Whirlpool direct drive washers

[Onceler]

Any of you still running one of these and are familiar with fixing them?
My tub won’t spin sometimes during the spin cycle. I replaced the clutch a month ago and it seemed ok but now it’s doing it again. Any thoughts?
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1972 Karmann Ghia

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[janerick3]

On the 1st generation front-loaders (before ~2007), I became intimately familiar with the F5 fault.

The plastic shocks (4) that support the bottom of the outer tub have a tendency to break with heavy, unbalanced loads. When this happens, the inner tub rarely becomes balanced enough to start the high-speed spin. When both front shocks break, the outer tub will move around enough to break the wires leading to the fill sensor, located at the bottom front of the outer tub.

Replacement shocks are not that expensive and the front shocks are not hard to replace. Be sure to wear gloves, as the steel frame the shocks lock into is not deburred.
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Thanks,
Jan K.

[zerotofifty]

Buy an old top load machine fix any defects and you will be good for the next 30 years. New appliances are junk. If it has a chip or board in it, run away. Mine is near 40 years old, runs fine, did replace the old water valve in it, it was like about 20 bucks. and the timer wore out, NOS part was like 30 bucks. she just runs and runs, cleans well, cleans fast. no locking door either, so I can add clothes during the cycle without having to restart.

Old machines can be had for little money, they are built to last, like the old VW Bug, ease of service, reliable.
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Give Peace a Chance.

Words to live by.

[OldSchoolVW's]

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You have to stay commercial to go the low obsolescence route. My Amana turned into a toaster after I couldn’t buy the gasket between tub and motor after 20 years. I had replaced motor about 3 years before

You also have to sign up to do all the work yourself or have a contract. Pay as you go will break the bank.
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[mrinnovation1]

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[iowegian]

[Xevin]

[OldSchoolVW's]

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With seven ladies in the house and 6 animals our machines got heavy use. Women are demanding and won’t leave the house with crap all over them like me. Add in two sports a season and you really pound the machine more then the bachelor two pairs of underwear a week.

How did Wall Street genius Eddie Lempert destroy the Kenmore brand with 50% retail share and raid the pension fund in a few short years? Bad story
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[Cusser]

I bought my 1981-made Maytag dryer in 1988. I've replaced the heating element, glides, belt and belt idler, and last week replaced a 5" wire with crimped ring on one end and a crimped 14" female connector on the other going to the heat coil assembly.
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1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297

[KTPhil]

I miss my old top loading Maytag in the 1980s. Two failures, both repairable. A rust pinhole in the tub, patched. And a belt idler pully whose squeak drove me nuts until I replaced it. Moved and no longer have it. I expect its still washing clothes for somebody else.
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Current Fleet:
- '71 Fastback
- '69 Westfalia
Retired:
- '67 Beetle
- '65 Beetle (x2)
- '65 Bus
- '71 Squareback

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