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MAV8000

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old Soap suds remain in the clothes after the rinse cycle

Soap retension or soap built up in the clothes is most common. Never hurts to rince the washer out once in a while with a hot wash. Checking for soap retension in the clothes...
http://www.applianceaid.com/whiting.html

Sometimes the clothes are kind of wet too. The problem is intermittent

Iintermittent probelms are the worst! Poor drain, hanging up brake, worn thrust bearing and pulley, tranny are common for slow or poor spins.
http://www.applianceaid.com/norgewash.html#info

This may be unrelated but the brake squeals every time the tub stops and has been doing this long before this new problem surfaced

That is a common problem
http://www.applianceaid.com/norgewash.html#brake

It seems like an incomplete rinse.

No such a thing....rince is just a fill, agitation and drain out with out adding soap. Wash is a fill, agitation and drain out with adding soap/detergant. There is suppose to be soap in the rince cycle. Rince is to help remove soap from the fabric before the final spin. A build up in the clothes causes excess or too much soap and we get left over at the end of the cycle. Clothes can absorrb so much soap, the water can absorb so much soap and the extra is waste and is what causes problems.

How can I check the thrust bearing?

Normally remove it and inspect. If worn, burnt or not pushing on the brake enough to release the brake and we try a new thrust bearing kit.

The tub moves freely by hand and doesn't make any abnormal sounds. I would have expected it to be stiff/noisy if the bearing were bad.

No bearing(s) involved in the basket assy to move, there is a snubber pad between the base and the basket assy.

I can hold the tub in place easily and stop it from spinning." Does this indicate a weak clutch or transmission problem?

Normal and neither.

How about the pivot spring?

The 6 suspension springs?

The belt tension is very loose until the motor kicks on. Is this normal?

Yes, motor moves on the track to tighten or loosen the belt as needed.

jeff.

I replaced the thrust bearing, pulley and drive belt but it still has soaps suds after the spin cycle

Which spin?

If after the final spin before the off position....fabric softener build up, soap retention in the clothing ( too much soap being used ), cold washes ( esp if the outside temp is very cold ) would be suspect.
The machine doesn't add any soap, we do. The washer fills with water, agitates, drains and spins and we add the soap, softners, whitners, brightners, prewash scrub, ect.
Have you washed the clothing without any soap? Same results?

jeff.

We're using about one-half the recommended amount of soap

Good...but has anybody washed the clothing with no soap? Normally need to so no soap is left in the fabric and we are starting fresh from sqaure one...once all the soap is out of the clothing then when we start to add the soap st most 1/2 of the recommended amount is used.

jeff.

Ran a load without soap...no soap suds remained

Good

Often takes 3-6-12 months to slowly build up in our clothes.

If an occurance happens again, only thing really left in the washer is a slow/poor drain out.....or drain hose too high.....most top load washers will drain a full load of water out in approx 90 seconds.