100-200 rpms give or take, the basket wobbles for a few seconds, then stops, and does it again and again until the washer speeds up. Its quite loud, to the point where I actually replaced the struts on my previous Neptune, to no avail. The noise it is making is coming from the door seal flexing back and forth as the basket spins, but is the outer tub wobbling like this normal? Because as far as I can tell it is not a bearing issue. The inner tub is still firmly in place.
In any case, I had to get rid of my previous Neptune because the noise and vibration on the spin cycle seemed so excessive. Is this normal? I always do extra large loads, but rarely overload. If a load becomes tangled in my Kenmore HE5T it will also vibrate quite loudly on spin, so I guess it could just be that I'm more used to the smooth spin cycles on top loaders. But still there is no ''thump thump thump *pause* thump thump thump *pause*...'' noise on my HE5T as the spin accelerates.
I have the entire washer apart right now. I took the front off to replace the leaking door seal and decided I may as well replace the bearings as they are relatively cheap, and I already have the machine completely apart. Plus, this will save me from having to to tear the whole thing apart again in another year or two if they do go bad. I wish the door seal was the only REAL issue, but unfortunately that's not the case.
The motor definitely has something wrong. I've pin pointed it down to the 2 bearings inside the motor, as the motor runs fine but makes a terrible scraping noise while running, and is unusually loud compared to my previous Neptune. Any advice for this, what might be causing it, or why it is sounding like this would be appreciated. I know they are not exactly known for problems with the motor so I'm sort of confused on what to do. With the motor apart everything turns pretty smoothly. Both bearings still appear to be good to me. After I put the motor back together and on the washer tonight, the shaft rotated around like normal, but was louder, and then stopped after a few turns. It stopped mid turn-almost like it was binding, and the washer just stopped. The control lights were still on but the motor was off. It did this all the 3 times I tried it. But the shaft turns smoothly by hand, just the sound of a bad bearing. Really dreading the possibility that the motor will need replacing.
The pump impeller has also somehow came off the shaft, I'm assuming from the seller leaving the washer in his garage for god knows how long in temperatures below freezing without using any anti-freeze. I dried the shaft and the impeller off and crazy glued the impeller on. We'll see how that turns out tomorrow. I do not feel like buying a new pump, and I have someone who says he can fix it without any glue. Fingers crossed.
The last issue I have, is more of a question for owners of Neptune front loaders. With my last Neptune, and with this one, as the spin cycle just begins around 100-200 rpms give or take, the basket wobbles for a few seconds, then stops, and does it again and again until the washer speeds up. Its quite loud, to the point where I actually replaced the struts on my previous Neptune, to no avail. The noise it is making is coming from the door seal flexing back and forth as the basket spins, but is the outer tub wobbling like this normal? Because as far as I can tell it is not a bearing issue. The inner tub is still firmly in place.
In any case, I had to get rid of my previous Neptune because the noise and vibration on the spin cycle seemed so excessive. Is this normal? I always do extra large loads, but rarely overload. If a load becomes tangled in my Kenmore HE5T it will also vibrate quite loudly on spin, so I guess it could just be that I'm more used to the smooth spin cycles on top loaders. But still there is no ''thump thump thump *pause* thump thump thump *pause*...'' noise on my HE5T as the spin accelerates.