Hi, I have finally replaced the brushes in my Bosch Maxx washing machine, the old ones were down to nubs... things are not all well though.
First off when I start a cycle, it fills with water and when the drum spins a couple of seconds, but faster than normal, it seems to start out much quicker than it used to and then stops and the water stops filling.. It tries again after a while... same thing.. More or less the same thing on spin cycle. It drains, then tries to spin for about 2-3 seconds very fast and then stops. Then tries again for about 4 more times, about a minute apart. I haven't really let it go any longer than that as it doesn't seem to be getting any where.
When I was putting new brushes in, I notice that one of the wires to the motor terminal block is cut... as in looks deliberately cut, it's no where near the cable tie holding on the splash shield, which hasn't even been in place since I first looked at the brushes about a month ago so I am sure I didn't cut it... and it was working up until a couple of days ago.. I'd give the brushes a nudge when it stopped working , (I had new brushes on order from eSpares, but they never delivered and I had to get them elsewhere) so I am 99% sure I did not cut that wire, I didn't even have a cutter near the machine when I put the new brushes in today. So can anyone confirm that there is a wire cut to the motor on theirs? I can easily splice it, but I am refraining as it looks to me as though it was intentional and has always been that way.
But again, the motor spins faster than usual when starting and it's not working. I'm off on hols tomorrow, so can't give much additional info, but if anyone can help out here I'd really appreciate it when I get home next week!
First off when I start a cycle, it fills with water and when the drum spins a couple of seconds, but faster than normal, it seems to start out much quicker than it used to and then stops and the water stops filling.. It tries again after a while... same thing.. More or less the same thing on spin cycle. It drains, then tries to spin for about 2-3 seconds very fast and then stops. Then tries again for about 4 more times, about a minute apart. I haven't really let it go any longer than that as it doesn't seem to be getting any where.
When I was putting new brushes in, I notice that one of the wires to the motor terminal block is cut... as in looks deliberately cut, it's no where near the cable tie holding on the splash shield, which hasn't even been in place since I first looked at the brushes about a month ago so I am sure I didn't cut it... and it was working up until a couple of days ago.. I'd give the brushes a nudge when it stopped working , (I had new brushes on order from eSpares, but they never delivered and I had to get them elsewhere) so I am 99% sure I did not cut that wire, I didn't even have a cutter near the machine when I put the new brushes in today. So can anyone confirm that there is a wire cut to the motor on theirs? I can easily splice it, but I am refraining as it looks to me as though it was intentional and has always been that way.
But again, the motor spins faster than usual when starting and it's not working. I'm off on hols tomorrow, so can't give much additional info, but if anyone can help out here I'd really appreciate it when I get home next week!
