RickyD
Premium Member
- Model Number
- 110.13202200
- Brand
- Sears Kenmore
- Age
- More than 10 years
Discovered issue when it started taking 4-5 cycles to fully dry clothes. Didn't know they were putting sopping wet clothes out of the washer. Clothes may be "too heavy" for the spin cycle to work. Spins correctly on a near-empty or no load. Clutch?
Here's the process I go through to wash a single load of clothes:
1. Wash "normal" load. Agitates and drains. Doesn't spin.
2. Take out all but about a third of the clothes. Trick the door open by wedging something on the lid switch (won't spin without the lid switch engaged).
3. Set the dial to Spin. Machine turns on but doesn't spin.
4. With the machine running and the spin cycle still active, I gently nudge the agitator by hand. Jump-starting it, if you will.
5. Slowly, it gains speed until it is spinning at full speed.
6. Once complete, take out the properly-spun clothes and put them in the dryer (but don't turn it on yet).
7. Put the next third of clothes in washer. Set dial to spin and activate. Spins as normal. No nudging.
8. Take those clothes out and put in the final third. Set dial to spin and activate. Spins as normal. No nudging.
9. Clothes now dry in a single cycle.
10. Put in a second load of clothes. Repeat from Step 1.
Alternative washing method:
Divide one regular load into really small loads (literally enough to barely touch the agitator fins) and wash each tiny load separately. Those tiny loads wash and spin properly. But this drinks up twice as much water, laundry detergent, and time. So the missus vetoed that method until I can properly diagnose.
I googled and most places are saying clutch, but in those cases, the spin was completely dead. In my case a little jump-start will get it going.
Thanks for any help that can be given.
Here's the process I go through to wash a single load of clothes:
1. Wash "normal" load. Agitates and drains. Doesn't spin.
2. Take out all but about a third of the clothes. Trick the door open by wedging something on the lid switch (won't spin without the lid switch engaged).
3. Set the dial to Spin. Machine turns on but doesn't spin.
4. With the machine running and the spin cycle still active, I gently nudge the agitator by hand. Jump-starting it, if you will.
5. Slowly, it gains speed until it is spinning at full speed.
6. Once complete, take out the properly-spun clothes and put them in the dryer (but don't turn it on yet).
7. Put the next third of clothes in washer. Set dial to spin and activate. Spins as normal. No nudging.
8. Take those clothes out and put in the final third. Set dial to spin and activate. Spins as normal. No nudging.
9. Clothes now dry in a single cycle.
10. Put in a second load of clothes. Repeat from Step 1.
Alternative washing method:
Divide one regular load into really small loads (literally enough to barely touch the agitator fins) and wash each tiny load separately. Those tiny loads wash and spin properly. But this drinks up twice as much water, laundry detergent, and time. So the missus vetoed that method until I can properly diagnose.
I googled and most places are saying clutch, but in those cases, the spin was completely dead. In my case a little jump-start will get it going.
Thanks for any help that can be given.