Increasing washer spin speed

[HL]

Many front-loaders spin at 1200rpm resulting in much drier clother. Can this be done on a older top-loader by changing the pulley size?

[Joseph Meehan]

No. The suspension system can't handle it and likely the motor will also be overloaded.

[Dave Harnish]

No, Joe's right, the suspension can't handle it unless it's engineered to do so.

I well remember Frigidaire's '1010 speed' toploaders that spun at over 1000 rpm. They certainly did a great job of water extraction, but if they were on a wood floor, you wanted them bolted down really well.

We used one here in our old farmhouse in the late 70's, and after I bolted it to the floor, we had trouble keeping jars on the pantry shelves, LOL! Without the lag bolts, it'd end up a couple feet out into the room! They worked well on concrete, though.

With today's bigger capacities, it'd be even worse. The old 1010's (mine was a '68) were rated 12 lb dry. I can't imagine the stresses generated by 18-20 lbs (or overloaded to 30!) spinning on a horizontal axis at 1000 rpm.

Good question, though. Does make one think there oughta be a way...

God bless,

Dave Harnish Dave's Repair Service New Albany, PA

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