whirlpool dd no neutral drain!

[toploader1984]

hey guys, i have a newer whirlpool direct drive that does not do a neutral drain, i cant figure out if it is the timer or the clutch, as much as i love swairl away drain, when the whirlpool is full and tries to spin water sloshes out of the top b cuz the pump is not fast enough, and leaks.

 

[DADoES]

The only relation the timer has to neutral drain is in providing the pause between agitate and drain so the tranny can mechanically shift, then again between drain and spin. If the timer is pausing consistently as it should, then the problem is in the tranny. There's a neutral drain repair kit available to replace the related parts.

 

[ttuee2006]

Oy...

Those direct-drive simply have NO personality whatsoever. I just finished fixing one up that I got for free that had a bad motor and decided to watch it agitate.....YAWN!

The DD's have an interesting feature in their transmission that when they reverse to spin, the basket is not engaged (hence the neutral drain). They pause the motor which engages the spin basket, so when they turn back on, the basket spins.

If the motor is pausing, or if you're lifting the lid when it starts to pump out, the interruption will cause it to immediately shift into spin.

If it's going from agitate, then pause, then drain, but drain is spinning with no interruption from you, then it's definitely a transmission fault since the timer has no input to the transmission whatsoever.....it's all purely mechanical.

It's an ingenious design, it's just such a shame that the agitation stroke is so short and vigorous and that the machines are totally devoid of a personality!

 

[bobbyderegis]

A friend of mine had a BOL WP DD and it would occasionally make a clunk and start to spin in the middle of a drain. No personality for sure, and IMO, POS.
Bobby in Boston