S6 and S7: Removing the Motor Assembly
The procedure our service bench follows to take the motor out of an S6 or S7 — and the exact point where owner maintenance has to stop.
Read this part first
This article documents what our service technicians do, not what we recommend owners do. Taking the motor out of an S6 or S7 requires opening the sealed compressor housing, and once that housing is open, the warranty on that assembly ends — that is stated in the warranty policy, and it applies to us too: we log every service. If your machine is inside its cover period and the motor is suspect, send it to us instead.
Disconnecting the assembly
The loom connector is keyed and only comes off one way, but the grommet that passes through the housing wall is the part to be careful with — forcing the connector through tears the grommet, and a torn grommet is a water ingress path that will not show up until the machine is in the water. Note the mount bolt positions before you lift the assembly; the two sides are different lengths and swapping them distorts the mount.
Why the S6/S7 procedure differs from the S9
On the S6 and S7 the motor and compressor sit in a shared housing, which is why the whole assembly comes out as one unit. The S9 uses a different internal layout and the two halves separate independently, so its procedure is a different job with different tooling. Do not assume the steps carry across between models.
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