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Hello. I replaced brake on this washer when the tub would rotate freely at all times, the tub would turn during agitation, and I belive it was the brake splipping that ultimately caused laundry to pile up on wide side of the tub and cause a major off-balance problem. After the brake was replaced the tub is now very firm and very difficult to roatate by hand. I feel like maybe this is where the issue is with the motor ticking. We did a few loads and everything med ok but then with a full load and full of water the machine smelled like buring electrical and was not spinning. I tried various positions on the timer to get it to drain and spin and finally found one spot that worked enough to get it drained and spun out. Before finding that sweet spot the motor would just hum and the timer made a humming or electrical arcing noise as well. Fast forward to installing the new timer and on first try the tub only had a few seconds of water in it and the motor clicked on and off as it tried to spin. Eventually it did start spinning but obviously it is not right. Any ideas? The tub has always slipped as I recall, so it always had a brake that was coated in oil. I did replace with a new one but physically the old brake was not worn out, it was just covered in thick oil and therefore had no holding power. Is the motor clicking on and off because somehoe the brake is holding too good now? Should the tub be really hard to rotate when off? Is there something on the motor such as a capacitor that has failed and thats why the motor wont stay on to spin the tub? Once the tub is spinning it seems to be fine, it just seems like the motor can't get over the hump of starting up. Thanks for any thoughts