Product review (5 stars): Great replacement so far.
My four year old Kenmore Elite dishwasher was getting louder and louder. After looking online I read that there was a design flaw in a faulty seal that allowed water to rust one of the motor bearings, and that the bearing would need to be replaced.  I purchased the replacement bearing, but procrastinated in installing it. Finally at about five years the motor gave out all together. I watched a YouTube video that showed me that I could remove the motor from the inside, without totally uninstalling the dishwasher. I followed the directions, uninstalling the motor and immediately two things were apparent. First, not only was the bearing disintegrated away to nothing, but the shaft it installed on was also severely rusted and would require a LOT of work before I could get the new bearing on.  Secondly I had failed to buy a replacement seal kit, so even if I was able to get the new bearing on the same thing would probably happen again. At this point I decided I was better off to order a whole new motor assembly. I found that there was a new replacement part number for the motor which I ordered at about 5:00PM to be overnighted to me. The following day the motor arrived at 11:30AM, and by 12:10PM I had it re-installed, the dishwasher reassembled, and was running a test load of dishes. I had forgotten how quiet this dishwasher could be. I had to check to make sure that it was running. One thing I noticed is that the probable reason the replacement part number changed is the new motor has a redesigned triple seal as opposed to the original single seal.  Hopefully this improvement will lead to more than four more years of continued use. The dishwasher now seems to work as well as the day we bought it.

Just want to add that now almost three years later this motor is still running great and quiet!