How do you change and FIND the broken belt on a waashing machine??

Question

hi, my washer wont spin and it smells like when you break a vacuum belt..does this mean its the belt? And were do I find it to buy and change it?

Is it on the BACK of the machine inside of it?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Different makes have them in different places. If the belt broke you would not notice a smell if it burned through then you would smell it. You probably have two probs the broken belt and the reason it broke(frozen pump). Call a repairman

Answer 2

first off I need more info. if it is a maytag, most older front loaders, and most washers over 25 yrs old it will have a belt. otherwise it is a direct drive. on a belt driven mach there are several types. some have an idler pulley requiring removal of the pump to change the belt. Most maytags have a belt on the bottom side of the mach. where all the garbage collects. You can tip your mach back and just put the belt on the two small pulleys and then roll it onto the transmission pulley. If it is a front loader you have to remove the back of the mach and then just put it onto both pulleys. Now a direct drive which has two plastic gears with a rubber connector between them is a bit harder. you have to remove the pump and motor and then you can find it with half on the motor and other half on the trans. Does this mach do anything. If it will not agit/spin but will pump out it is a direct drive and the coupler is out. otherwise if it is belt drivin it won't do anything but fill.

Answer 3

Go find the model number of the washer then search for it.  There's a couple of websites that sell spare parts and have diagrams of the insides of washers and other appliances.  Having the model number is the best way to search.

Good luck.