Diagnosis: Noisy Unimatic

[rogera608s]

Ben,
I have been too busy lately to pay much attention to the forum but am doing some catching up tonight.
One thing that made noise on my washer when it spun was the capacitor. It had been replaced and the replacement was much smaller than the original so they had filled the cavitiy-are you ready-paper towel wads and some corks. I redid that so the capacitor was stable in the holder and eliminated quite a rattle. Mine did sound like a train- like Nate said- when it spun because of a bad spin bearing but a new one fixed that too.
Roger

 

[roto204]

*Folds arms*

Well, hmmph. Maybe the spirit of my evil '61 Kenmore is on the loose again... ;-)

 

[roto204]

*giggle*

I love that capacitor story, Roger. Might as well have been "The capacitor didn't fit, so they'd filled the cavity with metal filings and diesel fuel."

Sheesh.

 

[roto204]

Of course...

...you could always use one of these to eliminate the spin noise, Ben--shaving several hundred RPMs off the spin speed seems to quiet things down ;-)

 

[swestoyz]

Quick Update: few days ago took the capacitor cover off, and did notice a small piece of cardboard shoved in there to eliminate a previous rattle issue. I shook the tub and had the same issue. Waiting for the tub wrench - will keep you all posted.

Nate: SMACK!

 

[roto204]

LOL

*ow!* ;-)

 

[gansky1]

Nate, have you been working out? And shaving? Woo Woo!

 

[roto204]

Well...

...I didn't know if the long hair would go over well, but thanks! ;-)