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My girlfriend has an 11yr old Kenmore 80 series top-loader. All cycles function however, after agitation the drum will not spin. She then opens and closed the door and the drum begins to spin. She says she has to do this twice during each wash. When opening the door the drum rotates slightly and you can hear a click like a clutch engaging and the drum spins fine after that.

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Joseph D Jan 03, 2011

Thanks for the input. The click I was refering to is the sound of the motor/ clutch engaging. I will look at the door switch but was wondering if another switch is responsible for the clutch engagement?

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Joseph D Jan 14, 2011

I bypassed the door switch to no avail. Still the same issue. The switch needs to be activated twice during each wash to initiate the spin cycle.
Joseph D Jan 14, 2011

I bypassed the door switch to no avail. Still the same issue. The switch needs to be activated twice during each wash to initiate the spin cycle.

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The first thing that I would do is to rpelace the door switch... it sounds like that is going bad...

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Check and see if the motor is getting power and not running...if it is getting power and not running then you have a motor with a flat spot...

The motor will have to be changed...

if no power to the motor then the timer contacts maybe going bad, and the timer will need to be replaced...

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The click sound that you hear can be from the lid switch that is not allowing the unit to spin. When the lid switch goes bad the washer won't spin and at times won't even agitate. You can try to jump the lid switch before you replace it and see if that makes any difference. Please get back to me if you have any other questions.

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You can get back to me once you have checked the lid switch

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