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Maytag A106 washing machine agitator removal
I have an old Maytag A106 washer which has been slowly leaking
trasmission oil for years and now has a seized power unit. To replace the transmission you need to remove the agitator and then the tub. The trasmission comes out next through the top. These machines were very well designed and for servicibility as well so I really want to hold on to this one. I have another transmission which I scrounged from a willing organ donor years ago. It has been sitting in my basement just in case this one ever failed. The job is lengthy but not that difficult. The agitator fits down onto the top protruding spline of the power unit and it is supposed to just pull straight off, but it is really stuck. Of course after 45 years this doesn't surpise me. The service manual mentions to use a puller if the agitator is stuck and the book shows a picture of this tool. It looks sort of like an oversized wheel puller. There are what looks like two flat hooks on extension arms that hook under two spots on the perimeter of the agitator. Then I'm guessing that you must have to place a 2.0 X 4.0 across the top of the machine and crank the long threaded screw down on to it until hopefully the agitator pops up. Of course we have no such tool, so I rigged up two sets of ropes with each end tied to a 1/2 inch EMT clamp, all four of which I've bent into tighter hooks to fit and stay under the agitator edges in four places. My theory is that if I place a 2.0 X 4.0 across the top and use another one placed perpendicular with the ropes tied to it I can attain the same mechanical advantage this time pulling up in four places and again hopefully pop the agitator up. The agitator is bakelite and presently in good condition and of course I'm concerned about breaking it during this process too. But I don't see any other way out of this. I believe that this may be a very early A106. Is anyone familiar with these old Maytags that can comment on this problem? Also does anyone know if this NG isn't, if there might perhaps be a more suitable NG to post this problem to? My wife is starting to flip out. Thanks very much. Lenny Stein |
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Maytag A106 washing machine agitator removal
Lenny wrote: I have an old Maytag A106 washer which has been slowly leaking trasmission oil for years and now has a seized power unit. To replace the transmission you need to remove the agitator and then the tub. The trasmission comes out next through the top. These machines were very well designed and for servicibility as well so I really want to hold on to this one. I have another transmission which I scrounged from a willing organ donor years ago. It has been sitting in my basement just in case this one ever failed. The job is lengthy but not that difficult. The agitator fits down onto the top protruding spline of the power unit and it is supposed to just pull straight off, but it is really stuck. Of course after 45 years this doesn't surpise me. The service manual mentions to use a puller if the agitator is stuck and the book shows a picture of this tool. It looks sort of like an oversized wheel puller. There are what looks like two flat hooks on extension arms that hook under two spots on the perimeter of the agitator. Then I'm guessing that you must have to place a 2.0 X 4.0 across the top of the machine and crank the long threaded screw down on to it until hopefully the agitator pops up. Of course we have no such tool, so I rigged up two sets of ropes with each end tied to a 1/2 inch EMT clamp, all four of which I've bent into tighter hooks to fit and stay under the agitator edges in four places. My theory is that if I place a 2.0 X 4.0 across the top and use another one placed perpendicular with the ropes tied to it I can attain the same mechanical advantage this time pulling up in four places and again hopefully pop the agitator up. The agitator is bakelite and presently in good condition and of course I'm concerned about breaking it during this process too. But I don't see any other way out of this. I believe that this may be a very early A106. Is anyone familiar with these old Maytags that can comment on this problem? Also does anyone know if this NG isn't, if there might perhaps be a more suitable NG to post this problem to? My wife is starting to flip out. Thanks very much. Lenny Stein Hi... Can't speak for Maytag, but a few years ago I needed to get the agitator off of our Inglis. (a wool scarf had wound itself around and under the agitator, I could have cut some of it off but figured the part under the agitator might destroy bearings) Anyway, the agitator really, really didn't want to lift off. Got a bottle of CLR (lime and rust resolver). Soaked the upper part of the sleeve thoroughly, tapped it lightly with a hammer/block of wood. Repeated for a couple of days. Then it lifted off with no effort at all. Hope this helps. Ken |
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Maytag A106 washing machine agitator removal
Hi!
I've been down this road with a 70's something Maytag that got a leaky seal around that area. The machine worked fine but the water would be everywhere after doing the laundry. Of course the drum came out easily enough, but there was this "cap" that originally had a cork liner. The liner had since disintegrated into black spots, and it was stuck on really good. In the end I used some judicious heating of the part, pentrating oil, a hammer and a block of wood to bring it off. I did find that the washer's transmission would tend to "spin" with the hammer blows, so if yours still turns at all you may need to block it somehow. IIRC it is _left hand thread_! I can't find my service manual to verify this, but I really think that's how it was. The new part went right on without any troubles. Now if I could only get around to putting the drum back in... I suppose that if I would have only thought of the other poster's idea about using CLR to loosen things up that it might have gone a LOT easier for me... William |
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Maytag A106 washing machine agitator removal
"William R. Walsh" m wrote in message news:Uelgc.16481$yD1.41899@attbi_s54... Hi! I've been down this road with a 70's something Maytag that got a leaky seal around that area. The machine worked fine but the water would be everywhere after doing the laundry. Of course the drum came out easily enough, but there was this "cap" that originally had a cork liner. The liner had since disintegrated into black spots, and it was stuck on really good. In the end I used some judicious heating of the part, pentrating oil, a hammer and a block of wood to bring it off. I did find that the washer's transmission would tend to "spin" with the hammer blows, so if yours still turns at all you may need to block it somehow. IIRC it is _left hand thread_! I can't find my service manual to verify this, but I really think that's how it was. The new part went right on without any troubles. Now if I could only get around to putting the drum back in... I suppose that if I would have only thought of the other poster's idea about using CLR to loosen things up that it might have gone a LOT easier for me... William A method I've heard about but not tried yet is to position a small inner tube under the agitator and then inflate it to apply an even pressure on the rim. Perhaps after the CLR treatment ?? (applied with percussive science :-) -- Regards ........ Rheilly Phoull |
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Maytag A106 washing machine agitator removal
That sounds like a really interesting idea. Thanks! Lenny.
"Rheilly Phoull" wrote in message .au... "William R. Walsh" m wrote in message news:Uelgc.16481$yD1.41899@attbi_s54... Hi! I've been down this road with a 70's something Maytag that got a leaky seal around that area. The machine worked fine but the water would be everywhere after doing the laundry. Of course the drum came out easily enough, but there was this "cap" that originally had a cork liner. The liner had since disintegrated into black spots, and it was stuck on really good. In the end I used some judicious heating of the part, pentrating oil, a hammer and a block of wood to bring it off. I did find that the washer's transmission would tend to "spin" with the hammer blows, so if yours still turns at all you may need to block it somehow. IIRC it is _left hand thread_! I can't find my service manual to verify this, but I really think that's how it was. The new part went right on without any troubles. Now if I could only get around to putting the drum back in... I suppose that if I would have only thought of the other poster's idea about using CLR to loosen things up that it might have gone a LOT easier for me... William A method I've heard about but not tried yet is to position a small inner tube under the agitator and then inflate it to apply an even pressure on the rim. Perhaps after the CLR treatment ?? (applied with percussive science :-) |
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