Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Kenmore 90 series not spinning fast enough ..

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ttodd
10-19-06, 04:33 PM
Our Kenmore 90 Washing machine works.. okay to a point but lately the 'spin' cycle is appearing to not spin fast enough to drain off the washed/wet clothes. It used to be that you could remove clothes from the weasher that were just damp and compressed from the spin cycle., Now the clothes are soaking wet and clumpy, therefore you wouldn't think of putting that into the dryer.

Is the entire machine ready for the juckyard or just a certain part??

dave6466
10-19-06, 06:52 PM
It could be the coupler between motor & tranny is going bad. Not expensive to replace. The whole cabinet comes off your washer once you remove the screws from control panel & tilt panel over back of washer. Remove the 2 clips on top of cabinet towards the back, tilt the cabinet towards you & lift off.
The pump is held on motor by 2 clips. Remove pump. Unplug motor harness. Remove 2 screws in motor clips, remove clips & take motor off. Half of coupler is on motor shaft, other half on tranny & rubber insert in between. Rubber could be torn or ears of coupler might be broke off. Also, there is a plug on cabinet shell to unplug before you take cabinet off. Dave