It drains very slowly and it makes a high pitch sound when it does spin...sometimes you hear something tapping or slapping, likesomething is stuck.

does it have a burning smell? is it belt driven? rather than direct drive. belt are known to emit a whinning pitch sound at times. could be bearings going out. and sometimes a pc of metal opr material can get stuck between hub and shell and make weird sounds?

Ususally this is caused by a forein object has gotten hung in the suction impeller attached to the motor. the noise flucuates due to the housing flexes with the movement of the handle and rod. the housings are usually made of plastic and something very small can easily get stuck in it and stay for a very long time. The vacuum needs disassembled and the forien object removed from the fan housing...
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Sincerely
Roger

The high pitched spinning sound you hear is the starter bendex trying to engage the flywheel. The starter may check out ok, but the bendex is turning but coming out. The starter will need replaced.

Thanks for choosing FixYa and welcome. You need to check the motor drive and spin bearing. It may be the bearing. The drive motor controls the spinning, draining, and the agitation. Usually, when noise is associated with the spin cycle, it is either one. It is not an easy fix. Make sure to follow your manual. If not, you may want to call out a professional.

Sounds like something is stuck in the drain pump.  If nothing is stuck in the pump replace the pump.  It won't spin until it drains, so fixing the drain problem will fix the spin.  You can get at the drain pump by taking off the bottom panel.

How big is the drive? How old? You need a very quiet room for booting. When you boot, listen for a high pitched whine, this will be your disk spinning up. If you don't hear it, it may be stuck and a slight tap can sometimes make it spin again. Wishful thinking, but if it's older and small, break down and get a new big one. Don't throw the other away, the data can be retrieved. You can also go to bios and set boot for CD/DVD. Put in your master disk and you can get at your disk, maybe.

Sounds like the belt is worn and might need to be replaced. Let me know if I can do anything else. thankyou for asking.

Probably have something stuck in the chopper blade. You can try to dismantle the pump and clean out the obstruction, from the inside. But sometimes it will eventually work itself out. So try and run few more cycles.

Check the pump to make sure there isn't something stuck in it.

You could have a machine that has a siezed drain pump. this can be checked by removing the belt off of the bottom of the machine and spinning the drain pulley by hand. it should turn freely in both directions. if it does then the problem is in the main tub assembly. it could be a simple as a foreign object between the tubs or something more complex like a siezed transmission.