Maytag Washer Help

[gewasher1980]

Hey all here recently i purchased a Maytag A712 washer on craigslist a while back and it works very good until today,I was doing a load of laundry it washed,spined and rinsed until the last spin cycle it wouldn't spin out but the timer was still clicking so i checked the lid switch and opened and closed the lid and still didn't spin out till i turned it to the first spin cycle and once it started to spin i stopped it and turned it to the last spin cycle and it started to spin out.Once the laundry was done i did a test run of the last rinse and everything works fine now,I called the the appliance store where the lady bought it from and i told him the problem and he told me it could be the lid switch so would i need a new lid switch or a new timer i decided to post on here to get a second opinion from the washer experts.

 

[mixfinder]

Lid Switch

There are two small phillips head screws on either side of the plastic safety actuater pin for the lid switch. Try tightening them with a small phillips screw driver. Most likely its a cause. It also important not to lay Maytag washers on the front when transporting. It can cause the unbalanced rod to pull loose.

 

[gewasher1980]

I'll try that with a small philips and see if that would help.