It’s an older GE Profile washer - everything sounds & looks normal, but it doesn’t spin. I’ve opened it up, no error codes, belt is in good shape, verified no lid/latch issues, everything turns easily & freely manually, but the shaft that would turn the belt/pulley doesn’t move when it gets to the spin cycle, and doesn’t appear to be trying to move.
Getting wildly different directions from different sources, and most seem to be referencing newer models with different setups.
Given your symptoms, I’d focus less on the belt and more on why the motor is never being told (or able) to enter spin.
On the older GE Profile top-loaders, if:
Wash/agitate works normally
Timer advances normally
No lid switch issue
Belt is intact
Transmission/basket turn freely by hand
When spin should start, the drive pulley never even attempts to move
then the likely suspects are:
When the timer reaches spin, check whether the motor is actually receiving voltage.
If you have a meter:
Set washer to spin.
Measure voltage at the motor harness.
If you have line voltage but no motor movement, suspect the motor or motor start circuit.
If you have no voltage, work backward toward the timer/control.
Very common on older GE machines.
The timer can:
Advance normally
Fill normally
Agitate normally
but have burned spin contacts internally, preventing power from reaching the motor during spin.
A clue:
Do you hear the timer clicking through spin with absolutely no attempt from the motor?
No humming?
No brief movement?
No overload trip?
That often points to timer contacts.
Many GE motors have an internal thermal protector.
If the motor overheated previously:
Agitation may fail or spin may fail depending on winding configuration.
Sometimes it resets after cooling.
When spin is commanded:
Do you hear a hum?
Does the motor get warm?
If not, this becomes less likely.
Some GE belt-drive models use a motor capacitor.
A failed capacitor can cause:
Motor hums but doesn’t start.
Pulley twitches but won’t turn.
Since you report the pulley doesn’t even appear to try, this is lower on my list unless you hear humming.
A transmission problem usually allows the motor pulley to turn while the basket doesn’t spin.
You specifically said:
the shaft that would turn the belt/pulley doesn’t move
That means the problem is occurring before the transmission, so I’d look at motor power/control first.
When it reaches spin:
A. Do you hear the motor humming?
Yes → motor/capacitor/start circuit.
No → timer, wiring, or power to motor.
B. Does the pump continue running?
Yes → motor is running, transmission issue.
No → motor isn’t running at all.
C. With the cabinet open, can you see the motor pulley?
Motion at pulley but no basket spin → transmission/clutch.
No motion at pulley at all → electrical problem (timer, motor, capacitor, wiring).
If you can provide:
Whether it agitates normally,
Whether the drain pump runs during spin/drain,
And the full model number from the tag (GE model numbers are usually something like WPRE6150K2WT),
I can narrow it down to the exact circuit and likely failed component