BUNDYS GARAGE BUNDY HERE
TODAY WE ARE WORKING ON A WHIRLPOOL CABRIO
WASHER THIS IS NOT MY USUAL AUTO REPAIR
VIDEOS BUT THIS GOES INTO A F51 ERROR CODE
THAT YOU GET ON THESE WASHERS I EXPERIENCED
THIS JUST WANTED TO GO OVER IT WITH YOU GUYS
SO TO GET THE CODE YOU HAVE TO CLEAR ALL THE
LIGHTS BUTTONS SO THAT THERE IS NOTHING ON THE
SCREEN
GO AHEAD AND HOLD DOWN THE BUTTON
ANY BUTTON
FOR 4 SECONDS
THEN RELEASE IT FOR 4 SECONDS
HOLD IT DOWN FOR 4 SECONDS
AND THEN RELEASE IT FOR 4 SECONDS
AND THEN YOU HOLD IT UNTIL THE SCREEN ALL THE
LIGHTS LIGHT UP
ON THE HOME SCREEN
88 RIGHT THERE THEN IT WILL FLASH THE CODE
F 51 F51 IS A MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
THIS WILL WORK ON MAYTAG WHIRLPOOL
THIS SENSOR ACTUALLY SITS
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WASHER
AND I ACTUALLY JUST PUSHED THIS WASHER
BACK UP ONTO IT'S SIDE
JUST TO GAIN ACCESS TO IT
SO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS JUST THE BOTTOM OF
THE WASHER THAT;S THE ACTUAL ROTOR AND THEN
UNDERNEATH THAT IS THE STATOR
IT TAKES A QUARTER INCH ALLEN WRENCH
TO GET THE SCREW OUT OR BOLT OUT
THAT HOLDS THE ROTOR ON
YOU JUST RIGHTY TIGHTY LEFTY LOOSEY
TO GET THIS BOLT OUT ACTUALLY THERE IS A HOLE
IN THE ROTOR THAT YOU CAN STICK A SCREWDRIVER
THROUGH TO ACTUALLY HOLD THE ROTOR IN PLACE
IN CASE IT'S REALLY STUCK ON THERE
AT THE END I ACTUALLY PUT SOME GREASE
ON THE BOLT JUST TO IF I EVER HAD TO DO THE
JOB AGAIN IT JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH
EASIER TO GET THE BOLT OUT
I'M JUST UNSCREWING IT THERE AND YOUR GOING
TO WORK THE ROTOR OUT OFF THE STATOR
IT IS MAGNETIC SO IT WANTS TO HOLD ONTO
THE STATOR A LITTLE BIT
WORD OF CAUTION IS WHEN YOUR WORKING
AROUND THE STATOR WHEN YOU GET IT FREE AND
CLEAR JUST BE CAREFUL STATORS ARE PRETTY
EXPENSIVE IT'S A COPPER WINDING BUNDLE
IF ANY OF THOSE WIRES GET DAMAGED
THEN THERE GOES THE STATOR YOUR NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AGAIN
SO JUST UNSCREWING IT THERE
BY HAND AND JUST WORKING IT OFF WORKING THE
ROTOR OFF THE STATOR LIKE I SAID IT'S KIND OF
KIND OF HOLDING ON THERE BY MAGNETIC
FORCE
SO THERE YOU CAN SEE THE STATOR RIGHT THERE
THE SENSOR THE MOTOR ROTOR POSITION
SENSOR ACTUALLY SIT'S ON THE BACK SIDE
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU IN A SECOND THERE'S 4 BOLTS
THAT GO INTO A RETAINING RING AND THERE IS MY
DOG JET COMING INTO THE PICTURE ACTUALLY
I MARK A LOT OF THIS STUFF WITH A SHARPIE HERE
I MARK THE RING HOLING ONTO THE STATOR
THAT HOLDS THE STATOR ON I SHOULD SAY
JUST SO I KNOW I WASN'T SURE WHEN I TOOK IT
APART
IF IT WOULD HAVE TO GO ONTO A SPECIFIC
IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION WHEN I REINSTALLED
IT AND THEN I ALSO MARKED THE STATOR
TO THE I WANT TO SAY THERES A PLASTIC
CLIP NOT A CLIP PLASTIC PLASTIC BIN ON TOP
IT TAKE A 3/8TH'S SOCKET TO GET THIS TO GET THE
FOUR BOLTS OUT
SO I MARK THE STATOR RELATIVE TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE WASHER JUST SO I KNOW WHEN I PUT IT
