Washer won't empty or spin

The timer motor contacts are the first to go, they carry the highest load and switch the most. The main contact (knob in/out) actually carries the entire load but it switches much less often than the motor contacts, only once per complete cycle.

Since it is a reversing machine there are 3 motor contact sets. Either start or run has to be reversed relative to the other one. (You may already know all this.) So there are 3 ways the motor contacts can fail. If the non-reversing contact fails the machine will not agitate or spin, so that lets that out in this case.

However, if any of the 3 contacts fail, the motor will make a humming/growling sound briefly before it trips on overtemp. And you don't observe this. Nor do you observe the motor running while simply not producing any motion.

Summing these observations--and I should say I am not a Norge expert never having owned or worked on one--the most likely suspect becomes the lid switch. UNLESS lifting the lid also stops agitation. Some machines do (Maytag), some don't.

If your lid stops agitation, like the broadcast support engineers used to tell me when I described all the symptoms and checks and they were still stumped, "yep, you've got a problem alright".


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Post# 675303 4/24/2013 at 20:05 (4,011 days old) by rcb151 ()
Checkrate/Likes I have a Norge Model LWL203W. I noticed a few weeks ago that it wasn't emptying or spinning sometimes. This became more frequent but I was able to turn the dial to another spin setting and it was fine. This worked less and less. Now it doesn't matter what I do, it goes through all the washing and rinsing cycles but not the spin. I checked the lid switch, made sure nothing was clogging the drainage route and I checked the belt. I removed the belt and spun the pulley clockwise and it spun freely but the wash tub did nothing. I spun the pulley counter clockwise and after a short lag the tub started moving. Does this sound right? Or does this sound like my problem???? Thanks for any advise/suggestions!

Post# 675340 , Reply# 1 4/24/2013 at 23:34 (4,011 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)
Checkrate/Likes does the motor run and sound normal when it tries to spin?-if it doesn't,probably has bad contacts in the timer-motor runs one direction to agitate,runs the other direction to engage spin and pump out water-timer completes the circuit to motor windings to run one direction or the other.

Post# 675550 , Reply# 2 4/25/2013 at 23:15 (4,010 days old) by rcb151 ()
Checkrate/Likes Nothing works when it gets to the spin cycle. It just stops. Well, the timer seems to continue because after the first spin (it doesn't spin) it agitates again. But no strange sounds at any time.

Post# 675552 , Reply# 3 4/25/2013 at 23:18 (4,010 days old) by stan (Napa CA)
Checkrate/Likes *Wonder if* It a worn clutch, or clutch spring?? Guess We'l sit and wait til someone comes along that knows these machines!

Post# 675582 , Reply# 4 4/26/2013 at 07:06 (4,010 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes *Norge Washer That Will Not Run in The Spin Cycle* It is either a lid switch problem or the timer.

Post# 675781 , Reply# 5 4/27/2013 at 10:32 (4,009 days old) by rcb151 ()
Checkrate/Likes All good suggestions. The only one that hasn't been tried yet (see original post and responses) is the clutch... Can the timer be bad if it continues to the next cycle after it doesn't spin? I didn't think so because on gentle cycle it has 2 rinse spins it has to go through. The timer goes through them, but doesn't empty or spin... It agitates, sits there through the spin and agitates again.

Post# 675959 , Reply# 6 4/28/2013 at 00:32 (4,008 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))
Checkrate/Likes The timer motor contacts are the first to go, they carry the highest load and switch the most. The main contact (knob in/out) actually carries the entire load but it switches much less often than the motor contacts, only once per complete cycle. Since it is a reversing machine there are 3 motor contact sets. Either start or run has to be reversed relative to the other one. (You may already know all this.) So there are 3 ways the motor contacts can fail. If the non-reversing contact fails the machine will not agitate or spin, so that lets that out in this case. However, if any of the 3 contacts fail, the motor will make a humming/growling sound briefly before it trips on overtemp. And you don't observe this. Nor do you observe the motor running while simply not producing any motion. Summing these observations--and I should say I am not a Norge expert never having owned or worked on one--the most likely suspect becomes the lid switch. UNLESS lifting the lid also stops agitation. Some machines do (Maytag), some don't. If your lid stops agitation, like the broadcast support engineers used to tell me when I described all the symptoms and checks and they were still stumped, "yep, you've got a problem alright".