[Jspht]

My Whirlpool stopped working under heavy load.
If I start the cycle, it fills the tub, then at the time of starting spinning, it generates a sound like a humming. When I rotate the timer in any spinning position it repeats the same sound. I disassembled the motor and the transmission and found out that the motor and the transmission can be easily rotated by hand. I started the motor out of the tub and got the humming noise and after removing the power I checked the windings and found them really hot.

Being the motor such an expensive item, is there any other component that might be causing the problem? Please advise.

[PS Staff - Sheila]

No there is nothing else in this washer that will cause this.

[catesja]

Check your motor capacitor, if one of the wires comes off, it will cause the motor to not start up, therefore causing the hum and a hot winding.