Customer Questions and Answers for Direct Drive Washer Motor by Whirlpool

Calvin, the motor [WP661600] which replaces the 8528158 is indeed a 2-speed motor. The black wire will go to the start winding on the motor, the blue to the high run winding, the yellow runs from the start winding back to the timer, white/black runs from the low/high windings to the timer motor, and white is the neutral direct side of the motor.

Hello Calvin, would you recheck the model number and repost your question. It is coming up as invalid and we would need the correct model number to locate the wiring diagram to answer your question.

Rory, First check for an article "stuck" between the tub and top cover and the inner and outer tubs. The more common issue on your style washer would be a worn out 285785 Clutch Assembly and/or "stuck" [ AP3094432 Brake Shoe. The other no spin issues would involve the gearcase/transmission.

Hello Damian, we need the washer's model number to locate the correct schematic to assist you .

Gary, you may want to test the motor [WP661600] windings for proper resistances. If you check from the black to yellow wire on the motor, it should read between 4 to 7 ohms. From there, the blue to white wire should read between 0.75 to 2 ohms. The violet and white wires should read between 1.5 to 3 ohms. From the white to white/black wire there should be a reading of 0 ohms. If any of these resistance checks failed, then there is a motor issue.

Hello Chad, this motor is built to run on 120vac not compatible with dc voltage. Hope this helps!

Travis, Yes, the motor should run with the pump removed. But the humming noise at the motor indicates there's voltage to the motor. It may not be the correct voltage, or it may be that one or two of the contacts in the timer are damaged and not supplying the circuit/voltage to the motor direction circuit. Place the timer in the spin cycle, pull out the timer knob and check for closed contacts across the terminals according to the timer cam chart and cycle chart. If you can recall, did or does the washer agitate,motor run, in the wash mode ? if so, the timer is the more likely issue. The timer contacts reverse the polarity (flow direction of the voltage) when the polarity is reversed, the motor runs in the opposite direction.

Gary, take the drain pump off of the front of the motor and see if there is anything caught in it that is preventing the water from being pumped out. If it is full of water you will have to dip the water out or clamp off the tub hoses to keep water from running out on the floor.

Sen, This issue would most likely be caused by a faulty clutch on the unit. The part number for the clutch assembly is 285785.

Mike, The correct motor that you would need for your unit will be WP661600. The difference will most likely be one may be a 2 speed and the other being single speed. Unfortunately we do not have information.