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Tru2Chevy  
#1 Posted : Monday, January 17, 2011 9:16:38 AM(UTC)
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I'm hoping that this will end up being a relatively low-cost fix, regardless of the labor involved, as this washer belongs to my mom and her budget is very limited.

Anyway....this is a 16 year old washer, and just today it stopped going through the spin cycle. I believe that it still agitates normally (will confirm this with her later) but when the spin cycle starts, she said it just drains the water and makes a loud mechanical buzzing sound with no movement of the tub. She said it sounds like plastic gears grinding.

I looked up the parts diagrams here a little while ago and glanced at them, but I don't know washers well and didn't see anything that jumped out at me right away as a likely culprit.

Any ideas?

- Justin
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magician59  
#2 Posted : Monday, January 17, 2011 10:14:35 AM(UTC)
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It sounds like the motor coupling is the culprit. A fairly simple fix that you can probably do.

Part number: AP3963893
Tru2Chevy  
#3 Posted : Monday, January 17, 2011 1:38:06 PM(UTC)
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Thanks, I'm hoping to be able to tear it down tomorrow to confirm, unless my dad or younger brother beats me to it. Will report back with the findings.

- Justin
magician59  
#4 Posted : Monday, January 17, 2011 1:49:11 PM(UTC)
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No need to tear it down to confirm. All you need to do is tilt it back far enough to inspect the connection between the motor and the gear case.
Bountyhunter  
#5 Posted : Monday, January 17, 2011 2:32:52 PM(UTC)
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If it was the coupling it would not agitate either, the same coupling is in charge of both functions
Tru2Chevy  
#6 Posted : Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:19:51 AM(UTC)
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Just wanted to update this in case anyone searching has the same issue. The coupling mentioned above was the issue, I found one locally and the washer is still going strong over a year later.

Thanks again for the help!

- Justin
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