Product review (1 stars): Failed at 19 months.. Not near the same quality as the 18 year old original motor
**updated 7/31/2017- the motor completely died on me. Didn't even make it 2 years even though the original motor lasted 18 years. what a piece of junk...Additionally, when it died the circuitry must not have failed in a normal way- what do I mean? Despite the motor not working and turning the drum, the machine continued to make humming noise. The gas would even fire up and turn on, despite the fact it wasn't turning. When opening the door it would temporarily cut power but as soon as the door was closed it tried to fire up the gas again. It actually was a fairly dangerous situation.

My old motor is 18 years old and was starting to become very loud. Installed this one and it is clearly not as powerful (has had difficulty turning heavy loads) and is not very quiet. Obviously the quality of manufacturing has decreased significantly in 20 years. I doubt this thing will last more than 5 years. Not real happy. ( also replaced the rollers, idler pulley and belt).