The drum isn't spinning on my Zanussi Aquqcycle 1000 washing machine, so I presume the brushes need to be replaced. I've removed what I thought were the four screws holding the motor in place but it won't budge, as if there's one more hidden somewhere. Can anyone advise before I take a nailbar to it? It seems flimsy enough, lots of hard plastic.

Pure Mule, January 2009

there are 4 screw bolts holding the motor on about 50mm and have an 8mm nut head.once these have been removed tap the motor from the drive shaft end backwards to release it from the plastic tub mounting stubs.you can remove the brushes by tipping the machine on its back and you don't have to remove the motor at all (inside info lol).brushes will be held on with pozi screws or 5.5mm nut headed screw.you can stretch the old brushes to check if the machine will work with a new set of brushes but once stretched get them replaced with new ones asap

ck, January 2009