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Re: Hoover washer agitator action
Hey Qas,
well I pulled the bottom plate off the gearbox and the internals are fine, no probs.
More head scratching……… ❓
We are having our annual kerbside hardwaste collection and a few blocks from here somebody was throwing away a Hoover 650L a bit younger than my 500M.
I looked it over, not a scratch on it and appeared to be nearly identical to my 500M except for the pump, it must have a fault, owner was not home to ask but I figured it was a source of free spare parts so into the station wagon it went 💡
The missus suggested I try fixing the 650L with bits from the 500M because we could use the larger capacity so will tackle this over the Easter break, fingers crossed 😉Re: Hoover washer agitator action
His qas, my computer is giving me grief too 🙁
My bowl does lock as you mentioned, when switched off, it does not move.
Recently I decided to check out some similar machines to see how a “working” machine differed to mine. I got to fiddle with a Simpson Esprit(very similar to mine) and a second hand but later model Hoover just like mine and what I noticed was that the agitators on both these could be turned either clockwise or anticlockwise with moderate hand effort and without any dragging/scraping noises (the “handbrake” noise I mentioned mine does).
My agitator requires similar pressure to the other working machines to turn the agitator anticlockwise (viewed from above) but turned clockwise it requires greater effort and makes the dragging noise which I assume is the brake engaging??. When operating in wash mode the motor is struggling to overcome the friction that exists in the clockwise direction, it moves it some of the way but stalls when the “mystery” friction exceeds motor torque. ❓
I did check the brake tag as you suggested and it meshes with the slot in the brake arm, nothing appears broken.
I think its time for major surgery, a clue as to the order of disassembly would be appreciated,
Cheers.Re: Hoover washer agitator action
G’day Steve 🙂 ,
thanks for your advice.
This machine has a date inside of 1998 by the way.
I have not pulled anything apart yet but I’m not afraid to.
Is it possible to get a diagram of the internal workings of the transmission on these?
I don’t know if my machine is the same as the other members 550 but I can see that the plastic gear box is almost half full of oil, should I pull the bottom plate off to check the cogs?.
The “handbrake” sound I heard was not a clicking ratchet sound it was a light scraping like you might get from a bicycle handbrake and this drag also seems to make the agitator harder to turn by hand in a clockwise direction.
What is involved in checking the gearbox brake tag?,
CheersRe: Hoover washer agitator action
G’day 🙂
Sounds like I have a similar problem to twum_au.
I have a Hoover 500M and the agitator will only move anti-clockwise (during wash cycle) then it stops and hums for a couple of seconds then goes anti clockwise again. The agitator is “trying” to go clockwise it twitches but can’t go all the way.
By hand the agitator will move anticlockwise with moderate effort but it takes more effort to rotate it clockwise and there is a kind of dragging sound like “the handbrake” is on….. ❓
I had a look underneath and I can’t see anything broken like the other member did…….
Any thoughts???
Rob
