LG Washing Machine WM2277HW fills but Won't spin or agitate - just makes a whining / whistling sound, moves a little

So I went to go wash my sheets this morning, turned on the washing machine.  It's about 10 years old.  It's an LG Model WM2277HW.  It filled up with water just fine and then I noticed that it was making a weird, whining / whistling sound. When I went to go look at it, the tub was going a little to the left and a little to the right, but it wasn't actually making a full turn.  I took the sheets out of it, thinking maybe it was overloaded, and drained it and started the cycle again.  No luck.  It was doing the same thing.  I started doing some research online.  A lot of people talked about how they were getting an error LE and they replaced the hall sensor (also called the rotor position sensor).  I wasn't getting the LE error code, but I figured for $20, it was worth a shot.  I went down to my local appliance parts store and got the part.  The part number was 6501KW2002A.  I came home, took 4 phillips head screws off the back of the machine and went on to take the bolt off.  Well, they made it look so easy on the video.  I had to take my socket wrench and hit it with the hammer a few times going counterclockwise, and then used the impact to get it off.  I took off the rotor, and took off the two philips head screws on the bottom right hand corner of the stator and then proceeded to remove the 6 10mm bolts hold on the stator.  I replaced the hall sensor (rotor position sensor) with the new one and put it all back together.  I crossed my fingers and put my sheets back in the washing machine and turned it on..... Low and behold it was turning!!!  Hope this helps someone else that is having the same issue and not getting an error code.