Just recently, I got a machine just like this! Model 110.23022100 and it’s problem was the bushing for the lid had worn out and the lid switch wasn’t activated correctly and the had to use a screwdriver to get the machine to run, but I’m gonna fix it sooner then later. Great machines I wish they never stopped making the whirlpool direct drives
I bought the last of the left opening lid 90 series just before these came out in 2003 as the replacements. Sears Best series of dd washers I always thought . Very fully featured and versatile.
I still have a kenmore washer sitting in my basement from the 80s, but it stopped spinning a couple years ago. I paid $20 for the matching washer dryer set in 2006 and the washer lasted me 3 years, but I didn't think it was worth fixing. The dryer is still going though, just replaced the belt a few years ago and no problems since then.
It never ceases to amaze me what people record. It also never ceases to amaze me how many times I find these recordings useful. I just picked up this exact washer and needed to know if the sounds it makes are normal. After listening to this, I can see that my motor is really loud when draining. Also, my washer stops at the 6 minute mark during the Ultra Clean cycle. It just keeps agitating even though I can hear the timer clicking. The dial just sits at the 6 minute mark.The perma press cycle works normally. Any clues?
If u take the screws out of the hing on the left of the lid and push that hing down but leave lid up it will drain and spin with lid open. Another option is to open up the control panel (after u unplug the machine) and take the white and gray wire going to lid switch which will be on the left and tie those wire together with a wire nut.
@Sharkie626 The older one you had was actually well made. The later ones kept breaking this plastic drive coupler. I think it was going bad again and the dryer broke in 2008 so my parents just bought a front loading Kenmore pair to replace them both.
Back when Frigidaire was still being built by GM, the did a commercial comparing the turnover between the Frigidaire and the old belt drive Kenmore. At the time the Frigidaire was better, but the direct drive Kenmore would have given the Frigidaire a run for its money.
Great! Glad you put it up! I must say though, only 5 years? That's too bad. Our direct drive from 1990 has only ever had agitator dog and drain pump replacement, and is still going today. What exactly broke on this one?
Late add here, but, RU-vid's sound quality had really changed for the better, back when I watched the original video in 2007. I could barely hear you while it was running, but now it is MUCH better.
We had a washer a lot like that one but it did not have the Hang Dry speed option, it had four water levels, a Triple Action Agitator, and a side opening lid. It was from 2002 and it also lasted only five years before the drive coupler broke a second time. We replaced it with a Kenmore Oasis Agitator model which cleaned well but was very unreliable. It just broke down for the last time(again after 5 years) and we replaced it with an LG WaveForce top-loader.
@spatsbear2 Ahh yeah, the drive coupler is one of the more common parts to go on these direct drives. Though, even on the one we have, it is still plastic. But, *shrugs* guess it is what it is.
They are plastic and meant to break in case a bearing or motor seizes or the pump has frozen water in it. It saves the rest of the drive mechanism. So, they will wear out and are meant to be replaced as a normal wear item but that occurs after some time.
Planned obsolence pisses me off to no end! What's worse though is, outlawing incadescent lightbulbs in 2014 in Canada. I'm allergic to fluorescent lightbulbs! I'm gonna stock up on 25W, 40W, 60W and 100W incadescent bulbs before they're gone for good!
I had a washer almost identical to this one, something happened and it wouldn't spin the drum. I decided not to repair it as the parts were seemingly hard to find, in the end me and my fiancee went and bought a new kenmore by samsung washer and dryer, bought the extended warranty as well, not too sure how these machines will work in a few years.
Now this gets the job done... Clean, clean, cleaaaannnnnnnnn...... And not today's garbage wishing thinking machine that doesn't even wash clothes this good. lol.
