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The brass ring/bushing is what's missing in this picture and I did mention it in another thread.  I was going to fabricate another brass ring if I can't find a new arm.

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Anyone?  And if anyone has a NOS/clean one they'd like to sell, I'd also be interested.

chachp: You could patch those rusted tips and maybe have a nice rack. <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> Mine is solid, but I just noticed a couple of rusted tips recently.  Any suggestions on how to patch them?

As another followup, does anyone have any motor clips (since I'm missing one) and/or have a source for someone who rebuilds motors?  Given how rare the motors are, seems like it's worth rewinding it.

Success!  Draining well with the new motor.   It occurred to me that I should do the shaft seal regardless since the new motor might need a different amount of shims.   The kit has a tool which you adjust the shims, and once it's in spec, add another on top.  I had .030" too many shims to...

Thanks for the tip.   I don't have a motor gasket, so hopefully mine is re-usable.   My main shaft seal looked ok.  I do have a spare in case though.  Are you suggesting mine is likely bad because of what you saw on my motor or that they're often bad?  Incidentally, The pump top gasket was...

The manual refers to them as the motor retaining clips (picture attached).   I'm trying to take the old motor out of the Dishwasher.   From the service manual for removing the motor: 4. Unsnap and remove the three motor retaining clips (18). 5. Remove the lower rack, 4-Way Hydro Sweep, and...

Here's what I got:  

John -- I have another one ready to install.  Did you see my question about how to pry it apart safely?

Have the new motor and going to install it.  All apart including the clips (I only had 2 where the manual says there should be 3).  Where is the motor mounting plate that I need to pry apart?  The service manual makes it seem like it's on the inside.  Pictures of inside and underneath attached.

While I'm waiting on a new motor (see recent thread), I haven't had much luck finding a new washer arm in the shoppers square.   My top arm has a broken ring and is loose.  I found this thread which talks about repairing them temporarily, but trying to understand if I should epoxy all the way...

Ordered the used one -- as you said John, can't really be anything else at this point...

DADoES: The direction in which the motor runs is controlled by the timer, according to which contacts on the motor it sends power. Do you happen to know the wiring colors? Do you know what the 5T (W) and 5B (D) mean on the schematic I posted? If I knew the right wires, I could swap them...

This washer was bought/installed in 1986 (I have the paperwork). I suppose I can try hardwiring the light load at the wiring and seeing what happens. I already checked the starter relay according to the manual, and it did test out ok. I suppose I could isolate the motor going in reverse. It...

I suppose I'm stumped a bit, because I have two timers, one which I bought NOS, and they have the same behavior. Well the same behavior in that neither timer seems to allow the dishwasher to drain. Have you ever seen a motor that could run in one direction and not the other? From typical...

Here are the motor run times for the light wash cycle using a camera underneath to capture the motor running. CW means clockwise if you are underneath the motor looking up towards the ceiling: 01:32 -> 02:20, CW 04:24 -> 04:45, CW 07:23 -> 07:42, CW 10:32 -> 10:35, CW (buzzed for one second...

Hi all, I have a KitchenAid KDI-21A that started giving me problems during the holidays. Came with our house 20 years ago, and it's been working great for years. All of a sudden last week, 2 problems showed up: every few cycles, the soap dispenser does not open, and, every few cycles (and not...

Looking for a new wash-arm support for my KDI-21A.

Dishwasher installed new in the kitchen 30+ years ago has always run great. Earlier this week, when I went to run it, there was standing water in the base. Ran it and noticed a strange noise when the pump was filling or draining (not sure which -- but I think draining). Dishes came out clean...