Tricity Bendix AW1100w no spin

[Seamy]

I’ve been to look at a Tricity Bendix Aw1100w washing machine, does wash, distribute, but when it ramps up to spin, motor goes off, does this on both slow & fast spin programme, machine is only a few years old, i’ve checked tacho coil & it reads ok, no visible damage to cables, cleaned armature & checked brushes, belt is tight, took off tacho coil & checked tacho magnet & its tight in shaft, also no cracks in magnet, any ideas?

Ta in advance.

[roly16]

Re: Tricity Bendix AW1100w no spin

Have you checked the pressure chamber/hose isn’t clogged?

[Seamy]

Re: Tricity Bendix AW1100w no spin

No problem with pressure system, hose clear, chamber clear, pressure switch is ok, funny thing is this machine is’nt 2 years old yet & only used by a pensioner. The armature was quite black & i cleaned it, brushes are like new (good lenght), but when timer is in spin position it seems to go back & forth o.k, does a distribute, when it builds up to full speed (for a few sec’s) the motor stops, does a distribute again, builds up to full speed stops, does this continueously till timer finishes !
Suspect a duff winding in motor or perhaps a faulty timer, both are gonna be possibly too expensive to repair, just wondering has anyone seen same problem & if it’s something simple to fix, theres gonna be one pleased pensioner out there!

[clivejameson]

Re: Tricity Bendix AW1100w no spin

Sounds like an imbalance problem to me…if it does it whilst empty then can only be the module?
Funny….its usually a pensioner trying to wash a very small load (just one or two items). This means there is simply not enough volume of washing to spread around the drum to create a balance.

Clive

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