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Washing machine spins slowly and smells of burning rubber

Hi... when the washing machine is in the spin cycle, it spins only slowly and smells of burning rubber.

Thank you for any help you may be able to provide...

Dawn while washing clothes my washer smells like burn rubber, i just replaced the motor...it was doin the same thing and stop workin so thats when we replaced the motor and it started again...

any solutions pls

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Your belt may be bad

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    Your belt may be bad

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More than likely tub bearing is seizing up causing basket not to spin freely. Belt is burning because basket won’t spin.

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The belt could be worn and will be slipping on the pullys, as it spins up the rubber , rubs against the pullys and that is what creats the burning rubber smell, the belt needs replacing.

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