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Disconnect power to the machine and remove the back cover by removing the screws holding it to the cabinet. Once it is removed, remove the wiring harness from the heater terminals. Loosen the center nut that secures the heater to the bottom of the tub and pull the heater out. You now have access to the bottom of the tub where the foreign material is most likely got caught. If not, turn the drum until the material gets to the bottom of the tub.
Pull the material out and reinsert the heater into the opening all through the heater clip at the bottom inside of the tub. Reconnect the grounding wire to the grounding terminal and tighten the nut to secure the heater. Reconnect the heater wiring harness and reinstall the back cover.
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Typically there are 2 reasons for this. Either, you have something trapped in the drum (Underwire Bra wires are the favorite for getting through the holes on the drum, getting caught near the bottom of the drum and making a horrible rattling scrape), OR your bearings are failing. If it's bearings then typically the noise will be far far louder on spin than on wash and you may have found bits of plastic and grey or greasy residue in your washing. This detritus will be from the grease in the bearings and small scrapings of the outer plastic drum, created as the inner drum, spinning erratically, catches it some of the time. If it's the latter, then sadly it's typically an uneconomical repair. Bearing replacements usually cost around £140, at which point you end up with an old machine, with one good part in it, which is questionable economics! If it is a "sealed drum" (that is to say, the drum cant be dismantled and the 2 halves of the outer drum are chemically bonded together during manufacture), then you are looking at the cost of replacing the entire drum, which usually works out at between 60%-75% of the cos of the machine when you bought it new.
Have you lost any underwires in any bras? Would be my first check, as years ago I had a similar sound & it turned out to be part of a broken underwire from my bra, I manage with a bright torch & a pair of tweezers to locate the offending object by slowly turning the drum with my hand & the teasing the metal through one of the drum holes & retrieved it, I wasn't ever going to pluck my eyebrows with the tweezers again but hey, they're cheaper than washing machines!!
I hope this helps, let me know if I can help any further...
the usual culprit is a rogue bra underwire which has gone through the holes in the drum. feel round inside the drum it be still sticking through a hole if so grab it with a pair pliers and pull it back. failing that if you take the heater out you can recover it through the aperture.
Possibly a foreign article stuck inside the drum. When the machine goes onto spin this can rub against the outer drum causing such a sound.
This is commonly the underwire from a bra that has worked loose and lodged in one of the holes inside the inner drum. Have a careful feel round the whole inner surface of the drum to see if you can detect anything protruding. If you find a wire, grip it with a good pair of pliers and try to pull it out, remembering the shape that it probably has so it will need to be coaxed out accordingly. Anything protruding through the holes doesn't belong there!
I have removed three of these from our washing machine!
A common broblem with dryers and washers alike is the underwire out of womens bras coming out and getting through one of the holes in the drum wich makes a horrible racket. Open the door and use a flashlight to look inside to see if you can see the underwire in one of the holes. They also get stuck in the front seal where the drum rides around this is another good place to look.
how did the underwire get there, you may want to remove lower panel please unplug washer before removing panel use a flash light there is a area were coins and other objects fall in to also have a bucket there well be water in the lower unit use something to fish it out lucky it did not get caught in pump
Hi, I guess you have stumbled upon the resolution yourself. The Tub ratlling could be because of three things. 1. The Belt itself , as it might have slacked after use. and needs replacement 2. The tumbler bearing, that would require you to open the tub 3. The holding bolts that connect both the inside and outside tubs of the dryer.
and do check the floor balance of the dryer.if the surface is not even the dryer can tumble and make noise.
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