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Ryan G Posted on Dec 26, 2014

My washer makes a loud cranking or grinding noise during the wash and rinse cycle. It doesn't make any abnormal noises in the spin cycle. The machine makes a grinding sound, pauses, grinds, pauses,

So far I have read about these machines and many people have problems with the bearings going out. However, this does not seem like a bearing problem based on the videos I've seen on YouTube (the sound when a bearing goes out is much louder and is constant; the sound my machine makes has a grinding sound, then a pause, then it repeats). The grind and pause, grind and pause, make me think it may be a belt. Not sure if I can upload a video here, or I would. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

  • Ryan G
    Ryan G Dec 30, 2014

    I repaired the problem. The Flywheel was loose. The tension on the belt pulled the flywheel against the plastic cover, which caused the noise. Tightening the flywheel bolt temporarily fixed the problem. I had to replace it with a nylon lock nut. Problem solved. I will try to upload images.

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Its the drain pump it has something caught in it happens all the time to me

  • Miguel Gonzalez
    Miguel Gonzalez May 29, 2017

    If it's the drain pump, then wouldn't the noise be only while draining?

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