Lamona HJA 8514 – not spinning but does rotate – fixed

Posted this for info only in case it helps anyone else in the future…

Lamona HJA 8514 – not spinning but rotates for ages as if to balance the load.

Ran fine for 2.5 years.

Symptoms that appeared after 2.5 years with no change of loading technique:-
During wash cycles the machine would spend 10 to 15 mins trying to balance a load by slow rotations, but was often never able to achieve a proper spin even when set to slow spin speeds.
It felt this must be due to unbalanced loads, but the machine was never this sensitive for the first 2 and half years so something had changed/failed.

Searched, read and concluded it was worth changing the brushes and checking for blockages.

When I pulled the machine out there was a pile of carbon dust on the floor under the motor – a change of brushes looked promising!

The old brushes still had some meat on them, so I was less confident of success but replaced them anyway.

There was no outlet filter, but the black rubber hose to the impeller/pump and the outlet hose were all clear of any debris.

With new brushes the machine seems to be back to its former spinning self.