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Maytag neptune mah3000aww spin problem

Washes ok, rinses ok, tub empties and rotates... but no spin, clothes left extremely wet. Has had upper control board, motor control board, wax motor and motor replaced and has worked fine for at least 2 years since.

  • bruss01 Jul 07, 2009

    Door locked light comes on. If it wasn't I would suspect wax motor (again). Will try suggestions, thanks.

  • bruss01 Jul 08, 2009

    Ok, fixed it. I raised the top and observed the cycle while the washer was running. The wax motor does extend and lock the door, it also closes the "door locked" indicator light switch, causing the light to come on. However there was another switch on the far right of the waxmotor/switch assembly. There is a cylindrical portrusion that is intended to extrude with the operation of the wax motor, closing that switch. It was just barely touching the "nub" not pressing it enough to actually close the switch. Looking at the wax motor, I noticed it was set back about 1/16" from the bracket which was not true when the washer was off. The cause was the "S" shaped ribbon spring that presses against the far left of the wax motor, holding it in position - apparently this spring was too weak to hold the wax motor firmly in the bracket while it was under tension. This is something you would never know if you did not actually watch the assembly in operation. The fix was to remove the ribbon spring using needle nose pliers and extend the spring manually ("sproing!") so that it exerts more tension on the wax motor, and re-install it. After doing this, the motor was held firmly in it's mounting bracket and it fully depressed the far right switch during operation. The washer now finishes the spin cycle properly instead of simply tumbling and leaving soggy wet clothes.

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There are 2 wires going back to the board. They connect to a blue harness. Make sure their is continuity thru the harness. It connects to 3 out of balance swithches. Also check to see if lock light comes on.

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