The motor could still be faulty, especially if the filter is removed too often. I'll explain: The pump motor's moving parts are sealed inside the housing, which includes a spinning magnetic armature spindle thingy that connects to the impeller blades. Everything that moves in that main wash motor is submerged in water, including the bushings or bearings. These bearings are basically made of pencil lead graphite and easily wear out over time. But what makes it even worse is when food gets in there from removing the filter at the wrong time. Even without food particles though, the bushings wear out and start to develop an oblong hole which ends up allowing the spindle magnet to stick to the sides and not allow the motor to spin. The motor overloads, shuts down, tries again, and basically it just fails altogether. It might help to hit the motor to get it going, and I have not found out for sure if this is my problem AGAIN in my dishwasher. Another problem could be that the replacement motor is the wrong one but it still fits the dishwasher. If it is a lot larger than the original, it is probably the ideal motor performance-wise BUT it is putting too much of an electrical load on the circuit board. I'd like to try out putting some kind of start capacitor in line with this motor which is what most high power motors have to get the motor going without blowing a fuse. I learned way more than I wanted to about dishwashers, and still feel like I don't know enough... Ugh. Oh, and the powerful wrong motor I tried caused the dishwasher to become much louder due to the powerful jets of water hitting the door. Yep , your dishwasher is quiet partly due to having a weak energy star motor... when it works... I don't see how running for 3 hours is saving energy when it could prolly wash it all clean in 20min with a powerful motor. Not sure on the specs, but that cheap motor is for the birds, especially when such a cheap bushing replacement would prolly fix that expensive motor. And who wants graphite in their rinse water? A ceramic and stainless ball bearing set seems a lot more reliable as long as it seals the food out.
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The motor could still be faulty for a couple reasons.
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I'll explain:
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The short answer is that the all the moving parts of the main pump motor are under water and the magnetic armature shaft is held in place by two graphite bushings.
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Yeah, the bushings are made of pencil lead. You're getting graphite dust in your rinse water.
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These wear out and the magnetic impeller shaft starts wobbling. Wobbling makes the bushing wear out even faster.
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Eventually the shaft just sticks to the side and the motor shuts down.
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Another problem could be that the replacement motor is the wrong one but it still fits the dishwasher. They are larger than the original and put too much of an electrical load on the circuit board.
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Yep , your dishwasher is quiet partly due to having a weak energy star motor... when it works... I don't see how running for 3 hours is saving energy when it could prolly wash it all clean in 20min with a powerful motor.
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Just a bad design and they gouge you with poorly made replacements.
The motor could still be faulty, especially if the filter is removed too often. I'll explain: The pump motor's moving parts are sealed inside the housing, which includes a spinning magnetic armature spindle thingy that connects to the impeller blades. Everything that moves in that main wash motor is submerged in water, including the bushings or bearings. These bearings are basically made of pencil lead graphite and easily wear out over time. But what makes it even worse is when food gets in there from removing the filter at the wrong time. Even without food particles though, the bushings wear out and start to develop an oblong hole which ends up allowing the spindle magnet to stick to the sides and not allow the motor to spin. The motor overloads, shuts down, tries again, and basically it just fails altogether. It might help to hit the motor to get it going, and I have not found out for sure if this is my problem AGAIN in my dishwasher. Another problem could be that the replacement motor is the wrong one but it still fits the dishwasher. If it is a lot larger than the original, it is probably the ideal motor performance-wise BUT it is putting too much of an electrical load on the circuit board. I'd like to try out putting some kind of start capacitor in line with this motor which is what most high power motors have to get the motor going without blowing a fuse. I learned way more than I wanted to about dishwashers, and still feel like I don't know enough... Ugh. Oh, and the powerful wrong motor I tried caused the dishwasher to become much louder due to the powerful jets of water hitting the door. Yep , your dishwasher is quiet partly due to having a weak energy star motor... when it works... I don't see how running for 3 hours is saving energy when it could prolly wash it all clean in 20min with a powerful motor. Not sure on the specs, but that cheap motor is for the birds, especially when such a cheap bushing replacement would prolly fix that expensive motor. And who wants graphite in their rinse water? A ceramic and stainless ball bearing set seems a lot more reliable as long as it seals the food out.