“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.

 

[whirlpool862]

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.

I know, but the coins get collected underneath the washplate and it can be replaced. Removing the transmission (which she calls “the silver pan”) isn’t the solution. Removing the transmission is only necessary if the seal, bearing, or clutch is bad.

Also, surprised that the bearings are good. These older VMWs had a nasty habit of the bearings wearing out over time, although there are still plenty with good bearings, tho the bearings on mine are pretty loud. Mine didn’t develop the bearing roar until 10 years of service. My washer used to not be loud on spin cycle.