Whirpool AWM5145 not spinning at full speed

I was quite surprised to find one too, but its probably because the same basic harness fits quite a few machines as it says on this amazon page. HERE bit pricey from amazon, I got one for around £16, anyway fitted it last night and machine is working fine again, spinning at full speed again.

Thanks for all your help

I'm surprised anybody actually has one in stock to be honest. Let us know how you get on.

I tried that link earlier to look for the harness, but it came up as no longer available, but found one at spares 4 appliances for about £16 which I've ordered, I've now nick named the machine Triggers broom as I'm gradually replacing all the parts lol, thanks again for your help, will be back when the next fault crops up.

It looks like one of those rubbish connectors where the wire just presses into the metal connector and cuts into it. If you can't reconnect the wire it may need a new connector then but they aren't usually easy to come by as they are rarely required. You might try sending in a query at 4Washerhelp spare parts who should be able to supply or order one.

You were spot on with the connection problem, one of the wires was broken away from the connector, see pic, unfortunately mullered the connector a bit to see if I could reconnect it, but it doesnt seem possible, so I guess its a new, or replacement loom?

If you recently replaced the motor, double check the motor plug tags and connections in both the motor and the motor plug. Gently tug on each one and gently push down on each connector on the motor to make sure none are loose and push down. It's possible for connectors to be slightly out of line with each other and when you push the motor plug on it could force one back so it's hardly making contact. I've known that cause problems with spin.

Thanks Andy I will check the motor for excessive sparking, although I did replace the motor a few months ago (second hand) which has been fine since, I changed it because the old one was faulty and was sparking excessively, so I know the accompanying noise that it made, and that is not present with this fault, the motor is very quiet, however I will check it and let you know.