Is the drive belt pulley or idler pulley supposed to spin freely? It squeals while agitating and stops squealing after you reach into water & move the agitator. Belt smell is heavy and squealing alerted us

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Brand:Maytag
Model Number:A8240
Main Symptom: burnt belt smell & squealing until you reach into water and lightly rotate the agitator. It seems to stop and then lightly starts back up again after a while. I’m not sure if the pulleys are supposed to rotate freely or have a lot of tension on them? I’m disabled and don’t want to get into changing pulleys if not needed.
What happens & when:it only does it while it’s in wash cycle not in spin or pump. Those seem to both be working fine.

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The pulleys would rotate freely. The most common cause for this type of issue would be that the glides and springs that would be faulty and need to be replaced.

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