Questions & Answers for: Kenmore does not agitate

If it doesn't function properly, your clothes won't be as clean as possible. If your agitator does not move, moves only in one direction or its movement is very weak, you will probably need to remove

...not agitate -- I can't hear the motor running during the agitation cycle. Remove the agitator and see if the agitator shaft moves during agitate. If it moves then the agitator spline is worn or the ...

...agitate on the bottom half and the top half does not turn hardly at all? Is it broken or was it designed to be this way ? If I hold down on the top of the agitator while in the washing cycle the top ...

not agitate! After water is filled, the 2-piece Agitator would rotate clockwise. As it does not rotate, the clothes are pushed down but would not scrub! We noticed that the bottom Agitator/Drive shaft

agitator: bottom moves, top does not I've got a Kenmore series 80 washer. Everything works fine except the top part of the agitator, that cycles the clothes around, doesn't move. The bottom part moves

the top agitator does not work. It seems that the top agitator does not work. It seems that the cog is stripped. The 4 pins do engage the cog but do not catch. This problem is generally caused both by

...agitate a little but there is slippage there. how old is the machine? agitator dogs in agitators have only been used for the past 15 or so years. sounds like you need to take the agitator out and ...

...not moving. You probably need to replace the dog ears. Check the agitator dogs inside the top of the agitator, they are bad for wearing out, sometimes the agitator may only agitate one way when the ...

...are installed. Remove the worn agitator dogs and install the new ones. If the agitator dogs are not worn, check the agitator shaft. Remove the round rubber seal off the top of the agitator and ...

Agitator doesn't turn Bottom agitator turns, vertical agitator does not. If the bottom agitates and not the top, the problem is likely the 4 "agitator dogs" designed to allow the top agitator to turn ...