In the spin cycle, my washer was draining, but was apparently not spinning however it was making a loud growling noise as if something was stuck. I pulled the back off the machine and the belt looks fine and the motor appears to turn freely as it should. However a loud almost grinding noise is coming from the Spin Control Board Assy. My assuption is that I need to replace this part. Everything else looks fine. What is your opinion?
Control boards don't growl, the fry out and die. Sounds like a drive train problem to me. If it's a front load machine, the spindle/bearing assy. has gone to washer heaven. If it's a top load machine... could be the transmission, brake/clutch assy. or the tub bearings. In either case, if it's less than 5 years old, the drive system will be warrantied through the manufacturer. If you could provide a make and model number, I could narrow this down to a fine point.
Posted on Jul 29, 2007
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I have this Kenmore 417.43142200 yeah… I thought that I had deduced my initial problem and orderd a replacment spin control module. I put it in and did two small loads (tee shirts and underware) no more than 5-10 items. Everything worked fine. I then did a third load of approx a dozen items with a towel and it would not engage or agitate propblerly. If I moved the agitator by hand it would sometimes engage , but would not tumble all the way around. When it got to the final spin all it did was drain and would not spin up to the really fast speed . I then re-intitiated that part of the cycle and it did work. I started another load and 1 minute ( as before) after it filled with water, the agitator did nothing until I moved it by hand. Can you help?
makes a growling noise when in the spin cycle
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