KitchenAid Motor 3350418 Needed

[blockeight88]

If anyone happens to have a KitchenAid drive motor, part number 3350418, I would be interested purchasing it. Sadly the shaft on my motor is shot and it will not hold the coupler.  

 

Thank you.

 

[coldspot66]

You should be able to use any w/p 3 speed motor with that extra plug.

 

[coldspot66]

I may have one.

 

[blockeight88]

Well part of the reason why I purchased this machine was because of the name and high-quality parts. I read that the motor has gold bearings in it and was a step above the standard direct drive motor which is why I prefer to find a Used KitchenAid one.

Do you have part number 3350418?

 

[coldspot66]

Sorry to say I do not. Gold bearings are nice, I guess, but bearings are usually not a problem in any direct drive motor. As you can see, a rounded out shaft is what causes these motors to fail. I think the steel insert coupler sometimes contributes to that. Also Kitchenaid agitation at lower speed may also cause this to happen.

 

[blockeight88]

Rouded out shaft

Yes that is exactly the issue I am having.  Oh well. I'm hoping someone has a spare motor I could buy, or I'm just going to have to keep searching eBay. 

 

[DADoES]

 
Gold bearings seems unlikely.  KitchenAid used the marketing term "Gold Seal Motor" back to the Hobart 17-series dishwasher days, which may be the source of that belief.

 

[blockeight88]

^

So then in actuality there isn’t really any difference between this motor and the regular 3-speed one?

 

[combo52]

KitchenAid gold seal washer motors

This was mostly a marketing term. They did not have gold bearings that would be ridiculous. Gold too soft.

Some of the KitchenAid motors did have copper start windings instead of aluminum so they were slightly better motors in theory, but they were completely interchangeable with the whirlpool versions.

Motor bearings were a big problem on direct drive washers. The front bearing often failed and you had to replace the motor when it would get some in it. It would no longer run.

As I said, in another post, use the All plastic coupler if you care about your motor shaft, the only reason the motor shaft wears and fails was because of the couplers that had a metal insert. The plastic would never damage the motor.shaft The wear on the Motors shaft had nothing to do with running at a lower speed for agitation.