Amanatag SAV5710aww off the the junk heap in the sky?

[parnelli-old]

So, the Amanatag is now 11 years old.

You all have helped me fix her brake pads and an annoying click.

On that last one, Budget appliance repair figured it out it was the belt and so I replaced it.  Two years ago this month.

Imagine my surprise today when the belt look like it got into a fight with a honey badger.  Still a belt, but chunks missing all over, enough powdered rubber inside the machine to sink a ship. So I get a new belt. Install the thing, and the washer runs fine.

Until it gets to spin, when it suddenly sounds suspiciously like like a dragging/rumbling noise.  Almost like the balls in a bearing.

Wise samurais, I humbly ask,

1)would a bearing cause the belt to go klablammo?  I see no water from top bearing.  I see no grease inside.

2)Do I push this off a cliff to meet it's maker?  If so- what do I replace it with? top/front/rock&bucket?  All the new machines sound like they don't work particularly well (funny coming from a guy who owns an Amanatag) and they also don't seem like they're DIY fixable, and it really has been kinda fun coming around here and fixing stuff.

I can hear my grandfather from beyond the grave harping on me how *his* washer lasted 40 years...

[AlboGator]

Make sure the brake is releasing, spin the pulley in the spin direction and see if it will turn. Also check the pump to make sure it's not hanging up. Simple stuff first.

[parnelli-old]

9 hours ago, AlboGator said:

Make sure the brake is releasing, spin the pulley in the spin direction and see if it will turn. Also check the pump to make sure it's not hanging up. Simple stuff first.

Spinning by hand in the spin direction feels like it might be a bit harder than it used to, but it does spin, and if it is harder, then it's not like twice as hard or anything.  The pump doesn't feel like it's hanging up.

Everything seems to be working normal until it goes into spin. 

Then there's a rumbling-ish sounding noise and a very faint smell of rubber.  Which might just be the new belt thinking of going the way of the last one and destructing itself.

I pulled the agitator and don't see anything unusual there either.

 

[AlboGator]

"rumbling-ish sounding noise and a very faint smell of rubber"

That would point to the bearing if the pump is free and your thrust washer is there and intact. It can be repaired but it's a lot of work and special tools. I'm sure you could find a video on how to do it if you googled it. See what it entails and decide.