How to disassemble a washing machine motor?

If you think that the washing machine motor needs repair, you will have to carry out diagnostics and find out for sure. And for this you need to know how to disassemble the washing machine motor correctly, so that later, if necessary, you can return it to working order. Removing and disassembling the motor will also be useful for those who want to remove copper from it and hand it over for scrap metal.

How to remove the engine?

The procedure for removing the motor from a washing machine is much simpler than removing and replacing bearings or disassembling the tank. However, you should not neglect a set of basic rules of accuracy. Haste can lead to negative consequences even in such a routine procedure. The procedure for dismantling the motor:

• Disconnect your washing machine from all utilities and position it so that you can easily reach the back wall of the unit and work with its contents.
• Unscrew the screws holding the rear panel of the CM and remove it, putting it aside.
• Spin the pulley wheel while pulling the drive belt towards you to remove it.
• Inspect the area under the tank and locate the engine there.
• Now you need to put the washing machine on its side depending on the location of the powder tray. The unit is placed on the side on which the tray is.
• Disconnect the motor from the ground and the terminal with the wiring.
• Use a screwdriver or similar tool to pry the motor forward.
• Remove the part from the grooves and then from the CM body itself, carefully rocking the engine from side to side.

For further diagnostics and repairs, the engine must be placed on a specially prepared surface. It must be as flat as possible and dry. All work must be done with gloves. Also, be prepared for the fact that the SM engine is very heavy, its weight reaches several kilograms, so it must be moved and removed extremely carefully, so as not to damage the rest of the insides of the washing machine during dismantling.

Opening the engine

Let's consider how to open and disassemble a washing machine motor using the Samsung electric motor as an example. Almost all modern models from popular manufacturers have a similar design, so motors from other machines will be disassembled in a similar way. To disassemble, you need to turn the motor towards you with the pulley.

• First of all, it is necessary to disconnect the rotor collector, that is, in fact, the front filling of the motor from the aluminum housing and stator, which are fastened together with special rivets. In the engine in question, there are 8 of them: 4 on each side, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top, but the number may vary. To drill out the rivets, you can use a regular drill and an 8 mm drill bit.
• After removing the rivets, take a screwdriver, knife, scissors or any other sharp object, pry up the gap between the housing and the contents of the motor from the pulley side and separate one from the other.
• Next, simply pull the anchor (on the opposite side from the pulley) and disconnect it from the rest of the housing.
• Now you need to separate the motor stator from the back wall of the housing, using a chisel or screwdriver.
• After removing the stator, inspect its winding. Most often, it consists of 4 wires, two of which are the same color and go to protect the stator. They lead to the circuit breaker block, which can also be removed. To do this, two wires need to be cut, and then carefully remove the block from the slots. If you plan to restore the engine's operability later, you do not need to touch the wires or remove the block either; if necessary, the inspection is carried out purely visually.

Now let's get back to the rotor part of the engine. It consists of bearings, magnetic rings, a collector, an anchor, a compensation ring, and a pulley wheel. Some of this can also be useful in the household if the electric motor has served its purpose.

For example, bearings can be used to insert into the wheels of a garden cart. As a rule, a person does not develop high speed on foot, so the bearing rings will withstand such pressure without problems. To do this, it is enough to remove the bearings from the engine device with a special puller, lubricate them and insert them into the wheels of the cart.

The collector-anchor connection is more difficult to use somewhere outside the washing machine, but it contains a huge amount of copper wire, which is much more difficult to unwind, so it can safely be given to the scrap metal. As a rule, repairing an electric motor does not include such a detailed disassembly. It is enough to just disassemble the case and then act based on the problem discovered.