Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

[Swampie]

Our Indesit WG1234T washing machine doesn’t appear to be rotating the drum.
At first we noticed it wasn’t spinning, however after running a full wash I
noticed that it isn’t rotating the drum at all. I can rotate the drum
manually, just doesn’t spin/rotate when it should.

What could be the cause of this?

Programmer dead? (I doubt this as everything else works)
Motor dead? (Possible as both wash rotate and spinning don’t work)

I’ve looked inside and checked as much as I can see, however nothing appears
to look different/burnt etc.

Any suggestions what to do? I’d prefer to get it fixed quickly and don’t
want to be buying lots of parts to try out what could be wrong. Having a
way of definitely confirming what the fault is would be very helpful.

Thanks.

David

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

It could be a number of things to be honest.

Carbom brushes worn, motor failure, module.

I would suggest an engineer, you could ask here with your postcode or check the directory on the main menu.

Dave.

[Swampie]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

Thanks for the reply – I’ll bear that in mind should I not progress any further. For information, I’m in the GU2 postcode area (which happens to have nothing in the directory at present).

After looking further, I’ve looked at the motor speed controller board and noticed that one of the edge contacts where a plug connects has a slight burnt effect. All the rest are fine. This contact appears to come from/go to the heating element, which might explain a high current passing through it, but I’d expect it should be designed to not burn like that, so must be a fault of some sort. Maybe it was a poor/high resistance connection which overheated?

So, assuming this, would cleaning up the contacts sound a sensible idea?

One of the wires running to the motor is connected to this burnt terminal, so may explain the motor not turning issue.

Thanks

David

[Swampie]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

Well, that fixed it.

I tried re-soldering the edge connector pads, but sadly I couldn’t get the solder to take, so I soldered a short length of straded wire onto the pad and filled it with solder. The connector made contact again and it spins etc.

I think the problem originated from the connector itself – looking at the contacts the one which was burnt was protuding less than the others, probably making worse contact which meant higher resistance and over time it finally burnt out. By springing the connector more, and addig the strands of wires, the connection is better than ever. As for current carrying of the few strands and solder, when you consider a very thin layer of solder was carrying it before, my solution has just as good, if not better capacity. 🙂

Saved myself £35 for a new motor controller card and only took 4 hours of my time on a saturday night. 🙂

Thanks

David

[Penguin45]

Well done, David.
I should point out that in the trade this job is practically a “gimme”! A well known problem, the only bit you’ve missed is to give the other digiboard contacts a wipe of solder at the same time (saves similar problems later)

I assume that the £35 board was for a reconditioned unit? Indesit’s prices for these items can be a little scary!

Regards,
Penguin45.

[Swampie]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

Yeah, I guess I should have put some solder onto the rest of them, though I could see the other half the connector of one which failed was noticably shallower than the rest, meaning it probably never made complete contact since manufacture. The fact it’s lasted 4 years is remarkable, and I’d have expected the others to have shown some amount of burning if poor contact was present.

Still, in future I now know where to look!

As for the price of the controller, I just did a search for Remco 5535 (which was on the board) and came up with:
http://www.sparesrus.biz/ol-catlg/wm-module-02.php
which lists it as being £34. Don’t believe it’s reconditioned, but didn’t look closely at the site’s small print.

Thanks again

David

[admin]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

Hi i have cleaned out the soap despencing tray. on the top there lever that turns a water feed direction gaget. this is like a circularrack and pinion. now i come to reassemble it i am not sure of the assembly position. can someone help please

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit WG1234T washing machine not spinning/rotating

Set the position lever to the middle. Select “Pre-Wash”, adjust lever ’til water runs through drawer slot “I” only and you should be about right. Next time mark it……….

Regards,
Penguin45.

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