2000 Maytag Orbital MAT12 spin issue

[servis-dream]

hello lads, this one’s stumped me

I was running my Maytag MAT12 with a little bit of Citric acid and well……

Agitation was fine, splashy as anything

But when it came time for spin, it’s belts squealed, which is something it has never done before

I checked the machine with the lid open and this is what greeted me

(Apologies for the bad language in the video btw I was sending it to friends to make sure they knew my beast was out for the count)

I will say it could potentially be a belt issue, though the flick of the agitator and the strength of the agitation on wash makes me think they aren’t the issue

Nothing is stopping the machine from underneath to my knowledge

It could be the machine’s brake assembly, though I am highly unsure, the tub did turn counter clockwise with the usual amount of drag a brake assembly has

If anyone has any advice they could give me on fixing this beast I would appreciate it greatly

Thanks for reading

One very confused Maytag owner

 

[servis-dream]

hello lads, this one’s stumped me

I was running my Maytag MAT12 with a little bit of Citric acid and well……

Agitation was fine, splashy as anything

But when it came time for spin, it’s belts squealed, which is something it has never done before

I checked the machine with the lid open and this is what greeted me

(Apologies for the bad language in the video btw I was sending it to friends to make sure they knew my beast was out for the count)

I will say it could potentially be a belt issue, though the flick of the agitator and the strength of the agitation on wash makes me think they aren’t the issue

Nothing is stopping the machine from underneath to my knowledge

It could be the machine’s brake assembly, though I am highly unsure, the tub did turn counter clockwise with the usual amount of drag a brake assembly has

If anyone has any advice they could give me on fixing this beast I would appreciate it greatly

Thanks for reading

One very confused Maytag owner

I have removed the agitator from the machine, everything underneath doesn’t look any different to usual

 

[servis-dream]

update:

after consulting with SeanA806, he recognised that the machine locked it's brake assembly up due to being sat for some time

the resolution was simple

give the tub a push to get the brake asembly freed

it worked and the beast roared to life, faster than i have ever seen a Maytag run with my own eyes

perhaps this was the reason behind the machine's relatively sluggish performance before it was sat, but i'll never know for sure

either way, it's now 100% working and this issue was surprisingly not difficult to solve