I got the front off to see what I can see. I have fixed appliances before, but I make my living fixing electronics. All the shafts seem to move smoothly. When this washer quit, it had a tub full of water that I had to pump out. It would start to spin and extract the water then the thermal overload in the motor would pop. When I got the water out, it would spin fine, and it extracted the rest of the water from the clothes. It just will not spin with water in the tub. I see nothing that would stop the spinning if the pump was not pumping.
There are what look like three metal shafts and two rubber rollers. The metal shafts are somewhat glazed. The rubber rollers are yellow hard rubber.
I think that if I can clean the metal shafts and possibly replace the rubber rollers, I can get some more like out of the old girl.
I work at a TV station and had to replace the wheels on the camera pedestals. The rubber they used is simular to what is on the rollers in the washing machine. They use rubber with different durometer ratings. If I cannot get useable rubber rollers from somewhere, either new or used, possibly, I could have this company redo the rubber rollers for me.
Does anyone have data on these rubber rollers? I would need to know the original diameter. I can measure the durometer of the rubber.
Any thoughts on what I propose to get this washer working again?
