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Barely over a year old GE washer wont spin/agitate. Washer has been doing fine, no noticable problems by the wife, no noise, nothing of that nature until this current load of clothes, it just quit completely agitating or spinning. Water fills fine, pumps out fine. Belt is good and tight, motor/pulleys spin freely, lid switch seems fine? No indicator light flashing whatsoever on motor, which by the service tech notes, means a bad motor? is this correct? thanks for the help guys, im a noobie when it comes to washer repair.
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Since there is no noise at all, odds are high that your lid switch is the culprit. |
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without ordering a new one, can i connect the two wire together from the lid switch with a jumper and see if that works? in other words, close the loop between the two? because i tried that and still no movement, i just wanted to make sure that would be a way to check it out.
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Yes shorting across the switch would be the way to check it.
Unless GE has done something stupid and has an open switch indicate a closed lid, but it is GE so you can never tell.
I will look to see if I can find some more info for you.
If you do not have the tech sheet wiring diagram check in the control console, they like to hide things in there. |
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i do have the tech sheet, but didnt go through it very well yet, as i am posting from work today. Last night i did check to see if the LED was doing anything near the motor like the tech sheet says, but no LED is blinking at all.
the tech notes say:
ON 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 FLASH ERRORS IF NO SYSTEM FAILUTRES ARE FOUND, REPLACE MOTOR.
now correct me if i am wrong, but since i dont have ANY lights flashing, wouldnt that mean the motor is bad? 1, 3, and 9 flashes all lead to the motor also, but im not getting anything at all. hope that helps.
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No blinking light indicates 1 of 2 things...
1. Bad motor= replace
2. The inline fuse may be bad, it is on the white/red wire coming off the motor, and up the right side. It is inside the wire bundle behind the black electrical tape. Undo the tape, and you will see the heatshrink.
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thanks! i checked the fuse, thats not the problem. so it is safe enough to say that the motor is bad, huh?
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Unfortunatly yes, do yourself a favor, if you fix it yourself order the belt installation tool, you can get it from geappliances.com, Part# WX05x10102 $14.75. It will save you some bloody knuckles, trust me on this one.
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wow, the motor is $219 of the $450 washer, haha! oh well, gotta have it i guess. thanks for the help everybody.
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Might be time to junk it
Does not seem to have lasted that long
By the time you are done it will be $250.00 plus your time and trouble
And who knows what will go next
I would research this unit to see what the reliability is.
A new motor every year and a half is a bit much |
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