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Anonymous Posted on Feb 10, 2018

Top spray arm doesn't spin

I've removed the arm and cleaned out all of the holes where the water comes out. It seems like the spray arm is off balance because it's tilted and one end of the arm is touching the ceiling of the dishwasher. As a result, I think that maybe the friction is too much for the arm to spin???

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The filters are probably plugged. This will require removing the lower spray arm and cleaning the screens or its possible your not getting enough water in the dishwasher which will cause th upper spray arm to not turn

  • acrman404a Feb 10, 2018

    The filters are probably plugged. This will require removing the lower spray arm and cleaning the screens or its possible your not getting enough water in the dishwasher which will cause th upper spray arm to not turn

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  • Posted on Feb 24, 2007

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sewnice, you might have to dig a little deeper to correct the problem. As long as you can spin the spray arm with your hand and it's not split it should be ok. Your chopper screen might be plugged. You will have to remove the lower spray arm and filter cover. These are torq screws. The accumulator assy. turns to the right to unlock and will lift off. It will take some pressue to snap it off the rear fill tube. Now you will be looking down at the cover that protects the chopper and screen. There is one torq screw holding it down. Remove the screw and lift it off. See if the screen is clogged. If it is, it will prevent the pump from sending water to the upper spray arm in force. Catriver..post back

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 04, 2008

SOURCE: water not going through spray arms

Have same problem except big motor spins independent of stripped? impeller. tried to reassemble but seems mechanical or adhesive agent misssing from one shaft or the other and the motor spins the impeller (now tight) only to have it slip off again and stop pumping water.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 07, 2008

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I have a diswasher problem
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 08, 2009

SOURCE: middle arm of dishwasher not spinning

I'm the one that reported the same problem in November as "Guest". I fixed mine finally. I removed the middle arm again and noticed that the holes that spray a jet ot water causing the arm to turn aren't the ones on top. On the bottom of the arm there's a small hole at each end. I looked and one of the holes had a small piece of crud in it. I had to use the tip of an ice pick to dislodge it back into the arm. I then ran water into the arm several times hoping to get the item completely removed. I never did see anything come out but I then ran water through the arm holding it so the water could run out one end. The piece didn't show up in the hole again so I tried washing it to the other end. It still didn't show up so I guess it must have washed out the first time. It's been 3 or 4 weeks now and the arm is still functioning perfectly. Hard to believe that one little piece of trash can cause so much irritation. Good luck on this being the problem for others.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2009

SOURCE: Lower spray arm does not spin on my bosch dishwasher

The quality/quantity of responses you get here on FixYa can greatly vary for WHEN you place your question.

There are a handfull of "experts" who use fixya that simply have a generic cut and paste answer for every question asked on FixYa.

"Final Answer" is one.

Many have little to no english skills, and resort to cutting and pasting the same answer to every question.

I apologize for their ignorance and im sure your post will soon be answered by knowledgeable QUALIFIED personnel.

Real answers are not automated here - I assure you. Give it a little time for our experts in the US to wake up and get coffee into their system.

We are not employed by FixYa - sitting in a little cubicle waiting to answer questions. Most of FixYa experts do this in their spare time between real service calls.

Be assured that if you are not satisfied - it is easy to request a refund. Please email [email protected] if in the next day or so you have not gotten a fix to your problem.



Now that's out of my system I can try to help troubleshoot your problem.

Bosch dishwashers use a water system called FLOW CONTROL... which utilizes a valving system to control which arm gets water during the cycles.

Most washers see water at both arms all the time. Yours is controled with a PLC and uses information gathered from onboard sensors to tell the valves to open or close.

Your Lower sprayarm valve is faulty, or the controller board is bad.

Since we do not know your mechanical/troubleshooting skillset - all we can do is offer advice and try and help you if you feel this is a problem you would rather attempt to tackle yourself.

I have searched BOSCH website and could not find your model washer in their documentation. Please double check that it is SHV55M03GB/40 that you posted.

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