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The 3/4 plywood is something I'm definitely going to try if we choose the route to keep this machine. Another thing that I just remembered was the vibration rating I saw for this machine someone posted on a thread on here. The vibration rating was rated "good" by consumer reports. Now I have...

As many of you know, I own the Whirlpool Duet WFW72HEDW. All though we love almost everything about it (Cleaning,cycle times, selections) there is one problem that continues to linger. Vibration. I'm pretty sure that this is largely due to it being on the second floor. But it's now come to a...

The first time i saw one of these I thought it was the newer duets, but later found out its the older duet with the belt drive system. Looks like they have worked out all the kinks found on the older units.

Nice Now If I was to pick between W/P and Samsung. I'd pick Samsung. The water pressure has seriously impressed me. Almost looks like the Point Voyager models from Whirlpool.

Looks like W/P finally redesigned their Front Loaders! This time their closet depth (Can fit inside 33 inch closet), I love the how the doors look! Kind of jealous now...

Online, I seem to notice Samsung FL's have trouble balancing the load for spin. On reviews people claim that the machine jumps around even if the load is balanced and the machine is level. My bet would be get the Elux!

This is one of the things I really hate about Whirlpool. Same Issue. Even if the load is balanced it "fixes" it and spins off balance with excessive vibration which is apparently balanced to it. Our Whirlpool Duet has done this from day one, weirdly enough, this rarely happens when washing large...

The Hall Sensor Actually, when I was inspecting the pump filter, I looked for a hall sensor....no hall sensor anywhere surprisingly. Seems as if only Samsung and LG use them. I also checked for slop in the bearing/spider as well, To be honest, just by turning the stator by hand, it felt very...

Update On our duet, the only spin options are Off, Slow Medium, and Fast (BOL model, no max extract). I tried doing a load of towels yesterday on Heavy Duty and selected fast (1200rpm). During the final spin it still didn't reach it, it ramped up and stayed on 900rpm. It rarely seems to reach...

More updates So today I did a test load of 5 towels, they balanced out perfectly after about 2 attempts and it went into spin. One thing i noted in this load was, it seemed to hover at the exact lower spin speed it would shut off at for a much much more longer time then usual. Then I heard a...

And cleaning the trap out..... did not work. With it spinning empty with no clothes during the drain and spin cycle, it behaved the same way, but this time it reached at least 800rpm, and hovered there, but still not 1200rpm. I'm going to do a load tomorrow and see if it truly works or not.

Atleast the housing is mold free....

Oh Boy....

Drainage Actually was not too hard to move it

The Process.... With the back panel off, we meet our old friend, the pump filter.

Update: Did another load today, and it acted the same way, after 3 attempts of balancing during the final spin the cycle just ended. Looks like i'm going to be visiting the pump trap. Pictures to come.

Water in the sump Water in the sump is normal. It keeps it there to prevent the seals from drying out and cracking. When we got our Kenmore 15113, I was very worried that there was something wrong too, but then again, there's a little door in the drain line where it connects to the sump which...

The pumps are no longer made by Askoll? On my Kenmore all the pumps are made by Askoll and those are made in Mexico. By the looks of that pump it just looks like a generic model.

@appnut The part which still puzzles me is that our machine has gone into spin sometimes where the load is very off balance and it does not react this quickly at all. Usually when it reaches about 900RPM is when it starts making adjustments.

Update: So I ran a diagnostic with it empty, and it never reached full speed at all. It kept doing the same thing even on the diagnostic cycle.