GE washer won't spin or agitate



Hi, all. I've searched the newsgroup archives, read through repairclinic.com
and american-appliance.com, but can't figure out where to focus our
attention. I was hoping that someone here might be able to help narrow the
search.

We have a GE washer that's about 8 years old, model WNXR2100T. It fills and
it drains, but it doesn't agitate or spin. The belt is not broken and
doesn't appear worn.

The motor IS getting juice, as when we turn it to spin (and disconnect the
power to the pump motor so as to minimize competing noise), we can hear the
motor humming quietly. When it is humming, the belt does not spin. We can
turn the belt manually, at least in one direction. The other direction it
moves only a bit, but I assume that that is by design.

We're in the boonies, where repair techs are hard to come by, so we
generally do repairs ourselves whenever possible. Thanks for any
suggestions or wisdom. I'm lacking in both!


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