Maytag A108 Not Spinning

[vintagekitchen]

Gave up on the laundry center for the time being, went back and got the Maytag A108. Picked up a new set of belts, and it agitates perfectly, but will not spin.

I can rotate the tub by hand, so it doesn't seem that a sock or anything is lodged in the outer tub. The motor glide and springs are ok, I lubed them just to be sure, and even tried pulling back on the motor, but no luck.

I oiled the tub bearing with turbine oil and a syringe according to instructions in another thread, but still no luck.

It acts as though the brake is stuck. Somebody help me out here...

 

[qsd-dan]

Do you hear the motor engaging during spin?

 

I have picked up a few Maytags in the past that sat for years unused and found the brake inside the brake package to stick. Remove the drive belt and turn the center pulley clockwise. If it doesn't budge, give it a few violent yanks in the clockwise direction. I have successfully unstuck them this way.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Motor is engaging, and spinning for all it is worth. I tilted the washer back and checked, I can turn the pulley by hand, no problem at all.

ut the belt back on, sat the washer down and set it to spin with the lid open and the lid switch pressed in.

When it tries to spin, it is actually spinning, just very VERY slowly.

I can pull back on the motor, and it starts to pick up speed for a moment, and then the motor overheats.

Any ideas what this means?

 

[kenmore71]

Is there any evidence of water leakage at the stem seal/spin bearing? What you are describing COULD be a slightly leaking stem seal that has let water into the spin bearing and caused corrosion.

 

[qsd-dan]

Did you mess with the removable tub crown at all? If it's pushed down too far, it'll usually jam the tub from spinning. You'd hear some nasty grinding sounds if the tub was spinning against the tub cover. Usually the spin bearing doesn't seize up when it fails. It just rumbles like a freight train.

 

If you spin the pulley clockwise (looking up at the pulley from below, with the trans belt removed), does the tub spin with ease after overcoming the spring tension of the brake?