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Kenmore Series 80 Washer will not spin - plastic fragments in load?

My wife ran a load of laundry with pieces of a plastic bottle in the towels. The washer filled, agitated and drained. When the spin cycle came on, the washer made grinding noises. Now it will not spin.

I pulled the cap to the agitator, but may not have the tools to pull the full agitator (it is spring loaded).

Is there a particular place that the fragments may have stuck that would have caused the problem? Is there a fix known to anyone?

btw, Happy Thanksgiving !!!
Ed Evans, November 2007
Sears repair part list for series 80 Washer part number 8530488 Rev B. pamphlet pages 8 and 9 show the blowup diagram. shoot me an email.hseinfeld at g mail . com

HG, December 2007
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