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Upper arm does not spin

The water moving to the upper spray arm moves extrememly slow. Therefore causing the spray arm not to turn and casuing the leaking at the door. Is it the drain pump assembly?

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  • dak1 Jan 01, 2008

    I don't find any type of split on the lower arm, any other suggestions?

  • sabrena925 Jul 03, 2008

    My Frigidaire FDBB540DS0 has an upper arm that is also not spinning. I took it off and ran water through it - no clogs. My dishes are coming out dirtier than when they went in. I've resorted to hand washing. I tried e-mailing and calling Frigidaire, but no results.

  • Teleric Oct 06, 2008

    same problem, but maybe not as bad. upper arm will turn, but slowly, and water pressure is very weak on the top side of spray arm. but the two large holes in bottom of upper spray arm sprays a lot. There is leakage at the hub of the upper spray arm, but I took it apart and could find no problem. Also took out the lower spray arm, and no obvious problems there either. I'm wondering if I am getting more leakage than I should at the upper hub which is keeping the pressure low, but the parts all look in good shape. my model is a kenmore, and it is not usable now because it leaves the dishes in upper rack still dirty.

  • Anonymous Mar 14, 2014

    Top arm is not spinning

  • Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

    The upper arm spray keeps dropping of when the machine is on just wanted to know if I have to buy a new one or if it can be fixed and if I replace it where do I get one thanks

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

    not moving

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No I don't believe its the pump. I believe the lower spray arm is possibly split open on the side causing a loss of presure and flow to the upper arm and overloading the door seal. As well the loss of flow to the upper arm will resulted in it turning too slow.

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