Customer Questions and Answers for Dryer Drive Motor by Whirlpool

Dean, Yes the motor winding's and switch can be tested with a multi meter. You will need to remove power and access the motor in the base of the cabinet. label mark or take a photo of the wires attached to the motor switch, then remove them. you will test for resistance across the motor winding's, terminals 4M across to 5M should read 2.4 to 3.6 ohms resistance(main winding) and 2.4 to 3.8 ohms resistance across the 3M and 4M terminals on the motor switch(+/- 10%). You will need to manually activate the centrifugal switch and check for continuity across the 5M and 6M terminals, then check across the 1M and 2M terminals on the motor switch. There should be a "closed" circuit on each test.