Why American industry & mfgs are getting it's AZZ kicked by everyone else. Just installed our new dishwasher - Maytag (Whirlpool). MY connections (water supply and drain) are fine. THE GODDAMN TUB/HOUSING LEAKS!!
Right near the front right of the bottom pan is a gizmo that I'm guessing detects water or steam. There's a 3/4" hole punched in the floor of the unit that this thing protrudes through. This is where it leaked. (Leaked until I took apart the GD brand-new out of the box several hundred dollar appliance and FIXED IT!!!)
A plastic fitting sticks through , and has a nut with a rubber washer. THE NUT WASN'T TIGHT!! And... if you tighten it to where it shouldn't leak, the rubber washer will squish out from under the flange, because there is no "register" to contain it, and it isn't thick or rigid enough to hold it's shape!
I'm no engineer, but it took me about 35 minutes and some parts from my "hmm, maybe I should save that" bin to repair a brand-new appliance.
Back in Black said
Jul 25, 2013
Are you good at fixing refrigerators? Mine died.
Lost in the 60s said
Jul 25, 2013
I don't care what it says on the outside..everything on the inside is cheap Chinese sh!t. The appliance may be ASSEMBLED here but it sure as heck isn't made from American parts.
Why American industry & mfgs are getting it's AZZ kicked by everyone else.
Just installed our new dishwasher - Maytag (Whirlpool). MY connections (water supply and drain) are fine. THE GODDAMN TUB/HOUSING LEAKS!!
Right near the front right of the bottom pan is a gizmo that I'm guessing detects water or steam. There's a 3/4" hole punched in the floor of the unit that this thing protrudes through. This is where it leaked. (Leaked until I took apart the GD brand-new out of the box several hundred dollar appliance and FIXED IT!!!)
A plastic fitting sticks through , and has a nut with a rubber washer. THE NUT WASN'T TIGHT!! And... if you tighten it to where it shouldn't leak, the rubber washer will squish out from under the flange, because there is no "register" to contain it, and it isn't thick or rigid enough to hold it's shape!
I'm no engineer, but it took me about 35 minutes and some parts from my "hmm, maybe I should save that" bin to repair a brand-new appliance.
I don't care what it says on the outside..everything on the inside is cheap Chinese sh!t. The appliance may be ASSEMBLED here but it sure as heck isn't made from American parts.