Appropriately, being this is a "Woes" thread, the tumbler self destructed during that run. the fan motor rubbed through the wiring, which was slowing the thing down anyway. Sounded downright pitiful when I came outside to do the final rinse. Could have been shocking as well! When doing a diagonostic run empty, it shook enough to snatch one wire connector away, thus shutting it down. Rather surprising, but it was dry at the time, etc.

Maybe the Werder is just a 100m carbine. That's what it seems to be "saying".