Hoover WDM 120 spinning problem - clothes still wet?

3-1-2011.
hi, brushes will bed themselves in soon. obviously the betta they fit transfers electric to motor for efficient running. glad its working . louder noise could could,be bearing race on drum wearing a bit.i know things add up but think i would have bought new brushes ,only my opinion tho m8. happy washing . !

marti
January 2011

Thanks once more. I checked the brushes and one was chamfered the wrong way, ie the guy had sold me two the same and not a pair. I removed them and carefully sanded them to fit the right way against some fine sand paper wrapped round a rolling pin with similar diameter to the armature and re- fitted them and hey presto it works fine although a little noisier than before on the spin cycle. Do you think this is ok or should they be replaced completely?
Thanks again for your comments.

Andrew
January 2011

hi, u can tell if the brushes r not fitting motor properly because ,the motor sounds louder and u may hear spitting /arcing noise from motor, probably needs engineer to check voltages etc, u could just check pump is freely running and there no blockage in filter of pump tube ?. hope this helps.

marti
January 2011

Thanks for your resoponse.
I fitted some replacement brushes supplied by local repair shop, although they were from a dismantled machine, still had plenty of wear.
Is this fault likely only to be brushes, ie if I bought a pair of brand new brushes would it be fixed? or could it be something else?. I'm on the verge of buying a new machine as we cant survive without a fully operational washing machine (family!)

Andrew
January 2011

hi, probably doesnt spin at full 1200 till last spin, sounds like u need to remove and check motor brushes for wear if possible,with the machine unplugged of course. cheers.

marti
January 2011