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Maytag MAH5500BWW Neptune washer eats bearings

The one they call... Tim

By The one they call... Tim
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Follow up on my problem posted above... After the third tear down, I seen my mistake, the seal was installed wrong side in. I flipped it and everything went back smooth. Thanks to everyone involved in this forum group, which helped me start looking at things better.

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Really?   Those things were basically responsible for Maytag’s demise. Setting them up to be bought by Whirlpool.    Garbage if you ask me. I’d never waste my time. But that’s only an

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@The one they call... Tim the set you got from me certainly were genuine.  Buying any top tier bearings (timken, fag, skf, etc) is the way to go.   Really you should investigate why your repair is not

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I don't have the answer you're looking for, it sounds like you have went to great lengths to keep this guy alive. I'm for the volcano. Tell your bride this washer went extinct when George W Bush was p

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Could it be a washer/spacer that has eluded your reassembly? Try with out the belt I assume by your statement. Therefore it’s something to do with the way the seal is installed, wrong part, or left something out, or some sediment has taken up a space that was previously unoccupied? Or maybe the bolt is stripped or the bolt hole had a place to stop but now is going in too far? 
 

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something I have not thought of

please write back we’d like to know what you find

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