Off balance??? When I turn the washer on to a cycle it does the first initial turn one way then a turn the other way and then just stops. At first I thought it just wouldn't drain so I cleaned the pump filter, which was extremely dirty. But it still does the same thing and also doesn't drain. If it's not the pump filter, is it off balance? If it is off balance, how do I fix this? sslinkard

Samantha Slinkard Oct 12, 2007

I unscrewed the bottom panel. It has three screws at the bottom to do this. There is a white circular lid in the middle. This is the pump filter. unscrew it. Warning! there will be a lot of water!!!. Then you can clean it out.

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Can I ask you how you cleaned the pump filter? I had the exact same issue with my machine (GCVH6260HWW).

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Try to see if there is any block in the hose coming down from the tub to the filter

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