Wow. I cannot believe what I just witnessed. I pulled my fiancees hair tie out of the pump. Must have gotten over the basket rim and sucked into the pump through the drain. She says she washed 8 of them last night in the load that stopped mid cycle. Well, now I will never buy a worthless Roper and possibly Whirlpool again. I have enough knowledge to know that I should have been replacing a busted plastic pump that was shattered by the motor. That motor is useless. Now I know why it takes 2 cycles to get all the suds out.


Thanks for the help! Everything is working as good as it can again.

Does home depot sell such pliers. I have used them at work before yet I didn't even think of that. I pulled a hair tie out of the pump and everything works again. I feel that this motor should have shattered the plastic pump.