Whirlpool Washer Parts Guides — Complete Parts Guide

Ten parts guides, and the motor entry gives away the most valuable piece of advice in the hub: check the coupler first. On these machines a failed drive coupler produces a washer that fills, drains and hums without moving the load, which is exactly what a dead motor looks like and costs a small fraction as much. The rest covers the pump filter and its coin trap, the drain pump, the door boot seal, the door lock assembly, the lid switch, the thermistor, the sensor, the inlet valve and the control board.

Coupler before motor is the pattern, and it repeats. Filter before pump, because the coin trap catches what stops a pump and is designed to be opened. Lid switch or door lock before control board, because the machine refuses to run without confirmation that it is closed. The thermistor guide includes testing rather than assuming, which is the right treatment for any sensing part. In every one of those pairs the cheaper item is also the more likely one.

The lid switch and door lock assembly are safety interlocks: parts to replace, never to jumper, because they are what keeps a spinning drum from being opened. The motor and control board are at mains potential inside the cabinet and are the second stop. Couplers, filters, pumps and boot seals are all within reach. EasyBear services Whirlpool washers throughout Sacramento and the Bay Area.