Hey guys,
My mom's 25ish year old direct drive Kenmore has quit on her. I went to check it out yesterday and got a couple of videos. The first is it attempting to agitate and the second is a neutral drain (which is does not do) and then I open the lid switch to start the spin, which obviously it does not do either.
She said when it initially quit, it would still agitate, but when it got to drain, it made a loud almost machine gun noise. When I checked it out yesterday, the noise it was making was consistent regardless of the direction the motor was running, and it won't do anything.
I have a pretty clear understanding on how these function, but don't really have any experience with trouble shooting problems with them. Could someone point me in the right direction? I'm assuming it's likely a transmission issue.
I've not yet done any actual major mechanical work on any of the machines I own, but my understanding is that these are fairly easy to work on. So it's not out of the question that I'd attempt to do the work myself, I just don't know where to start.
TYIA!

My mom's 25ish year old direct drive Kenmore has quit on her. I went to check it out yesterday and got a couple of videos. The first is it attempting to agitate and the second is a neutral drain (which is does not do) and then I open the lid switch to start the spin, which obviously it does not do either.
She said when it initially quit, it would still agitate, but when it got to drain, it made a loud almost machine gun noise. When I checked it out yesterday, the noise it was making was consistent regardless of the direction the motor was running, and it won't do anything.
I have a pretty clear understanding on how these function, but don't really have any experience with trouble shooting problems with them. Could someone point me in the right direction? I'm assuming it's likely a transmission issue.
I've not yet done any actual major mechanical work on any of the machines I own, but my understanding is that these are fairly easy to work on. So it's not out of the question that I'd attempt to do the work myself, I just don't know where to start.
TYIA!
