Smelled burning wire and traced it to washer, now washer doesn't reverse spin and leaves clothes wet at end of total cycle.

I think it's the motor as it spins but does not reverse, any thoughts?

Also I pulled the front and don't see any burned wires. Tub spins easy and unit is clean inside motor frame area as up to this year we had a Sears contract.

Opened and removed the control panel to reveal main control board and discovered the burned area that produced the smell.

If I replace the board will it happen again, maybe something else in the washer caused this problem.

Broker Dave

Replace the wax motor AP4026523 located in the door latch assembly. New motors are better and don't short out.

Dave,

There is a repair kit available to repair the Neptune control board located at MAYTAG NEPTUNE WASHER R11 Q6 REPAIR KIT + 12002535 WAX MOTOR but your board looks like it burned pretty bad. The blue C19 took at hit as well when the R11 resistor burnt.

Another issue with the earlier Neptunes is the bearings are starting to get loud in spin cycle. The bearings can be replaced without replacing the $450 outer tub. See NEPTUNE BEARING for details. You can also rent the neptune bearing tool which includes use of the DVD that shows you how to disassemble Neptune, remove/install bearings and install the 12002022 seal kit. A nice package that will save you about $750 because a quote to fix your loud bearings will be about $900 from an appliance technician that does not know about the bearing tool kit / bearings.