jbk240z Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Well, my dad has this whirlpool ultimate care II clothes washer. So, 2 days ago it stopped spinning or agitating. It will fill and drain just fine. Well, I poke around on the good ole' internet, most ideas are to check the drive coupler, which is pertfect. Other ideas say clutch or brake assemblies. These look good also. The motor seems to work fine. When I spin the drum by hand, it wants to go but does not. I procede to pull the gearbox out, then disassemble. I do not find any broken parts or any wear signs. I can spin the input shaft by hand, the agitator mechanism seems to work ok, but the shaft has no movement no matter which way the input is turned. Most of the things I read by searching seem to indicate a bad gearbox. So, any ideas, experience, suggestions, or thoughts? Bueller? Bueller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 belts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 No belts, as it is a direct drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid240z Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I recently found allexperts.com. They have experts on many topics from music to applicances to almost anything. I searched your problem and came up with this: http://en.allexperts.com/sitesearch.htm?terms=whirlpool+ultimate+aggitate Some of pages were not available when i clicked them. They might be later. You can also post your own questions. I recently had my run of problems with my kenmore calypso washer. These washers have had alot of problems, to the point that there was recently a class-action suit against them. I was able to fix mine though. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Does it have one of those dial switches, that you spin to start a certain wash? Sometime some contacts in that switch will cause problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentNight1647 Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 My vote goes to the clutch or coupler, we had a similar problem with three Whirlpools last time I was on loan to the laundry and we changed two couplers and one clutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 I work mostly on commercial Maytag and Dexter equiptment but if it'll just drain it usually means that the bearing in the tranny is shot. On Maytags it will spin clockwise to wash then counter clockwise to drain indicating the whole tranny has to be replaced or in your case the drive. The bearing on the washers in our equipment was designed so you have to replace the whole unit because it takes too much time to replace the bearing itself. Hope it helps give you an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 There is a place here in town that sells parts for appliances. I've used them to fix my washer, drier, and dish washer. I call the guy up and tell him whats going on and he immediately knows what the problem is and usually has the part in stock for ~$5.00. Try to find a place like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badjuju Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 ihatejoe, post the guy's number! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatejoefitz Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 816.965.8900 this is probably an 8am-3pm type of place. The guy is real laid back and all he'll need is a description of the problem and a model number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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