This is better than what I expected

I just picked up a early 90's Kitchenaid Top Loader with this agitator in pristine condition - I'm in LOVE😍

NICE MATT !!! You had this thing maxed out and look at that turnover !

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Thanks Pat.

@patcola7335

Ай бұрын

Easily Whirlpool's best ever DD agitator for turnover Hands down better than them all !​@@MatthewJames-st5wv

I always said if my Samsung washer breaks, I'm going back to these direct drive machines.

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

You should just junk that piece of crap now. You are missing out on the fun... oh and a machine that actually cleans clothes.

@TRec3791

Ай бұрын

@MatthewJames-st5wv it's 6, going on 7 year's old with no issue's luckily. My brother has a Admiral brand from 2008/2009 and it just keeps going and going.

Fantastic. That's some amazing agitator. Love it.

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

I love it!

Great video, love the turquoise agi, used a similar Kenmore on a holiday visit and thought it a great washing machine.

It’s so perfect in this machine with the white tub. Don’t get why they stopped making them in turquoise. It’s just so eye catching and makes for a more interesting experience. And the performance is excellent! Same results from a regular dual action on the Hi speed, but more gentle!

Keep rebuilding and restoring this machine. You'll be more than glad you did. No other washers made today will clean as well as washers of this era.

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Oh believe me, I will.

Just by the tub going back and forth from the inertia, you could see how much the larger base was doing

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Yes I noticed this as well.

Beautiful agitator. I laughed when I saw the title "KitchenMore"

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Haha. Yeah that was just for fun 😂

@ETG84

Ай бұрын

@@MatthewJames-st5wv If you use it on the Whirlpool Catalyst it would be called "KitchenPool Catalyst"

@ETG84

Ай бұрын

@@MatthewJames-st5wv On the Whirlpool Catalyst it would be called "KitchenPool Catalyst Direct Drive"

Fantastic agitator! I love the color of it! How about you!

Amazing video, ive got few kitchenaid agaitors white and blue

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

I will have the full white version tomorrow. Glad I have the white but to be honest with you, it doesn’t give off that cool KitchenAid vibe unless it’s the turquoise blue agitator with the chrome fabric softener.

@abrahamrecio7544

Ай бұрын

@MatthewJames-st5wv right, I might just do a video of all my agaitors, I have one it's blue it came from a roper washer

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

@@abrahamrecio7544 not a fan of that one. It’s boring and the color looks washed out

@abrahamrecio7544

Ай бұрын

@@MatthewJames-st5wv Yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna make a video of two machines going kinda deciding on tho

Great Matt! You should have put in at least one detergent pod or detergent sheet when laundering. This is be fore I noticed you had the GAIN but now you're doing fine!

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Usually I put the detergent in first, before I throw the load in, but with these machines, that really doesn't make a difference.

Now that’s a super real washer

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Nearly perfect in every way. 😁

@Candelabratower

Ай бұрын

@@MatthewJames-st5wv yup can’t beat the direct drives

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

@@Candelabratower You can’t, but sadly some people on KZread think you can

The question i would ask is Did KitchenAid with the bigger agitator wear the transmissions more than the regualr base agitators ? I guess at the slower speed it should be safe for the transmission.

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

I wondered that too. Did the KitchenAid’s spin as fast as Whirlpool or Kenmore models? I’m not sure. To help prevent where on the transmission and other components I will only use it on medium or slow agitation. I also won’t leave it in here all the time

@DADoESofTX

Ай бұрын

@@MatthewJames-st5wv KAs are WP direct-drives. The transmission and basket drive are identical, same gears and agitation stroke arc, same spin RPM for a given motor speed.

@Goldenwoodz

Ай бұрын

So apparently the KA had a bigger or little more powerful motor I read in a thread, who knows if that’s true or not but I’d imagine it had to be true so it could handle this agitator better. Also the kitchenaid motors sounded completely different than the rest of the dd’s so it’s safe to say they definitely had a different motor. Not sure if they had a more heavy duty trans or not. Some other things were more enhanced like the suspension so the tub wouldn’t wobble side to side during agitation but can’t find the thread I read that in yesterday now for the life of me, and my history refuses to show it 🙄 But the KA models spun at the same HI speed the rest of the DD’s spin. The only difference is that they never agitated on the highest speed the motor could run. They agitated at medium and low speed compared to the regular models. Only drained and spun at HI speed if selected on a cycle for hi spin otherwise it would of been the regular low spin like on delicates or whatnot.

@DADoESofTX

Ай бұрын

@@Goldenwoodz KA motors are rated 1/2 HP, 9.8 amps, same as other direct-drives. The "Gold Seal" motors (a marketing term that harkens back to Hobart KitchenAid dishwashers) have heftier motor windings which calls for a stronger capacitor. Early KA washers (1987 and partially into 1988) didn't have dual-action agitators and were 2-speed. The first models equipped with dual-action were also 2-speed and didn't have the larger agitator. A few lower-end models after introduction of the larger agitator weren't 3-speed and possibly had a standard-size agitator, or they had the larger agitator with a 2-speed motor and ran agitation at low motor speed on all cycles. I've disassembled/worked on KA, WP, KM, and Roper direct-drives. I've not seen any difference in the tub suspension, from one to another other than that the motor counterbalance spring at the back varies in strength according to the weight of the motor ... 1-speed, 2-speed, 3-speed, etc. For reference, agitation at the three motor speeds: 1725 RPM = 180 spm, 1140 RPM = 120 spm, 850 RPM = 90 spm.

@albertcarello619

Ай бұрын

@patcola7335: The agitation here seems like the normal speed to me. Great turnover!!!!

What's next? A Kitchen Aid version of the direct drives washing machine.

@MatthewJames-st5wv

Ай бұрын

Yes. When I find a good one.

I've been told that these KitchenAid agitators aren't built for high speed agitation. Is that true or not?

@patcola7335

Ай бұрын

True

@DADoESofTX

Ай бұрын

The angle is that the larger agitator allows for reducing the motor (agitation) speed for 120 spm at "high" and 90 spm at "low"), not that the agitator can't physically handle 180 spm that runs at full motor speed on other direct-drive machines.