So on Christmas Eve our Kenmore washer made a very loud screeching sound that drew my attention to it. I found the unit on in the spin cycle without most of the water out but the tub was not turning. I am assuming that something in the drive portion of the machine is broken. Examined the unit and it appears to be a direct drive machine. Can anyone confirm that for me? Need to repair it as inexpensively as possible so plan on doing myself as we have had 3 other expensive repairs in the last 2 weeks! Have zero experience with washing machine transmission /drive. Got a quote from Sears repair which I am a bit suspect about. $215 for up to 500 dollar repair. If it was just a belt I could replace it easily. Found a rubber part that I thought was a belt that came off broken. Does not look like a drive belt as it has 2 u shaped bends in it. A dampener of some sort maybe? Any thoughts on the issue with this machine are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the info. Will watch the videos and inspect as suggested. Many thanks.