Whirlpool 12002351 Motor Kit

Purchased this motor to replace our vintage (1980's) Maytag washer motor. The motor seems to be a refurbished one (how it was packaged) but for the money, it keeps our old faithful washer unit running. The wiring connections come with an end piece adapter that you just connect color to color - and ground it per the usual way in the machine. Not very complicated. We took photos of how our old motor was connected and mounted to match up with the new motor installation. Would seem simple to remember how things go together, but we are glad we had those photos to refer to. Running the new motor seems to be a bit louder than our old one, but we are very happy with the purchase and having a working machine again. (The 'white' color in description really makes no sense - it is just a silver color motor.)

As advertised, this motor was a very nice replacement. I needed this because my washer motor started smoking when stressed (full bin of water and clothes), and was no longer able to handle the spin cycle. It's been 38 years, so sure, it was time. ;) It was easy to replace; there are still excellent videos out there on how to do it. It's been a few months now, and I see no issues. Works well.

Ultimately the motor worked fine and was easy to replace. BUT, the 1st motor that was sent was clearly previously returned (based on the random packaging) and the motor shaft wouldn't even turn by hand. I didn't fully realize this until I had it fully changed it out. Seller sent a replacement right away that was new and worked fine. But I had to spend a lot of extra time installing, uninstalling and reinstalling as well as repackaging the bad motor and taking it to a UPS facility to return it.

My washer repair was very successful. The new motor that I purchased fit properly and worked when installed. i was very happy with the outcome.

At my advanced age (80+ yrs), changing the motor in the washer was not something that I really wanted to do . . . but for the price of this motor, it was hard to turn down. As it turned out, the motor replacement was quite easy and didn't require that much effort. Removing the old motor was a bit more difficult than I thought b/c it was TURNED apx 30 degs on the mount. Not sure why that was done (this was the ORIGINAL MOTOR) so it was done that way at the factory. It was NOT the correct way to mount it b/c it always produced a "rattle" (motor to mounting plate) when running. After replacement, it's quiet as a mouse!! There wasn't any problem making the connections to the machines wiring so all went quite smoothly. All things said, it was an easy project.

Perfect replacement for my old Maytag, easy to install. I recommend that you have a 1/4 inch drive socket set with 3/8", 5/16" and 1/4" deep sockets. The hardest part may be getting the front cover off of your washer.... The set screw on the pulley may be rather tight so have a good quality 3/16" hex key with some sort of extension to get extra leverage. Just plug the new harness into your old wiring, the spade terminals eliminate any splicing, and then attach the new harness to the motor(after you have remounted the motor to the washer). Make sure to unplug the washer from the wall socket before starting in on the project. You may want to replace the belts while you have good access to the bottom side.

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This part saved us quite a bit of money - fixed our old washer.