Our washer is more than 10 yrs old and its model number is MAV4057AWW--this model choice was not given but it suppose to be close to a MAV4500 model...
How to adjust new belt on maytag washing machine-agitator is not spinning? Although the round circular pulleys are moving -belt is moving but agitator is not.
We did have machine checked out by service person-all he could come up with is old belt...at this point the machine was spinning but no power. The clothes would stay very wet...so we changed the belt. But not correctly as now the agitator (sp?) is not spinning...
How do you adjust the belt to the ''correct'' tension so that agitator will spin...one more note, sometimes a ''coin cluncking sound'' is heard when machine is spinning...could this be a sign of worn bearings or gears?
THANK YOU
Sounds like you have a bad transmission. can you lift the top up so you can see what it is doing when it is trying to spin. does it adgetate and spin at the same time? If yes you have a bad transmission. also if you get 2 people one looking inside of the drum and the other turning the big pulley in one direction it should turn the whole drum in the other the agetator should go back and forth. Tell me what happens thanks.
sounds like you possibly have a bad thrust bearing. You say that the break is not disengaging. sometimes the shaft of the transmission will move up and the thrust bearing cannot push the break up to disengage. the transmission is pretty much only there to wash. when it egages to spin the belt shifts direction pushing the thrust bearing up into the break to disengage to spin. try replaceing the thrust bearing or putting a thicker washer at the end of it. remove the white cap you will see an E clip under the e clip you will see a washer sometimes if you just put a little thicker washer on it this will help disengage the break. Or just replace it.it will come with 2 different size washer any way. never NEVER take the bolts out for the break you will seriously injure yourself. you need a special tool for this. STAY AWAY FROM THE BREAK!!!! That big pulley is the thrust bearing. try this and let me know. If the shaft of the transmission has lifted too far and you can't put a new washer on. then you need a new transmission.
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First, thank you!
When we lifted the lid, it does agitate during the washing and rinse cycles but it does not spin during the spin cycle.
When we moved the big pulley in a clockwise direction the agitator moved counterclockwise. When the pulley was turned counter clockwise, the agitator moved clockwise-hard to move pulley as this seems to be the agitator mode. Then when going back and moving the pulley clockwise the agitator also moved clockwise? Not sure if this is how it is suppose to work-either way the belt does move the pulley which does seem to move the agitator.
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