On Sat, 06 May 2006 04:29:25 GMT, Ignoramus22440
wrote:

It seems that my current maytag washer broke the clutch, that's very
hard to get to. The motor and the tub pulley spin, but the tub does
not engage. There were also some bad noises coming from there, as
though a piece of metal was caught between some gears. These noises
stopped, eventually, with no improvement.

It is not the first time when this washer breaks and I have just about
had it.

I would like to buy a new washer that is built honestly, like Miller
welders or Cummins engines, and not like cost engineered crap that
does not last and is impossible to fix.

Such washers are, apparently, made, at least for commercial
laundromats. (which would not fit our room) Is there a consumer
version of that? Where plastic and potmetal is not used for major
parts, and things are built to last "like they used to".

I do not mind paying top dollar for such a thing if it exists.

Any ideas?


Having just recently gone through this process I can say good luck
on finding a consumer model built as well as they used to. After
looking at all the repair sites I determined that all the consumer
models have weak points built in now days. After much study of reports
and repair sites I went with a Maytag with stainless tub. I didn't
like the idea of the plastic tub so just went with the cheapest
stainless model I could find. As someone stated the only difference in
the higher priced models is in the bells and whistles they build into
the controls.

The weak link in the newer Maytags appears to be the plastic pulley
used on the belt. At least it's easy to get to. I was replacing a
Maytag that had been run hard for over 20 years and while fixable with
a new bearing and tub seal it would of taken to much time (which I
don't have) to fix.