This is the market the Staber fills in modern washing machines. We got one cheap on ebay, and are really happy with it. It does leak if you put too much detergent (takes .5-1oz of the low-sud stuff) and the belt will jump off every now and again, but Staber doesn't rip you off on parts when you order from them, nor do they care if you open it up without special factory training. Takes all of 5 minutes to gain access to every part on the machine. Factory shop manuals for all components are free on staber.com.
Our Staber is currently offline due to a stuck motor brush, and I haven't made it to a motor shop to get a new one. I will take Mitch's advice and check McMaster-Carr... (I can order a new motor from Staber, but I figure I have to exhaust the brush route first. :) Running, yes, a 30yo Maytag in its absence, which I conveniently paralleled into the plumbing when installing the Staber. Staber has about 2/3 the capacity of the "extra large" Maytag, we do one load per day (2 kids 2 adults) in either washer. I can get away with skipping a day or two a week on the Maytag, on the Staber I have to run extras if I miss one. The Staber did a better job getting water out; the dryer often runs 1.5-2 cycles on a Staber-sized Maytag load, and never ran a full cycle on a Staber load. All told it is a nice machine, since we got ours used I can't say how warranty support is but in the aftermarket legacy support is surprisingly good. I made no bones about my ebay buy and the support folks have always been willing to talk to me on the phone anyway, and seem to really like the product. Best, -Tim -----Original Message----- From: Loren Faeth <lfa...@leadingchange.com> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:08 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, front loading washers My gosh, the "old reliable" maytag top loading machine is the 123 240D 4 spd of washing machines. solid, and dependable and so simple you can fix anything yourself. Nothing on the market now is built so well. You don't even have to take anything apart to change the belt. Just tip the machine up to get to it. I bought a set about the time they brought out their "neptune" line (12-14 yrs ago?) The bearings went out on the dryer motor a year ago, but other than that, they are good as new. Cost me $100 for a new motor. >On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:33 -0500, "Kaleb C. Striplin" ><ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > > Thinking about replacing my 10 year old top loading Maytag. Anybody > > have one of these front loaders, or have shopped for them? Best brand > > to look at? Ones to stay away from. Was looking at those Frigidairs > > but they seem kind of flimsy. Wondered about LG and samsung as compared > > to say, a Maytag which I am used to. I know Maytag has always been the > > best in the past. > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
