I've been working on my washing machine, an older Maytag A512. The problems started when it stopped pumping water out. In the end, I replaced the belts, which were dried out and cracking, removed a sock from the pump (didn't fix it), and removed the other sock from the pump intake (that did the trick!).
Now, it will drain just fine, but the wheel/pulley on the bottom that turns the agitator and drum will only spin easily in one direction. It agitates just fine, but when the direction switches to spin the drum, it almost feels like it is winding something up, and then stops or locks completely. When I turn it with my hands until it stops, there is also a slight "thump" sound as it stops. It was working fine when I was messing with the pump; it would both spin and agitate.
My concern is that I put something back together incorrectly, as I may have been a little overzealous as I was taking everything apart to try and fix the pump. But I don't think I messed with anything that would have caused this. I did remove the top part of the washer to remove the top part of the drum, as well as the agitator itself from the inside of the tub, but I can't think of anything else.
Basically, I'm wondering if this is a definite problem (ie, the clutch/gears/whatever is bad) or something else (ie, sounds like another sock wrapped around that post, take it apart and check it out).
I found a page that has parts diagrammed out if it helps... Schematics, that's the word:
http://www.partselect.com/AdvancedModelSearch.aspx?ModelNum=A512&mfgModelNum=&fkMfgID=1
Thanks in advance for any insights!
Now, it will drain just fine, but the wheel/pulley on the bottom that turns the agitator and drum will only spin easily in one direction. It agitates just fine, but when the direction switches to spin the drum, it almost feels like it is winding something up, and then stops or locks completely. When I turn it with my hands until it stops, there is also a slight "thump" sound as it stops. It was working fine when I was messing with the pump; it would both spin and agitate.
My concern is that I put something back together incorrectly, as I may have been a little overzealous as I was taking everything apart to try and fix the pump. But I don't think I messed with anything that would have caused this. I did remove the top part of the washer to remove the top part of the drum, as well as the agitator itself from the inside of the tub, but I can't think of anything else.
Basically, I'm wondering if this is a definite problem (ie, the clutch/gears/whatever is bad) or something else (ie, sounds like another sock wrapped around that post, take it apart and check it out).
I found a page that has parts diagrammed out if it helps... Schematics, that's the word:
http://www.partselect.com/AdvancedModelSearch.aspx?ModelNum=A512&mfgModelNum=&fkMfgID=1
Thanks in advance for any insights!