The Norge

[bobbyderegis]

Hi All!
Now that my Christmas concert is over, I thought I would tackle the agitator on the Norge. The original one is broken at the top and is frozen to the shaft.
Bobby in Boston

 

[bobbyderegis]

If you read the earlier thread, the replacement has lint crud stuck inside:

 

[bobbyderegis]

So now I need to remove the cracked agitator. Nothing made it budge, so since it was junk, I took the Dremel to it.

 

[bobbyderegis]

I worked at it for over an hour. I have never seen an agitator so frozen onto a shaft. I bet the crazy Youtube washer killer couldn't get this one off!

 

[bobbyderegis]

As I'm doing this, I hear someone knocking. I put down the Dremel and head for the front door. As I pass by the GE Filter-Flo, I realize the knock was an unbalanced beach towel that I had thrown in!

 

[bobbyderegis]

I finally get the agitator off. I could have cried. The shaft looks like something rescued from the wreck of the Titanic!

 

[bobbyderegis]

A close up:

 

[bobbyderegis]

So now I ask the experts:
Where can I get a new shaft cover, drive hub, and gaskets? I assume I can remove the tub, pull the drive hub off and then the shaft cover without changing or pulling the entire tranny. Anyone willing to offer suggestions? I don't want to see this poor old girl go to the scrapyard!
Bobby in Boston

 

[Unimatic1140]

Bobby, I bet Larry at Modern has a drive block, those might even still be available. You probably can get away with not replacing the hub and shaft as its going to be a monster of a job to get everything apart.

 

[mickeyd]

Bobby, I see you've become an ace mechanic very quickly.

Don't you have a mini-basket to successfully spin a lone beach towel?

 

[rp2813]

What vintage is that Norge? I see it says 20 pounds. It's much like the '67 Signature my mom had, but that one was an 18-pounder and had a slanted control panel.

The machine looks very clean otherwise. Good luck with it. You have earplugs handy, right?

 

[norgeway]

71 or 72

I used one like this I got from lightedcontroldial in Virgina for over a year...until I got tired of my hubby complaining about how rough it was on his clothes.....I still think it is THE BEST washer ever made!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Making progress..........

Larry at Modern has some parts. Does anyone know if there are four or six bolts under the wash basket? He doesn't have a diagram of this model, an LWA 2040 A00.
Bobby in Boston

 

[lotsosudz]

If your mom had a 18pounder, that was a Westinghouse. Wards carried either the Norge 20-22lb, of the 18lb Westy. Of course the Norge ran circles around the Westy and its lousy indexing tub.
Lotsosudz

 

[spookiness]

I'm sorta missing my norgetag

In reply to Post# 398578-12/9/2009-14:39 by Norgeway.

I had a PAV Maytag, which a lot of ppl around these parts don't like, and yes it only lasted 10 years, but I'm sort of missing it.

I miss the true 2-speed selectable agitate/spin combos
I miss the basket size

I now realize that it was far more gentle on clothes than my DD Admir-pool is, especially since most of the time on the Norge-tag I used a long cycle, slow agitate, fast spin.

 

[gansky1]

A '67 Signature would have been a Norge built washer. They were 15, 16, 18 and finally 20 pounds by the very early 70's.

 

[gansky1]

Sorry Bobby, I don't have parts diagrams for that model - only earlier stuff or much later books. Best of luck on the restoration - finding the parts is half the battle!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Love the older, slanted consoles. How Whirlpoolesque!
Since there are only three tub bolts, I assume the agitator shaft cover would have six bolts, evenly spaced around the three, no?
Bobby in Boston

 

[rp2813]

OMG that avocado set is going to give me nightmares. Excuse me while I finish shuddering. I was hoping never to see them again. I'm glad to see they're sitting somewhere and not actually in use by anyone.

I thought my mom's 18# pair were '67s but her dryer had the 3-position drop down door.