Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A typical (brush - type) washing machine motor has a speed encoder on the back. this relies on a magnet ring, attached to the shaft. due to a bearing failure, the plastic was partially molten and therefore sitting rather loose on the shaft end.
The failure symptoms are over speed and/or only short motor movement before showing an error
depends on control logic type and age of machine.
Direct drive machines (no drive belt) using a different type of motor, but if the machine has a belt, it's most likely a variant of the motor shown in the video

In this episode, we show a durable fix, involving some machining on the motor shaft.

dismantling of this motor type is here:
youtu.be/_7gNiUo6EeQ

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