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Posted on Aug 27, 2007

Washer makes a wild noise while spinning

This washer while spinning makes a loud noise. I noticed that the drum is not spinning dead on center, but rather rotates and the top part of the drum hits the metal provoking the noise. any ideas will be appreciate it. needga

  • needga Aug 31, 2007

    thank you for your time. I found the problem to be an extremely heavy load of good quality towels. They absorbed so much water and they were distributed un-evenly in the machine. Once I removed half the load, the machine works fine. It is working great now.

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Be aware your washers bearings sound like they are collapsing (hence noise and rotation). Can be an expensive job to replace by a mechanic, get an estimate to see if its worth getting fixed.If you have to use washer in the meantime, watch it like a hawk and dont just set it away and go out,very probable flood damage etc ..Sorry theres no quick fix with this problem but i hope this is helpful.

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