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I have a LG LDF7810 WW. The bottom rack does not come clean any more. I pulled the sprayer arm and checked as manual suggested. Anything else?

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Could be a bad VIRO motor. It moves a valve to change water flow between bottom spray arm and top spay arm about every 2 minutes of the wash cycle. You have to pull the dishwasher and lay it on it's back or side to change it, but you only need a phillips screwdriver.

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