I swapped the F&P GWL08 and DE04 for the grandmother's KitchenAid 760 pair this afternoon. As you all know, the KA pair was originally mine. I planned to hand the KA washer off to a co-worker. However, something coincidentally went wrong with the KA upon being moved. Either the spin clutch is suddenly not slipping and putting a tremendous drag on the motor, or something is bad with the motor, possibly the start winding.
The machine was hand-carried across the yard to the garage 'round back, not dropped or mishandled in any way. It has been rather unstable during spin the entire time the grandmother has had it, jiggling/shaking bad enough to be alarming, but not enough to "walk." Her utility is carpeted. It was sitting rather more solidly on the concrete garage, so I hooked up the electric to check the spin. Immediately I noticed something wrong. I switched it to agitate. On, off. On, off. On, off. On, let it run for a couple mins then into drain. It seemed just a mite hesistant getting started, but otherwise ran OK. Back to spin, and it's obvious that the clutch is not slipping and the motor is under a strain. I let it run to get up to speed, and before it got there, the motor cut out for about a half-second and came back. Then it did that again. And again. I switched it to the first spin increment on Perm Press (lowest motor speed), and same thing. Finally, it did get up to speed and seemed to be running OK, except it sounded like high motor instead of low motor. Shut it off, back on, and again it's laboring. I went to disconnect the plug, and the entire power cord was noticeably warm. Not hot, but obviously a touch warm.
Granny used the machine a day or two ago, nothing apparently wrong, but it's possible she wouldn't have noticed.
Diagnosis? Spin clutch trouble? Or motor? Start winding? Or something specifically related to the reverse direction, since it seems OK for agitate, and for drain if it doesn't have to spin the basket.
The machine was hand-carried across the yard to the garage 'round back, not dropped or mishandled in any way. It has been rather unstable during spin the entire time the grandmother has had it, jiggling/shaking bad enough to be alarming, but not enough to "walk." Her utility is carpeted. It was sitting rather more solidly on the concrete garage, so I hooked up the electric to check the spin. Immediately I noticed something wrong. I switched it to agitate. On, off. On, off. On, off. On, let it run for a couple mins then into drain. It seemed just a mite hesistant getting started, but otherwise ran OK. Back to spin, and it's obvious that the clutch is not slipping and the motor is under a strain. I let it run to get up to speed, and before it got there, the motor cut out for about a half-second and came back. Then it did that again. And again. I switched it to the first spin increment on Perm Press (lowest motor speed), and same thing. Finally, it did get up to speed and seemed to be running OK, except it sounded like high motor instead of low motor. Shut it off, back on, and again it's laboring. I went to disconnect the plug, and the entire power cord was noticeably warm. Not hot, but obviously a touch warm.
Granny used the machine a day or two ago, nothing apparently wrong, but it's possible she wouldn't have noticed.
Diagnosis? Spin clutch trouble? Or motor? Start winding? Or something specifically related to the reverse direction, since it seems OK for agitate, and for drain if it doesn't have to spin the basket.
