Tom's point about the very early suspensions is certainly spot on. Maytag went through several revisions of the base/spring arrangement and placement up through the 06 series in 1966. While the later 1961-1965 machines have a better suspension that the earlier helicals, all suspension issues were resolved with the 06 machines. Depending on how the machine is loaded though places a pretty significant role in how well the machine will spin.
My hunch is those early machines that suffered from porcelain lost had more to do with chronic overloading than an agitator design flaw. The Power-Fin agitator was a vast improvement over the original agitator design, but it also masked overloading issues that otherwise would have continued to wear on the tubs on the later machines.
Ben
My hunch is those early machines that suffered from porcelain lost had more to do with chronic overloading than an agitator design flaw. The Power-Fin agitator was a vast improvement over the original agitator design, but it also masked overloading issues that otherwise would have continued to wear on the tubs on the later machines.
Ben
