Just improve the bearings. When Alliance improved the original Amana design it went from 5 to 15-20 years in service on average.
Imagine the current US VMW with the same tub seal and bearings, but with a brake band, spring and solenoid.
{Better yet, I would have removed the gears from the transmission, used a smaller impellar and let an EM timer reverse the motor ever 30-60 seconds, maybe even 10 seconds}
If users had the option they would chose no lid lock, error codes, or extra time in actuating and coasting down.
I have no doubt there will be VMW going after 15 years, but in that same span of time a sizeable chunk of VMWs will have been tossed or repaired. I don't deny your repair experience, but you forget that the rest of us are seeing scrapped VMWs and repair threads about lid lock, drive and control problems.
Imagine the current US VMW with the same tub seal and bearings, but with a brake band, spring and solenoid.
{Better yet, I would have removed the gears from the transmission, used a smaller impellar and let an EM timer reverse the motor ever 30-60 seconds, maybe even 10 seconds}
If users had the option they would chose no lid lock, error codes, or extra time in actuating and coasting down.
I have no doubt there will be VMW going after 15 years, but in that same span of time a sizeable chunk of VMWs will have been tossed or repaired. I don't deny your repair experience, but you forget that the rest of us are seeing scrapped VMWs and repair threads about lid lock, drive and control problems.
