Kenmore Outer Tub Rust
I really wish that they had gone to plastic earlier, instead of cheapened the metal. My belt drive was built the 18th week of 1986, so it was one of the last produced belt drive washers. I know all too well about that outer tub rot. Mines been getting worse and worse over the years, to the point where i’m almost at the point of being forced to replace it. I’ve patched it all around the port for the pump, and a small pinhole on the side, and i just can’t keep the rust at bay how I wish I could. I hope I’m either able to find a solid replacement, or pull the outer tub and completely sand, patch, and paint the outer tub. I’m starting to run out of options and I have no idea how to weld, nor know anyone who can, and scrapping the machine is the absolute LAST thing I want to do since it was my first machine.