“if I remove this silver pan, Will I get the things that have fallen between my drum and washing machine”

[whirlpool862]

This is probably the most wrong thing I heard someone say about a washing machine, watch it. They have a Whirlpool VMW washer that’s shaking violently and she says “if I remove this silver pan, Will I get the things that have fallen between my drum and washing machine”. The real solution is to take out the inner drum if something fell in between.

 

[vacerator]

Bits of gears maybe. The splutch is inside. A dime fit's in between the agitator/pulsator and tub. It will interfere with the reversing pickup for the motor and won't agitate correctly, if at all. The mode shifter actuates the splutch for spin.

 

[cfz2882]

Washplate VMWs do collect dimes under the washplate /impeller: I just junked a 2011 and there was $ 2.70 in dimes under there-no other coins... BTW, the bearings and tranny were were in good order on this washer-it was a repair prospect,but top was scratched and dented and hard water stains,so junked when i needed sheet metal for a project.

 

[phillymatt53]

Washplate VMWs do collect dimes under the washplate /impeller: I just junked a 2011 and there was $ 2.70 in dimes under there-no other coins... BTW, the bearings and tranny were were in good order on this washer-it was a repair prospect,but top was scratched and dented and hard water stains,so junked when i needed sheet metal for a project.

Those "plate" impellers are nonsense, bullcrap.
I've seen them in action, they don't do anything but nudge the load around a little in a pathetic way.