Does your Speed Queen squeak a little when it spins out?

[karichelle]

After discovering some rather disturbing foreign objects in a just-washed load of my husband's clothes (metal staples that held a box shut) and being unsure how many were still in the pockets when the pants were washed, I am a bit unnerved. But I might be overanalyzing every noise the washer makes.

I'm afraid some may have slipped through the holes in the wash tub into the outer drain tub, although I would think the 1" staples would have been small enough to pass on out the drain tube if they made it that far, right? I was hearing a lot of noise when the load the staples were in was spinning out, and we have run one load of clothes and one empty load of water since then.

The only noise it's making is a slight squeak during the spin cycle when it gets going really fast...and it's worse when the washer is empty. I can't recall if it always made that noise or if I'm just overanalyzing things now. And I know a lot of you on here have Speed Queens, so do yours make that noise during the spin cycle?

It's had about 7 months of use, and is last year's "middle of the road" top loader with the two different spin speeds.

What do you all think?

 

[pulsator]

My Speed Queen TL washer makes a slight whistling noise when spinning empty. Not sure if it's the same thing or not. :/

 

[karichelle]

It's almost like a vibration squeak but the washer is level and the tub isn't out of balance (since it's empty).

 

[pulsator]

The tub in a washing machine is never perfectly balanced even when empty due to manufacturing defects. It could that something in the suspension system is squeaking with the slight movement.

 

[karichelle]

I think I heard the same noise (although may have imagined it LOL) in DanManTN's video of the insides of his. Maybe I'll just tell myself that?

 

[ryanm]

My Top Load Speed Queen is very quiet, I do not get any squeaking or vibration during spin or wash cycle, and I have had the machine for about 2 years now.

 

[danmantn]

I've heard the "metallic" sound of the transmission on occassion - which is almost unnoticeable, and way louder than it really is on the video. I have noticed the faintest of squeak (as in super-straining my ears to detect) that may possibly be from the metal spring that attaches the metal frame to the wash basket. Those points of contact are greased from the factory...may have worn off a little bit...again, the one time I heard that I was straining. The AWN542 has the extra sound insulation on it.

Other than that the quietest, sturdiest, stable-est toploader that I have EVER used and has never gone out of balance. Of course, I know how to load it as well. I don't miss the days of my WP bang-bang sessions. Yesh!

It's kinda funny - thought I would miss the end of cycle buzzer that my WP had. Not so...now I know all the clicks and whirls to easily know when the washer is done or what cycle it's in. I think my fav is when the washer hits cruising speeds and makes that cool swwoooooosh sound.