Speed Queen

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Can they fit a large kind size comforter?

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KING sized 2000s era Kenmore/Whirlpool.

built like a tank; last a lifetime with minimal $15 part repairs every so often.

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KING sized 2000s era Kenmore/Whirlpool.

built like a tank; last a lifetime with minimal $15 part repairs every so often.

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They'll have to pry my 2004 direct-drive Whirlpool washer and dryer set from my cold, dead hands. My fiancée complains about the clicks and thunks from its mechanical controls and heavy-duty (I upgraded to the 6-puck commercial clutch when I replaced the pump and motor coupler earlier in the year) transmission but that's just the sounds of a washer that will outlive us as far as I'm concerned.

$20 part and a 15 minute YouTube video and you're generally set.

Dog ears if the agitator seizes. They're these plastic teardrop looking things and they get brittle over time and disintegrate. It sucks if it breaks with wet clothes in the washer but usually the pump still works so just advance the cycle to pull the water out then dump your wet clothes in the sink before taking it apart.

God I love the mechanical age.

$15 for a set of 4 or something ridiculously cheap like that. Maybe 30 minute job taking the washer apart and swapping them. "Taking apart" means like 8 screws until the whole thing is in sections. these things were made to be opened up

Then of course the heating element in the dryer is prone to a hairline crack so it stops heating. Again, very easy to pull the old one out and a new one in and perfect opportunity to vacuum up all that freaking lint you didn't know was inside your dryer housing.

Oh I pulled out the lid sensor that stopped working and was going to put the new one I bought in but I got used to the washer still working without it so I never installed it

Living on the edge me! I can watch the spin cycle with the lid up!

Depends but usually parts that have rubber in them go first. Motor couplers, agitator dogs, seals, isolators, etc. I keep a batch of spare parts for mine in a marked box, $200 for OEM or at least US-made spare parts for both my washer and dryer, easy to work on these old appliances with basic tools and enough space to spread out the parts into. I just rolled out some ram board into my carport and took the washer apart in about 20 minutes. Couple of hours cleaning the wash tub completely, replacing the seals, servicing the transmission with fresh synthetic gear oil and neutral pack, new pump, new motor coupling, new seals, new suspension springs and parts, etc then putting it all back together. Dryer just got a new belt, tensioner, and drum rollers. The original parts lasted 20+ years so it will probably be a long time before I need any of the extra parts I still have but glad to have them nonetheless.