BACK IN IT'S AT THE SAME EXACT POSITION
THEN I MARK THE RETAINING RING THE 4 BOLT
RETAINING RING AS WELL JUST SO I KNOW WHAT SIDE
IT WAS ON AND LIKE I SAID IF IT HAD TO GO INTO A
SPECIFIC SPOT WHEN YOU REINSTALL IT
THE RING DID NOT HAVE TO GO IN AT A SPECIFIC WHEN
YOU REINSTALL IT AGAIN IT DID NOT HAVE TO GO IN AT
A SPECIFIC SPOT
THAT'S A GOOD THING SO THERE I'M JUST SHOWING
YOU THE 4 BOLTS
GETTING THOSE FREE AND CLEAR
LIKE I SAID WHEN YOUR WORKING AROUND THE
STATOR JUST BE VERY CAREFUL DON'T DAMAGE
IT IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF A IT'S AN
EXPENSIVE PART I SHOULD SAY I HAVE SEEN IT
FROM ANYWHERE FROM $160 USD TO ABOUT $300 USD
IF YOU DAMAGE IT
IF YOUR TRYING TO SAVE MONEY BY DOING IT
YOURSELF YOU DIFFENTLY DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE
THE STATOR
SO ONCE YOU GET THOSE 4 BOLTS OUT OF THE
RETAINING RING THE STATOR COMES RIGHT DOWN
RIGHT THERE THERE'S THE SENSOR
I'M TALKING ABOUT SO AT THE TOP KIND OF
WHERE MY HAND IS THERES 3 CLIPS
THERE IS A CLIP I SHOULD SAY THAT ACTUALLY
CONNECTS TO THE COPPER WINDINGS
ON THE STATOR AND THEN THE BLACK PART
IS THE MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
SO YOU MOVE THAT CLIP OUT OF THE WAY AND
THEN YOU MOVE TO THE SENSOR AND IN MY CASE
THE SENSOR CAN EITHER BE THERE IS A LITTLE
CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE SENSOR THAT CAN BE
BURNED UP
IF YOU SEE LIKE BLACK MARKS OR BROWN MARKS
ON THE
CIRCUIT BOARD OR THE SENOR THEN TYPICALLY
THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED I MARK THAT RIGHT
THERE SO I COULD TELL EXACTLY WHERE THE
SENSOR GOES INTO PLACE THERE IS A LITTLE PIN
LITTLE CONNECTOR THERE JUST PUSH THAT PIN IN
IT CONNECTS TO A 6 WIRE CONNECTOR AND JUST
PUSH THAT PIN IN AND PULL IT OUT AT THE SAME
TIME
LIKE I WAS SAYING IF THE CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE
SENSOR IS BURNT YOUR PROBABLY GOING TO NEED
TO REPLACE THE SENSOR IN MY CASE IT WAS JUST
DIRTY
SO ALL I DID WAS CLEAN THE PICK UPS
YOU'LL SEE IT WHEN YOU GET IN THERE
IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE BUT ONCE YOU REMOVE
THE SENSOR YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE ON THE VERY
ENDS THERES TWO LITTLE MAGNETIC IT LOOKS
LIKE MAGNETIC PICK UPS AND UM
THOSE WERE ACTUALLY DIRTY ONE SIDE WAS
ACTUALLY REALLY DIRTY AND I THINK AND I KNOW
THAT'S WHAT WAS THROWING THE CODE
SO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO REPLACE THE SENSOR
IF I HAD TO YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY
THE SENSOR ON AMAZON AND THEN THERE'S THE
PART NUMBER SO
RIGHT HERE I'M SHOWING YOU A PICTURE
OF THE SENOR AND THOSE TWO CLIPS WHERE
THE 2 MARKS ARE YOU NEED TO GET A LITTLE
SCREWDRIVER ACTUALLY 2 LITTLE SCREWDRIVERS
YOU GO UNDERNEATH THERE AND YOU POP THOSE UP
AND AT THE SAME TIME AND THE SENSOR
POPS STRAIGHT UP AND OUT
SO IF YOU NEED TO REPALCE THE SENSOR THAT'S HOW
YOU GET IT OFF OR IF YOU NEED TO CLEAN IT LIKE I
DID IN MY CASE THAT'S HOW YOU GET IT OFF AS WELL
IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE WHEN YOU GET IN THERE
THERE'S TWO LITTLE CLIPS THAT HOLD THAT THING
ON TRY NOT TO BREAK THOSE CLIPS CAUSE THAT'S
WHAT'S USED TO
HOLD THE MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR ON TO THE
STATOR
THE STATOR DOES NOT MOVE ACTUALLY THE
ROTOR MOVES AROUND THE STATOR SO IT'S KIND OF
A UNIQUE DESIGN
SO THERE'S THE SENSOR YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
THE CIRCUIT BOARD SO LOOK IN THERE
GET A FLASHLIGHT AND MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF
THOSE CONNECTORS ARE BURNT UP NONE OF THE
SOLDERING ARE LOOSE
ON THE TWO FAR LEFT ENDS THAT'S WHERE THE
SENSOR PICK UPS ARE
IN MY CASE THEY WE'RE DIRTY SO I HAD TO CLEAN
THEM I USED RUBBING ALCOHOL TO CLEAN THOSE UP
JUST PLAIN RUBBING ALCOHOL BUT IF THAT
CIRCUIT BOARD IS BURNT CRACKED OR DAMAGED IN
ANY WAY
YOU MIGHT NEED TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE
MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
AND IF YOU TRY CLEANING IT AND YOU GET F51 BACK
YOU PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND
REPLACE THE MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
ANYWAYS
SO THERE I'M JUST PUTTING THE MOTOR ROTOR
POSITION SENSOR BACK ON IT SLIDES BACK IN
FROM THE TOP CLICKS BACK DOWN
YOU CAN FIND THE MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
ON AMAZON JUST AH THERES USUALLY A TAG ON
THERE LITTLE STICKER THAT GIVES THE PART
NUMBER THE WHIRLPOOL PART NUMBER I CAME
UP WITH MINE BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECK YOURS
WAS W10178988
YOU WILL ALSO NEED YOUR WHIRLPOOL MODEL
NUMBER AS WELL I FOUND THAT INSIDE THE DRUM
SO JUST REINSTALLING ALL THE
ALL THE CONNECTIONS THERE
GOT THE SENSOR BACK ON GOT THE THREE
WIRE CONNECTOR FOR THE STATOR
JUST GETTING IN BACK INTO PLACE
JUST PUTTING THE RETAINING RING BACK IN
FOR 4 3/8TH'S BOLTS BACK IN PLACE
HAND TIGHTEN THOSE I GO AROUND IN A STAR
PATTERN
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE EVEN TORQUE ON ALL 4
BOLTS
ONCE I GET THAT I BRING IN THE ROTOR
THE PLASTIC ROTOR AND PUT IT BACK INTO PLACE
WITH A QUARTER INCH ALLEN WRENCH
ONE THING TO NOTE IS MAKE SURE THE STATOR
IS CLEAN AND THE ROTOR IS CLEAN THAT
THERE'S NO PARTIALS OR DEBRIS ON THE
MAGNETIC PICK UP ENDS ON THE ENDS OF THE
STATOR RIGHT THERE COPPER WINDING'S
OR ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROTOR CAUSE IF
THERE IS YOUR GOING TO GET A WEIRD
WHINING SOUND SO RIGHT HERE I'M JUST
SHOWING YOU THAT I RAN THE WASHER THROUGH A
WASH CYCLE AND I DID NOT GET ERROR CODE F51
BACK AGAIN
THERE YOU GO GUYS THIS JOB ISN'T HARD AT ALL
LIKE I SAID THIS WILL WORK ON THIS WAS
ACTUALLY DONE ON A WHIRLPOOL CABRIO
IT WILL WORK ON MAYTAG WASHERS AS WELL
IF YOU COME UP WITH ERROR CODE F51
IT IS MOST LIKELY YOUR MOTOR ROTOR POSITION
SENSOR SO YOU CAN EITHER TRY CLEANING IT
IF THAT DOES NOT WORK GO AHEAD AND REPLACE
THE WHIRLPOOL MOTOR ROTOR POSITION SENSOR
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