Maytag washer - MAV5758EWW - agitates instead of spin

[baronlakes]

Our Maytag top-load washer - MAV5758EWW - is agitating during the spin cycle instead of spinning - though there have been times when I've seen it spinning but at a slow speed.

The drive belt was replaced a few months ago and still looks OK.

There is nothing between the tub and the enclosure.

I put the washer in service mode and checked the various operating modes -

Fill and wash OK, slow and fast agitation OK. In slow spin, the water emptied but was in a slow agitate mode.  In fast spin, the water emptied but was in a fast agitate mode. 

I checked the service codes - there were numerous "19" (motor thermal protector) and "1" (power fault detected).

Any ideas on what may be wrong - or what other diagnostics I can perform?

Thanks

 

 

 

[PDuff]

Aside from a problem with the brake (rotor/stator/spring) not disengaging the drive tube during agitation, could be a faulty transmission.

[baronlakes]

Is there a way to easily determine if the brake is not disengaging? 

The washer works OK in the agitation cycles.  When in the spin cycle, the washer ends up in agitation mode most of the time, though I've seen it in a slow spin mode a few times (not high spin mode as expected).  If there was a brake issue, could this cause the washer to agitate instead of spin during the spin cycle?

If it's a transmission problem, I'm guessing it's not worth fixing since it's a 10 year old washer and the transmission costs about $250.

Thanks

[sh2sh2]

If it's agitating while slowly spinning your trans is bad

[lvasquez11]

Does it pause while in the drain cycle or does stay agitating the whole time.

if you can see trans shift direction from agitate to spin with front cover off its a defective trans

 

[baronlakes]

I did some more testing on the machine.

Most of the time, in the spin cycle, the washer is agitating.  With the front cover off, I can see the mechanism under the wash tub (which I assume includes or is the transmission) is not moving at all during the spin cycle.  The washer operates correctly in the slow and fast agitate cycle - and the mechanism doesn't move at all.  Every once in a while, the washer actually spins in spin mode - though only in slow spin mode, not fast spin mode.  I happened to have the front cover off when the washer was spinning, and the mechanism was spinning - at the slow speed.

Question - is the entire mechanism under the wash tub the transmission or is the transmission inserted into the housing that's underneath the tub?

For the question - Does it pause while in the drain cycle or does it stay agitating the whole time -

Are you referring to the drain cycle during the wash mode?  When in spin mode, the washer is agitating and the water is draining at the same time.

Could it be anything related to the brake, or most likely the transmission? 

 

 

 

 

[sh2sh2]

Transmission