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Hi to all. Last Sunday the washing machine stopped & the following error appeared. Aqua Stop. So out with the torx drivers & took the top & back off. The bottom of the machine had filled with water. Fault traced to a hose popped off the drum. Replaced this and dried the bottom of machine. Switched on again a few hours later, and now on a wash cycle or spin the drum only rotates about a quarter turn this is accompanied with a loud high pitched squeal only it's not a squeal. Pulled the motor out & checked brushes, all good. Checked all terminals for resistance good except no reading for the speed sensor. Assumed this was the problem so purchased a recon motor. This arrived a few days later, checked all terminals for resistance before fitting & same results. So I fit the recon unit anyway but the fault is still present. Drive belt is not slipping & drum rotates freely by hand as it should. It's almost like a brake is applied when it starts to turn. There are no errors displayed. This fault was not present until the machine stopped due to the leak. Looked at the fault section, but my symptoms don't match any of them. I know its an old machine circa 11 years old, but it has been an excellent machine. Any help would be most gratefully received.