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My Whirlpool washer serial #wtw4800xq wont spin. Everything else is working ok, but when it gets to a spin cycle it lid lock light flashes and it begins to fill with water again instead of spinning. I have ran it through empty and cycles through perfectly but wont spin when even a small load is in. Help...

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It could be either the control board or a bad actuator if it goes through sensing, fills and washes and drains but just does not spin then odds are the actuator is not shifting it from wash to spin or the main board is sending the signal to the actuator to tell it to shift.
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IT WAS THE CONTROL ELECTRIC OR COMPUTER BOARD WAS DEFECTED. I CHANGED A NEW COMPUTER BOARD NOW IT IS WORKING WELL

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HI It sounds like the spin basket drive is going bad. If it was the lid switch, you would get no sound. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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