Recent content by jacnorectangle

ok looks like I got it working. All I did was tighten the belt from the pump to the motor. Hooked it up to a garden hose. It now drains after agitation, no motor tripping. Though I ran it without any clothes, set the load size to small. Perhaps a heavier load would make it trip.

wellp, the switch from the lat8650 doesn't fit onto this one. The little pegs don't match up to allow it to seat properly. I guess I could swap the motors but the other one is so dirty looking I'm scared it's gonna end up failing too. So is there a way to find out if the start switch is really...

And the motor gets up to full speed immediately on spin. So I guess the belts are fine after all? Next I wanna try switching out the start switch from the other machine. I don't have it hooked up to water so I'm not sure how I'm gonna test the draining part after the first agitation. Could I...

I made a video of the drive belt turning. This is with the older belt. The new one the repair guy put on I could hardly turn it at all.

here's some pics of the flood victim lat8650. I can turn the transmission pulley counterclockwise if I try hard but the agitator doesn't move. I might take the start switch from this one and put it on the ga310, since that's what the repair guy originally said was wrong. The ga310 motor slides...

I'll post some pics later. Yeah it's pretty dirty in the one that got flooded. So what do you mean when you say the belt should slip? What does that look like?

the one that won't agitate is a LAT8650AAW extra large capacity. Do you think the motor is interchangeable? Also this one was in a flood, 3 feet of water, so I'm sure that has something to do with it. For all I know the ga310 may have been in a flood too, this being Louisiana. I got it on...

well now the motor on the other one is burning up too. Repair guy came over and couldn't do anything. They're always in a rush to leave. So I have 2 maytags with smoked motors. We went and bought a used whirlpool.

Alright I have another Maytag that won't agitate, but it spins. Repair Guy said it was the belts which I replaced but still won't agitate. How do I remove the agitator? I feel something down in there but I can't get a socket driver to get hold of it. https://imgur.com/gallery/pERitH7

Where are the motor bearings located?

hmm, I tried pinching the belt and it touches without the motor moving. Seems like it's too loose? Here's a pic of my belt. Doesn't feel like fabric to me, just rubber with a pebbled finish. So you don't think it's the pitted contacts on that switch after all? https://imgur.com/gallery/5pdAURy

But if the motor were seizing would it spin fine? It doesn't malfunction until it's time to drain. Then the motor switch clicks open for a second, closes again, I hear a buzz sound, the lights flicker, then the burning smell comes and it stops draining. It did the final spin cycle fine but by...

The pump pulley turns fine. I notice the pulley underneath the motor is a bit difficult to turn. Is that normal?

I notice the lights flicker when this happens. Does that narrow it down any? Both the new and the old belt feel like rubber with a slightly rough texture. Any link to what the genuine ones look like? I got most of the water out with a pitcher and put it on a final spin cycle and the last drops...

well, before you wrote about the nail file I sanded it with some 300 grit sandpaper and ran a load and now I realize that it won't even drain. It starts draining for a split second but then it makes that burning smell and stops working.