Clifford, I have one of these machines and been told by a serviceman and a couple retailers that the new machines by who ever is making them don't hold up and I would be better off keeping the old machine. The Maytag top loader I had only one for 25 years and gave it to a friend, who use it for years. And the frontloader Maytag, so far has been a good one for near 7 years. I am going to hate to have to replace any appliances, for looking at them at our local dealers, they aren't made in the good old U S A, just assembled here. And have you noticed the warrantee? Sure aren't the 5 year, but one. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: clifford To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 23:34 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag Neptune Washer Bearing Problem
Dear Gil: You saved yourself quite a sum by doing the work yourself. I received a quote of five hundred bucks to repair our Neptune, which was one of the first ones out. Since the machine had some years on it, we elected to replace it. I understand that the Neptune was the cause of Maytag going under. That is a real shame, as Maytag was one of those names that was equivalent to long lasting high quality American made products. The company name lives on, but the products are not the same. We bought a Whirlpool with steam, and while it performs fairly well, my first wife would prefer to have a new Neptune, as she liked the old one better. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: Gil Laster To: Blind Handyman Cc: jgatt...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 5:24 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag Neptune Washer Bearing Problem Jim, You mentioned having replaced the control board on your Maytag Neptune washing machine and now the bearings are roaring. I have a 2002 model. The control board failed at 14-months and after some fussing Maytag relented and replaced it for me as a warranty item. The bearings began to roar at 6-years. My wife had not been very happy with the machine so thinking that I might have to buy a new washer I did some research on the Internet, bought bearings and a seal, improvised a bearing puller, and fixed it myself. My wife later admitted that she was hoping that I would fail. I had never worked on such a machine before. There was much on-the-job learning. It took me about 24-hours of effort, but I believe that I could do it again in about 4-hours. The job would have been much easier with a proper bearing puller, but I was too cheap to rent it at $80. I will write more details if you or anyone else wants to know more. - Gil Laster, Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5011 (20100408) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5016 (20100410) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
