Ceiling fan now has slowed speeds. Broken motor?
My Ceiling fan is acting up in a strange way. It is a 9 month old Harbor Breeze from Lowe's. It recently broke. Now it only functions in one direction. And in that direction it only functions at much lower speeds than usual (there are still 3 speeds but each speed is about 1/3 it's original functioning speed). When the fan is trying to spin I can hear the motor trying to spin it (that normal higher pitch motor sound).
When it broke I heard what sounded like 3 clicking sounds before High speed slowed to 1/3 high speed. Later that night I pulled the speed cord (HARD) several times and it started working for 30 minutes until the clicking happened again and it slowed again.
I thought it was the Cap so I called "Litex" (they make the fan) and got a replacement Cap. Installed it. Functions the same. Is this a definite motor problem? Is this a switch problem (I doubt it since the switch still toggles by the way the 3 speeds and off).
Any help is appreciated.
-Kevin
Edit: Other possibly useful info:
-the fan is wired to 3 wall switches (one for light, one for fan(on/off), one other for direction) (I don't know how the 3 switches connect to this fan via the connections below?)
-this is a remote fan but I don't have the remote module connected (never did)
-this fan has 2 pull chains for speed and light (& one 2 position switch for direction)
-today I checked the connections and redid the wire nutting (I did not change the wiring, just redid the nutting)
Wiring is: house red-> fan black
House white -> fan white
House black -> fan blue
House ground -> fan ground
Again this fan worked for 8 months before crapping out. Thanks in advance.