My Admiral AAV7000AWW Washing Machine, makes a loud squeaking sound during the agitating cycles. Noise is sycnchronized with the agitator motion. Spin and braking stop are normal. I have the machine apart and the transmission and brake assembly on the bench.

Lower bearing seems OK. [ no chuck or noise ]
My guess is there is a problem in the brake assembly ? but it completely disengages when pully is wound toward the spin cycle.
Brake cover warns of 200lb spring tension, so I have not opened.

This is my first washing machine project. Look forward to your advice on solving my squeaky problem, Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I decided to open the brake, before your advice arrived in my e-mail.... and found considerable wear on the stator in one small location.

I have tried to attach a pic to this message, to show wear. Wear is almost non-existant near the 9:00 position, and is considerable from 12:00 to 3:00 to 6:00, with the hot spot at 3:00.

I now realize that the tub should not be moving [ rotating ] during the agitation cycle. [ it was ][ and I now beleive that the squeak was the loose brake rotor rubbing on the stator.]

This machine gets very low/easy use. Maybe run 250 cycles since new.

There is no brake dust in the stator area. To my untrained eye the brake rotor looks like new. The snubber ring also shows no wear. I don't feel any wear in the lower bearing [spin] or the thrust beariing.

So.. any ideas about what caused problem of loose brake and uneven wear on stator ? I assume I need to replace stator and whatever else you suggest. Thanks in advance, Randy