The old Maytag top loaders are beautiful machines; you have to take it apart to understand what I mean.
There is no clutch. To enter spin mode the motor reverses and the tub and transmission spin as a unit. Beautiful. The belt can be changed without tools by reaching under the front of the machine. The weakest point on the old Maytags is the timer.
But the new machines have a BIG advantage: they spin so fast that they extract more water, resulting in shorter drying times.
Search an old machine out at a used appliance store. Get the extra large size if you can find one. Usually those dealers will sell a maintenance contract with their machine - think about it.
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