Trouble replacing belt on Hotpoint Wash machine

cazze

Hi
our washing machine stopped working on Monday
i took off the top and had a look and discovered that the belt had snapped.

i got a replacement belt today
having a lot of difficult getting to fit on the machine.:mad:

the guy in the Shop did say that they can be quite tight to get on has anyone got any tips or advice

thanks in advance

Joey the lips

Yes from my memory you need to loosen the motor. There should be a track to slide the motor up and down.

cazze

Thanks for the response Joey the lips

I got it after a big struggle :rolleyes:
tried lossening the motor but it didnt make any difference !

i just persisted with a pipe grips levering the belt and eventually i got it on the motor wheel !

Unfortunately it didnt solve the problem :mad:
the machine still wont spin.

more googling needs to be done:pac:
any ideas

RebelButtMunch

Sounds like the drum is stuck and that was the cause of the belt snapping. Can you spin the drum with your hand. I had a sock stuck in mine and the drum would spin,but then randomly come to an abrupt jarring stop.

cazze

No the drum will spin with my hand,

did a bit a googling and think it could be the carbon brushes
I am going to open it up again and have a look at them

thanks for the reply

RebelButtMunch

no problem. Good luck with it. I wouldn't say that the brushes going, and the belt snapping are related. Could just have been your unlucky day! . Perhaps when the belt snapped the motor over ran because there was no resistance.... just a thought.