Home repairman

For a couple of years, Tish has been complaining that the washing machine was acting up. Supposedly, it would wash just fine, but then miss the spin cycle, leaving the clothes sopping wet. For the sake of people Googling out there, let me put in some keywords here. We have a Kenmore 90 series washer, 110.23932200. At first I thought it was a faulty lid switch. Since the washing cycle works fine, the motor shouldn't be the problem. Then Tish showed me what the problem was. After the wash cycle is over, you can hear the motor run, but the drum is not spinning. Then, if you hold the lid switch down, and give the drum a couple of good turns, something will "catch" and the drum starts spinning. To make a long story short, it was a bad clutch. For those who drive stick shifts, you know if you don't let go of the clutch completely, the car never moves. Same thing here. A $40 replacement part, and I saved $200 in not calling a repairman in.

Panel off, motor disconnected, transmission assembly out

That's the motor in the lower right corner

The agitator shaft hooked to the transmission assembly

The very top circular part is the clutch. It was full of gunk (this picture is after I cleaned it) from worn pads.

Replace clutch, put everything back together, and we have a happy washing machine!