Service manual

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Section 5 Service Procedures
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To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the washer before servicing.
• Never start the washer with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the washer is properly grounded.
• Motor not grounded! Disconnect electric power before servicing motor.
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WARNING
NOTE: Locate the magic marker spot made earlier
on the motor bracket. Pivot motor so front
adjusting bolt and washer are in this spot and
tighten both front and rear adjusting bolts. Then
tighten both pivot bolts.
f. Place belt on motor pulley, then carefully run
belt on inner basket pulley while slowly turning
pulley. Refer to Figure 33.
g. Open loading door, reach into inner basket and
rotate inner basket several times by hand.
Recheck belt alignment.
h. Pull down on motor to increase belt tension.
Use a Burroughs belt gauge to obtain proper
tension. Proper belt tension is obtained when
belt can be deflected approximately 1/4 inch
(6.35 mm) from normal position when
moderate pressure 50 to 60 pounds (22.68 to
27.22 Kg) is applied to a point midway between
pulleys. Refer to Figure 33.
i. After proper belt tension has been obtained,
tighten belt adjusting bolts firmly, then tighten
pivot bolts. Refer to Figure 33.
j. Reinstall lower front access panel. Refer to
Figure 16.
k. Lower cabinet top and install hold-down
screws.
l. Front Control Washers – Reinstall control
panel.
Rear Control Washers – Reinstall meter case,
front panel, door seal and dispenser drawer.
49. OUTER TUB FRONT PANEL
a. While supporting lower front access panel,
remove two screws from bottom edge of panel
and remove panel. Refer to Figure 16.
b. Using the special tool, No. 318P4, remove
dispenser drawer. Refer to Figure 16.
c. Front Control Washers –
(1) Unlock control panel. Refer to Figure 6,
Step “1”.
(2) Pull top of control panel away from control
cabinet far enough to allow lifting control
panel up and off rail support of the control
cabinet. Refer to Figure 6, Step “2”.
(3) Remove control panel away from control
cabinet. Refer to Figure 6, Step “3”.
(4) Remove two screws holding front of
cabinet top to top front edge of control
cabinet front. Refer to Figure 13.
Rear Control Washers –
(1) Unlock and remove meter case service
door. Refer to Figure 21.
(2) Remove shoulder screw from inside meter
case. Refer to Figure 21.
(3) Remove security bolt (if present) from left
rear corner of cabinet top. Refer to
Figure 21.
d. Open loading door, carefully remove wire
clamp ring from groove with small flat blade
screwdriver. Spring is located at 6 o’clock
position. Refer to Figure 18.
NOTE: To avoid damage to spring, use screwdriver
on wire clamp ring to right or left of spring.
e. Grasp loading door seal lip. Refer to Figure 32,
Step “1”.
NOTE: To avoid damage to door seal, DO NOT use
pliers or sharp objects to grasp the door seal lip. If
lip is damaged, seal will leak.
f. Using a circular motion, pull seal up
(Figure 32, Step “1”), out (Figure 32, Step
“2”), and down (Figure 32, Step “3”).
g. When seal releases from lip of front panel, pull
out and remove the seal. Figure 32, Step “4”.
NOTE: Door seal installation can be improved
using water to soap solution to work seal around
circumference of loading door opening. Be sure to
install seal with the tab in the 12 o’clock position.
When installing wire clamp ring to front panel, be
careful not to overstretch tension spring.
h. While supporting the front panel assembly,
remove the two bottom front corner screws.
Refer to Figure 20. Remove front panel (with
loading door attached) away from washer as far
as wires permit.