What could be causing my Maytag A806 to do this?

[qsd-dan]

but tend to struggle with larger loads such as bedding and jeans

Oh, I certainly remember those days! Endless cycles of turning my comforter inside out and rotating it 180 degrees in my '81 Kenmore dryer. This would go on for 2.5+ hours using the maximum allowed time on the sensor cycle. For shits and giggles, I stuffed that comforter fresh from the laundromat dried at 500 RPM's in a Speed Queen front loading washer in my then newly acquired DE750 HOH dryer (first vintage appliance) expecting 3+ hours and possibly a fire due to its small drum with the fabric tightly jammed against the incoming hot air grates. Damn thing was dried in 1h:20m and did not require turning it inside out or rotating it once. It took a long, long time for the shock factor to wear off, let me tell you...

I never did dry large blankets, comforters, or pillows in anything but an electronically controlled HOH dryer after that glorious experience.

 

[maytag85]

Reply #19

Btw Dan, is your email working? I replied to your email a little while back. Not sure if it something on my end or your end. Couldn’t respond to emails earlier back in January and some of February since the storage was full on my iPad.

 

[good-shepherd]

I used black silicone adhesive,

I wouldn't trust silicone RTV on damper pads, I've found it to be a poor bonding adhesive on some materials.

 

[good-shepherd]

This is better for damper pads

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195636448158?epid=1347130474&hash=item2d8cd74b9e:g:BwsAAOSw0kdkAtTx&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAABAIqEmk08ptP4mmjjEMnNB4NXJi9H9nVMT1PzX6YgVyQL1E6ym0V6GNVbx1agXDnfTbT5Kx%2FmLY2SyU%2BSGuw9pSf54LZ5Rgy2xakKwWfUwG2jaYYUNsTo%2B4FFgMLskCeLI64KwTZ

 

[qsd-dan]

Isn't this the replacement for Maytags 055980 high temp adhesive? https://www.ebay.com/itm/1855237941...HnUuM4lhTYh+PyevSdAEr1vMs=|tkp:Bk9SR_Lu_ILWYQ

 

Or just get the real deal https://www.ebay.com/itm/3015355247...ZTcN/sFB/V9G4RglH3LDSjuq4L|tkp:Bk9SR_a_kIPWYQ

 

 

 

[combo52]

Most durable top load washer, suspension systems

The belt drive whirlpool washers had the best suspension of any popular top loading automatic.

The standard capacity models never walked or generally had unbalance problems.

Whirlpool did have some vibration problems with their super capacity washers in the 70s. It’s one of the reasons they reduce the capacity in 1982 somewhat.

Nothing ever went wrong with the suspension and a belt drive whirlpool washer, other than possibly a worn snubber which took absolutely no tools to replace in about 30 seconds to lift the top and flip a new pad in place.

Whirlpool never used an unbalanced switch in their belt drive machines Sears used an unbalanced switch in their fancier models 1/3 to 1/2 of their models did not have one, this was a feature that the salesman could try to upsell people with trying to convince them that they needed this useless gadget on the machine. Over the course of my career, I muster disconnected 300 to 500 on balance switches on Kenmore machines because people are annoyed that machine would cut off.

Maytag never had a very good suspension and had to use an on balance switch to control the machine vibration. This was compounded because of the spin drain of course and also the narrow cabinet width. When Maytag came out with the helical Drive washer. It had a very weak spring system and the damper was aluminum and cork material inside. They beefed it up about 1960 a little bit but it wasn’t until the 06 models in 1966 that it got to work performed a lot better,

John

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>The standard capacity models never walked or generally had unbalance problems.</blockquote> John, our 1962 WP had several incidents of off-balance and walking.  It once walked itself out of position in the garage to the drain hose or supply hose lengths, whichever was the limit.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Thanks so much for all the interesting replies and the links to the adhesive and damper pads.  Sounds like I'll have to redo the damper pad repair.  John: I'll check the condition of the damper and may well take you up on that.  I've never taken out a washing machine tub/basket/drum before, but this machine might well be my first attempt.

 

Dan: I don't have a video of the spin from the start but I will record one when I next get the machine out.  This morning I needed to do lots of laundry, so I decided to take out my Whirlpool belt drive, with its weird hung suspension LOL.  I used my Whirlpool (KA) 29" dryer for everything today but it keeps on balling up bedding.  So you inspired me to try drying a kingsize duvet cover in my halo of heat dryer this morning.  Wow yes it did actually dry it completely evenly and did not ball up once.  And thanks again for all the advice.

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Our mid-'70s DG806 HOH still maintains the title of fastest, quietest, easiest to operate and overall best dryer I've ever had the pleasure to own.