maytaglover68
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Got in an Amana NTW4516FW3 top loader (made on 36th week of 2019), they said it stopped spinning their clothes out. Thought it maybe be a shift actuator, the pump, or even a locked up gearcase, but it turns out the motor has locked up. Spin the drum and heard weird noise. Took it out and spun the motor by hand and I heard it grind and I was able to press it in and out. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a VMW do this before. Yep, a bad motor.
Apparently this person on YouTube had found a washer with the same issue as the one I got in. Spun the drum by hand and heard the same squeaky and grindy sound.
Link to Redo’s YouTube video:
This is the exact symptom that the washer I got in had, belt cover melted, same motor issue. This motor part number is W10623547 and it’s a Welling brand. Never seen a motor fail this way (at least don’t remember) throughout all my years of being an appliance technician.
Glad I have a Whirlpool WTW4800XQ4 washer and Amana NTW4650YQ0 in hand with a roaring gearcase and bad suspension rods but a good motor, although the transmission bearings and suspension rods are bad on these two machines the motors are good, I also have several other scrap machines with good motors so I can put it on this and be good to go. This isn’t a Maytag so it doesn’t have the 10 year warranty for the motor.
2016 Maytag MVWC565FW0 washer I got in, this person said it had a belt issue due to it not spinning and they said it shoke violently before it stopped spinning, although I rarely get VMWs with belt issues. The actual issue was bad suspension rods, a bad basket hub and a wallowed out tub sleeve, now it’s fixed. I’d be interesting if it was just a belt but it wasn’t. A lot of people seem to think their issue with the washer is just the belt.
Or I can maybe part out this Amana NTW4516FW3 washer since it’s got many good parts. The belt cover won’t be saved because it’s melted due to it overheating. But I can get the gearcase, the suspension rods, the drain pump, the lid lock, and the agitator out of this one and use them on another machine.
Apparently this person on YouTube had found a washer with the same issue as the one I got in. Spun the drum by hand and heard the same squeaky and grindy sound.
Link to Redo’s YouTube video:
This is the exact symptom that the washer I got in had, belt cover melted, same motor issue. This motor part number is W10623547 and it’s a Welling brand. Never seen a motor fail this way (at least don’t remember) throughout all my years of being an appliance technician.
Glad I have a Whirlpool WTW4800XQ4 washer and Amana NTW4650YQ0 in hand with a roaring gearcase and bad suspension rods but a good motor, although the transmission bearings and suspension rods are bad on these two machines the motors are good, I also have several other scrap machines with good motors so I can put it on this and be good to go. This isn’t a Maytag so it doesn’t have the 10 year warranty for the motor.
2016 Maytag MVWC565FW0 washer I got in, this person said it had a belt issue due to it not spinning and they said it shoke violently before it stopped spinning, although I rarely get VMWs with belt issues. The actual issue was bad suspension rods, a bad basket hub and a wallowed out tub sleeve, now it’s fixed. I’d be interesting if it was just a belt but it wasn’t. A lot of people seem to think their issue with the washer is just the belt.
Or I can maybe part out this Amana NTW4516FW3 washer since it’s got many good parts. The belt cover won’t be saved because it’s melted due to it overheating. But I can get the gearcase, the suspension rods, the drain pump, the lid lock, and the agitator out of this one and use them on another machine.
