Hi folks,
trying to give this warhorse a cpl more years; any ideas very welcome. Took drum out and successfully found an intermittent electrical problem; a spade connector on a wire to the motor was almost loose. Along the way shorted out door switch (don't ask me how) , bought and replaced it; all good there. After putting all back together, now drum turns slowly(or stops) if any more than 30% of a usual large load of wet clothes. Felt to me that there was sufficient tension on idler pulley when redoing belt, but maybe not. Looking for things to try. Am wondering about things I've read as culprits for this issue:
1. motor (MAY be a little extra hum there , but not sure, and why would motor go south from the operations I've done?)
2. lint screen clogged, something stuck in there? I don't know if people are referring to something deeper in the guts than the simple removeable screen
3. got a little grease on belt inadvertently
4. machine either not level or I have slightly changed the "cubic" shape (angles of the sides/top) when reassembling and that's impacting how things hang together, including free play of drum, contact with rollers or the contact with the felt-like ports that the drum turns within, etc. Also,there are a cpl machine screws at the bottom of one of the sides holding the side tight to the bottom that I didn't replace when reassembling, didn't seem structural and didn't seem to impact shape. Realized this after all back together and machine pushed back in it's spot, crossing fingers screws not vital, I was wiped out from hours of work on this, a little lazy, I guess.
5. drum roller wheels
Some of these don't seem to make much sense, as it seems a huge coincidence that they would occur right at the same
time as me taking the machine apart and reassembling to deal w/drum, belt, switch, etc.
Ideas?
trying to give this warhorse a cpl more years; any ideas very welcome. Took drum out and successfully found an intermittent electrical problem; a spade connector on a wire to the motor was almost loose. Along the way shorted out door switch (don't ask me how) , bought and replaced it; all good there. After putting all back together, now drum turns slowly(or stops) if any more than 30% of a usual large load of wet clothes. Felt to me that there was sufficient tension on idler pulley when redoing belt, but maybe not. Looking for things to try. Am wondering about things I've read as culprits for this issue:
1. motor (MAY be a little extra hum there , but not sure, and why would motor go south from the operations I've done?)
2. lint screen clogged, something stuck in there? I don't know if people are referring to something deeper in the guts than the simple removeable screen
3. got a little grease on belt inadvertently
4. machine either not level or I have slightly changed the "cubic" shape (angles of the sides/top) when reassembling and that's impacting how things hang together, including free play of drum, contact with rollers or the contact with the felt-like ports that the drum turns within, etc. Also,there are a cpl machine screws at the bottom of one of the sides holding the side tight to the bottom that I didn't replace when reassembling, didn't seem structural and didn't seem to impact shape. Realized this after all back together and machine pushed back in it's spot, crossing fingers screws not vital, I was wiped out from hours of work on this, a little lazy, I guess.
5. drum roller wheels
Some of these don't seem to make much sense, as it seems a huge coincidence that they would occur right at the same
time as me taking the machine apart and reassembling to deal w/drum, belt, switch, etc.
Ideas?
