In the final rinse spin my washer makes a horrible sound like metal hitting metal. It does this with all washes. Could it be permanently off balance?

call a technician as it indicates that the cycle from rinse, spin is not progressing to spin only
rinse,spin is a low speed spin to facilitate the rinse and to balance out the clothes ready for the fast speed spin cycle

Something is causing the drum to be way out of balance. Does it bang and make noise when it's spinning empty? Probably not. Is something stuck on the side (inside of course) of the drum, causing it to shake when spinning? If not, a spring or shock absorber (connecting drum to sides, bottom or top of machine) has broken or come loose.

sounds like unit is activating out of balance lever thats y it works with no load in it .possible faulty suspension rods making bowl move too much.out of balance lever is at back of inside bowl to the right. try adjusting back feet to make them about half an inch higher than the front feet .that will move the bowl away from lever giving more tolerence. see how u go please reply 4 more help

Make sure washer is on a level surface and all four feet adjusted properly. A slight forward lean may help with this problem as the out of balance switch is at the rear.

could be a clutch or drive tube problem, on the bottom of your basket drive tube is a thrust washer,it eventually wears off the boyyom of the tube and your clip that holds on your brake release arm falls off breaking your clutch arm and thus no spin will happen ,, sounds like yours is grinding off the bottom of the basket drive tube,, mine was always screaching on the rinse spin and finally gave out when it wore the bottom off my tube, went and bought a used tube installed it with a new clutch and works fine now no more screaching!

The correct answer will depend on exactly what your washer is doing when the Boom boom noise is heard.

I will take a guess that it is on the 'spin' cycle or 'rinse' cycle - while the bowl is spinning. The boom sound is your wash bowl (drum) hitting the rubber bumpers located on 3 metal beam like parts.

The cause is either a bad balance in the load (lots of jeans bunched up on one side of the bowl throws is out of balance and it hits the sides. Or- one of the 3 springs that hold the bowl in the center of the machine cabinet is off its fastener. You can look under the machine (lay it on its face - on a towel or rug), with no water or clothes in it..... and check to be sure all the springs and fasteners are in place.

If one is broken, pull it out and take it to an appliance parts place in your area.... and get a new one. Just install the replacement part like the other 2 assembles inside the cabinet.

Let us know this does it for you.... -Jim

# Balance the load
# Level the machine
# Inspect the water pump for a blockage
# Inspect the coupling
# Inspect the transmission
# Adjust the drive belt tension
# Check the motor bearings
# Check the drum brakes

sounds like faulty timer

The lights are set off by the balance sensors.And if your balance sensors are  stopping    it from spinning than you first have to make sure the washer is level.You  could have bad Shocks and a bad electronic control board,.                                    

I replaced the drive block and it solved my problem. (thumping noise at the end of spin cycle) Easy repair. Videos on utube show all the steps.