Recent content by dartman

I don't have it anymore, Costco took it when they installed the new one. I did write on the top glass exactly what was wrong with it and what else had been replaced so hopefully they decided to rebuild it again rather than scrap it. Some said they replaced everything and it lasted years but for...

When I did my research even the technicians said it was a good machine that was reasonably easy to work on and the setup was sort of modular so if the shaft bearings go bad you get another complete setup and swap it out and go. you don't have to try and reassemble the whole setup one peice at a...

Update, still working like new and cleaning well. Still probably have a year left on the Costco extended warranty. I think my old Kenmore/Whirlpool had ate the first set of bearings by now. Just happy I haven't had to fix anything yet.

Update, still working fine. Well just over a year and it still does its job fine and is quiet. Almost never gets unbalanced and even if it does it keeps going and rebalances itself slowing down for a second to slosh the load around till it's happy but 95 percent of the time it's good. Very...

That sounds just like my Old Kenmore HE top loader that would lose the seal and eat the bearings very quickly after a year or two of service. As you can hear from the video it will be very obvious when the bearings fail. I finally gave up and we bought a LG 7900 top loader with a extra warranty...

Got the Bluetooth working Like it says, got it hooked up with the new Pixel 6 phones we picked up. You can add custom wash cycles and it announces on the phone when a load is done or something goes wrong or it needs a cleaning cycle, stuff like that. Not absolutely vital function but it's nice...

Update after a few months use Well so far it seems to clean better then the old Kenmore, it's still basically quieter, and it holds a ton of laundry. I has some weird clanks that are probably the transmission shifting modes with mostly stainless parts and it does a warning beep sometimes when...

New LG 7900 delivered today The new washer was delivered today while I was at work but sister was home and they set it up and took the Kenmore. It's much quieter then our old one, bigger, more features, and seems to wash the clothes better so far. It does make noises when buttons or zippers rub...

Might have figured out how to get it to balance. I've been fighting with the old machine still refusing to balance at the end of the spin till the new one gets here. Today I tried all the spin speeds and finally tried holding the front up as it got to the point it always errors out. It wobbled...

Replacing the machine I'm giving up on it and buying a new washer. Sure I could do the shaft and all that again and I have used the OEM or very high quality bearings before besides the cheap kits out there and they still start leaking after a year or so probably because the seals don't hold up...

I bought new rods for it when it was starting to do it worse just before I put in the last new shaft and bearings etc. It hasn't seemed to help so I'll have to pull it out enough to see if one of them broke or something popped out of place. This machine is supposed to use 8 gallons of water on a...

OK, I have been fighting with this thing since we got it about 2014. Some of you may remember my battles after the first set of bearings went out after it was about 4 years old. I bought a cheap Chinese kit with everything including the bearing installation tools. It was junk and lasted a month...

Stopped leaking Well so far it hasnt leaked since the last few drops a while back and it remains quiet. Hopefully it wore a clean spot on the sleeve and is happy. We'll see how long it lasts this time but hopefully the bearings stayed dry or dried quick enough to run a long time. Nice to be...

Yes, I figured as much but wherever it's coming from it stopped for now and it's together so I'll run it till it gets noisy or leaks badly and get another complete shaft and bearing set from Whirlpool. The last time there was water all around the bolt area so it was definitely the seal area...

Well ran a couple of water only short cycles and it dripped a bit, one short cycle with washcloths and towels and it dripped a bit less, then one where I caught one drop, and a couple of regular large loads with jeans and things and it didn't leak anything I could see in the pan. I even pulled...