The washing machine broke: the drum is not spinning. Reasons, repair tips

A washing machine, like any other home appliances, can sometimes fail. The problem can arise with the recruitment or drainage of water, with the quality of spinning, and sometimes it is such that the drum of the washing machine does not spin at all. And after launching the program, the machine can fill up properly with water, but it will not go further than this. The reasons for the fact that there is not a drum spinning in the typewriter may be several, and the first thing to do is to understand which of these takes place.

Excess weight

First of all, you need to exclude the simplest: perhaps the machine does not rotate the drum, because it is overloaded. Modern washing machines are equipped with appropriate sensors, and if the weight of the laundry is exceeded, it will refuse washing. In this case, you need to turn off the machine, unload some of the laundry and try to start the program again. If the problem remains, then not everything is so simple, and we will have to look further.

Problem with the drive belt

Next, you should release the machine from the laundry, draining, of course, before that the water from the tank, de-energize the unit and try to rotate the drum by hand. All the housewives are scrolled manually by the drum in search of the remaining laundry at the end of the wash and remember how it rotates in its normal state. So, if it does not rotate as usual, but is clearly lighter, without any resistance, then the problem is with the drum drive belt. In that case, of course, if he is there. There is no such detail in the direct-drive washing machines.

To see the strap itself and to check what happened to it, it will be necessary to dismantle the rear wall from the washing machine. The belt could both slip and tear. In the first case, putting it in place will not be very difficult. The broken part must be replaced. The belt usually shows its characteristics: length, as well as the number and height of the wedges. According to this information, you need to look for a replacement. And that this problem does not arise again, you should avoid overloading the machine and imbalance of laundry in the drum. This is what leads to stretching, slipping and ripping the belt.

The drum jammed with foreign matter

If the belt is intact and is in its rightful place, however, the drum of the washing machine is spinning, with a grating, or does not rotate at all, that is, there is a possibility that there is some foreign object between the drum and the tank, which got there through the rubber cuff that stopped drum. You can get it through the hole intended for the electric heating element, or TEN. The heating element is usually located under the tank, and it is usually possible to get to it from behind. Remove it is not difficult, and through the hole you can try to get something, because of what does not spin the drum of the washing machine - a coin or a key, for example, or some small piece of clothing, such as a baby's socks. If the operation was successful, the heater is installed in its original place, small garments are further erased in a special bag, and the pockets are carefully checked before laying the laundry in the car.

Faulty heating element

By the way, the burnt out heating element can also be the reason that the washing machine refuses to work. The drum does not rotate because the water does not reach the required temperature, and the team does not start the motor. The extracted TEN is tested, and if it still burns out, then it is replaced. In order for the heating element to last a long time, it is necessary to use water softening agents to prevent scaling on it.

Bearing wear

The drum of the washing machine does not rotate even when the bearings have jammed because of their wear and tear. Perhaps because of the use of excessively aggressive detergents, the stuffing box began to flow through the water, and the constant wet environment in which the bearings were forced led to their corrosion and gradual destruction. In this case, the drum of the washing machine does not rotate manually either. To replace the bearings, almost complete disassembly of the device will be required. Therefore, such procedure as replacement of bearings is recommended to be done only by specialists having relevant experience and knowledge.

Electric motor

In this case, the problem may be in worn out graphite engine brushes. If they are erased so much that they no longer come into contact with the collector and do not create the necessary electromagnetic field, so that the engine does not start, they can only be replaced with new ones. Perhaps it's the engine itself, and there was a shortage or a break in its winding. This happens rarely, but, given the instability of tension in the domestic network, it is quite possible. Maybe it's all about leakage. Here it is necessary to do without diagnostics in the workshop - this is a serious and costly breakdown.

Faulty electronic module

This detail - the whole head in modern household appliances. And if the "brain" does not give the appropriate command, then, therefore, does not spin the drum of the washing machine. The electronic card must either be reflashed or replaced. In view of the specificity of this task, an unprepared user of a washing machine can not cope with this.

Other reasons

Modern washing machines refuse to turn on even with such a trifle, it would seem, like a blockage in the drain filter. So, if there are any problems with the stable operation of the household appliance, it will not be superfluous to check the filter. The instructions for using the device usually describe in detail the procedure for its extraction and cleaning. Usually it is located on the front panel, and you can get to it by removing a small cover at the very bottom of the case. Next, you need to unscrew the filter. At the same time, some amount of water will pour out, therefore it is necessary to provide either a flat container or several dense rags in order not to collect water throughout the room. In the filter you can find a lot of interesting things: buttons, coins, pile, hair, husks - in general, you never know what can get into the washing machine with linens. Prophylactic filter cleaning is necessary from time to time.

A fault in the wiring inside the machine is also the cause of the stationary drum, since the voltage to the motor will simply not be supplied.

In older models of washing machines, the starting capacitor may fail and the engine will not turn on. This part must be replaced.

conclusions

So, the failure of the washing machine drum to rotate can have different causes: both mechanical jamming or breakage of the belt, which can be easily eliminated on its own, and failure of the electronics or breakdown of the engine of the device. The last two tasks are hardly possible for a person who has no corresponding experience in repairing washing machines. Specialists in the workshop are able to solve such problems much faster and more efficiently.