This morning we heard our washer making a loud "grinding" sort of noise while it was washing, and it was in the rinse cycle when we lifted the lid, and the agitator appeared to not be engaging, if you will. The "grinding" noise now actually sounded like stripped gears not meshing, if that makes sense, and we noticed the agitator was slipping, if you will, and engaging maybe every third time, give or take. It sounded like it was coming right from underneath the little cap on the top of the agitator, so after it was done rinsing the clothes, and we put them in the dryer, we removed the cap, and were looking at this http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j161/metalliholic06/DSCF0655.jpg
When we turned it by hand it appeared that those little yellow colored tabs would engage, and then not, so I’m assuming it’s right in that mechanism. So, hopefully my description is enough for you fine folks to hopefully tell me what part or parts, I need. Oh, and I tried to take that 7/16 bolt out, and tried turning both ways while holding the agitator down low, and I got a little movement either way, but felt like it was tightening it either way, so I stopped. Don’t know if that is reverse thread or not, so don’t want to put more force on it until I know which way it goes. As always, thanks in advance!
Sure glad I don’t rely on anyone here helping me. Not one response. I fixed it already, with help from another forum…where people actually respond to your questions.
About a month ago, I replaced the thermal fuse (AP3178588) in my 6-year old Kitchen Aid KUDI01DLWH3. I understand these things commonly go bad with age and replacing it usually solves it.
However the replacement fuse has just blown which makes me think there may actually be a thermal issue casing it to happen. Any idea what I should look for next?
I am assuming that you replaced the harness when you replaced the fuse.
Could be the vent is not opening, trapping hot air in the unit, but I would have thought you would have noticed that there was no steam/hot air coming out during dry and I would be very hot when you opened the door.
I would check it’s wax motor with a meter.
These can cause a number of problems.
Could be a mechanical problem with the vent assembly.
It is hard to say what is blowing the fuse as both temperature and amperage can do it.
I would check all active components with a meter for resistance.
Also check the condition of the wires from the control board to under the machine.
Could be that the motor’s capacitor is leaking current.
Unfortunately I do not know what the normal current draw for this unit should be at different stages of the cycle. Hopefully someone else will jump in with this info and then you could check it with a clamp on amp meter.
Could be that you have an intermittent short somewhere in the unit, this will be very difficult to find.
I am assuming that you replaced the harness when you replaced the fuse.
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Actually, no. It wasn’t apparent that splicing new wires onto the perfectly good existing wires of seemingly the same gauge could have any impact on the operation of the fuse. Probably a mistake on my part. Hopefully if I replace the harness this time it will solve the problem, although I still don’t understand how that’s designed to improve things.
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Could be the vent is not opening, trapping hot air in the unit, but I would have thought you would have noticed that there was no steam/hot air coming out during dry and I would be very hot when you opened the door.
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Steam seems to be venting fine, but the fuse blew during the rinse cycle. Also, I usually use the Energy Saving Dry setting which I believe runs at a lower temperature.
I should probably try replacing the fuse again, along with the new wiring harness this time, and see if that solves things first. If it happens again then I guess I’ll have to work my way through your list or call for service.
