The Queen Exposed

[Unimatic1140]

OK not that queen, and now that I have your attention, check out my progress on combining two 1957 Speed Queens into one. Here is the restored unit with the cabinet and outer tub removed, ready for testing. I sure hope I remembered to bolt the tub down securely, otherwise we might have some chipped pink porcelain.

 

[swestoyz]

Yey Robert! Looks like things are coming together nicely - is that a new pump and possible clutch?

Ben

 

[brettsomers]

with the title of that link, i was expecting the Queen to come flying apart mid-spin! devious!

 

[pdub]

Majestic

That Speed Queen looks like it's coming along very nicely.
Can't wait to see more.

Patrick

 

[westytoploader]

Fun seeing the interesting damper system and all of the components, and can't wait until you have it running again. I notice a shiny new fluid drive and pump, but what other sort of work/replacement was involved?

 

[irishwashguy]

Looks like she is coming right along.

 

[sudsman]

Robert

Very nice and amazingly not very noisey like a lot of the older queens.... Is that a U L approved test ??hee hee

 

[jetcone]

OOOOHHH

That was FUN lets do it again!!
I never knew that fluid drive turned!! I thought just the gut inside turned. But ofcourse out East here we have never seen any of these machines.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..........

 

[mayken4now]

I am with Austin, cool damper system, very interesting!

Steve

 

[mayfan69]

Wow!

Great video..now i know how my 1963 Fluid Drive Simpson works...except it spins clockwise.

Leon

 

[toggleswitch]

Noisy old queens

Amazing to me that new AmanaTags looks very similar in engineering.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Austin, here is the work that has been done so far:

Brand NOS (new old stock) Fluid Drive Assembly
Brand NOS Pump
Brand NOS Center Post and Agitator Bearing
Brand NOS Agitator Shaft
Brand New Spin Bearings
Brand New Cogged Drive Belts
Removed 600 rpm spin pulley and replaced with 700rpm Coin-op
Cleaned and tightened supsension snubbers, pads and springs
Cleaned motor

More to come.

 

[peterh770]

Why do you think SQ had such a tall agitator? To help keep water out of the transmission?

 

[foraloysius]

That's indeed a fun video! I love Speed Queens. And Queens in general. LOL

 

[mrb627]

Love It

I too love this machine. Why did the Coin-ops have a higher RPM spin pulley?

MRB

 

[askomiele]

Can someone explain me how that fluid drive system works? Is it like clutch in a car or not? Or am I totally wrong

 

[gansky1]

Advertising come to life! That is too cool - I'm with Jon, let's do that again!

 

[rickr]

Yay Robert!!

So cool to see it all going on like that!! Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[mickeyd]

Glayds, the dog

What did she think of this wild spinning creature?

Too bad you're not insane and didn't fill the tub with water and let it squirt all over kingdom come.

What a treat, Roberto!

Thank You,

Miguel

 

[alr2903]

way cool

Robert that was interesting i have never seen those parts wheeling around like that Thanks, Beautiful work alr2903

 

[nasadowsk]

Fluid drive is just what the name says it is.

The inside of the fluid unit is filled with an oil, and there's an impeller, spun by the motor. The walls of the unit have ribs inside, and as the impeller spins, it flings the oil around, spinning the outside shell, which has the drive pulley mounted on it.

Ok, I can't figure out how it stops spinning

Anyway, it's much like the Chrysler 'fluid drive' cars of the 40's, or like the early Hydramatic car transmission.

It's NOT like a torque converter, but it IS the direct ancestor to them. A TC has one other element, a stator.

 

[Cybrvanr]

Dude, what an awesome video clip! There's so much stuff moving and spinning around in there! That's definitely a well built machine from the sounds of it...a very precision sound. I was suprised to see the outer tub spinning too. I don't know of too many other washers that spin the outer tub like that. I also noticed the agitator transmission stays running during the spin cycle too...just obviously not engaged.

What a fascinating machine! I'm gonna hafta put that one on my list of desireable things to get! I would love to rebuild one, but use a plexiglass front on it, and then paint up the interior stuff nice and pretty and have like an LED light or a CCFT shining on the stuff while it does it's job...that's just too much animation to hide under a cover!

 

[brettsomers]

i WAS kinda hoping water would start being thrown allover...

 

[Unimatic1140]

I was suprised to see the outer tub spinning too.

Steven, the outer tub is removed in that video, what you are seeing is the inner tub spinning.

 

[trainguy]

Thanks Robert....

for the clip. I just love to see the inner workings of those machines.

Rich

 

[toggleswitch]

yoo hoo your pipe is showing.. ...

What is the function of what looks like a lever with a rubber hose at the top and a metal pipe further down that sits alonside the inner tub?

Of course it spins with the inner tub.......

 

[sheerlookhomes]

A new dimension!

that was fantastic! really does add a whole new dimension to the machine...was that the agitator drive oscillating? (presumably in 'neutral' up top, in the tub)

thanks

 

[jmirawm]

Wondering the same thing.......

What is the spinning pipe on the outside of the inner tub ?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Ok, I can't figure out how it stops spinning
That's simple Phil, its friction as there is no brake, the fluid drive and wash tub simply coast down to a full stop in about 1:15 seconds.

i WAS kind of hoping water would start being thrown allover...
I know at the next convention if the weather is as hot as it was for the last convention, everyone can get into their swim suits and we can run through the "sprinkler", the sprinkler being the Speed Queen with the cabinet & outer tub removed, spinning out the water! What a video that would make for, watch out YouTube.

What is the function of what looks like a lever with a rubber hose at the top and a metal pipe further down that sits alongside the inner tub?
Steve that is the Sediment Ejector Tube.

was that the agitator drive oscillating?
It sure was!

 

[peterh770]

That's the "sediment ejector" tube. It connects under the agitator. It is supposed to help eject sand and other sediments from the wash when the machine goes into spin.