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Hi, I have a question about the tub centering on the machine. My tub is not centered, it is listing very far towards the front of the cabinet enough to cause it to smack the front panel and move the machine in almost every spin cycle, which is annoying. It has smacked the front enough to knock the control panel trim loose, it's also not only annoying, but it's allowing water to stand in the front of the tub for periods of time as well as causing pitching during washing as there is not much resistance to keep the tub from sloshing forward. The machine has always had a lean to the tub, but it seems much more pronounced now and it worries me as I like this little machine a lot.

My next question is how does this suspension system work? Also how does the cabinet come fully off of the base. I've never had it all the way off. Do you have to unhook all of the wires or are there connectors to ease in this? Any literature on this would be greatly appreciated. I've gotten the top off to repair some rust, but the cabinet looks daunting. I know there seems to be no snubber setup like on a bigger KM. If you all need pics let me know, I assume there is a broken or weak spring in there somewhere.

Thanks

-Tim
 
Yeah Tim you probably have a bad spring or 2......there should be plugs in the harness to disconnect and don't forget the pressure hose, and the whole body should lift off.....

I had this on a belt drive and a direct drive portables, the spring just rusted thru the base plate and a few large washers allowed me to put it back in place and secured down, also I took foam pad, the type for a bed that looks like an egg crate, and wrapped this around the outter tub, secured with duct tape, and then replaced the body, cuts down on noise, vibration, and keeps the tub centered, reduces the twisting on the mechanism....
 
The Front control panelled 24" BD Whirlies we had in AU, used the same suspension as the normal machines. AU only had 24" cabinets never any bigger in the Whirlpools

Did all the 24" Whirlpools in the US have a different suspension system to the full size ones?
 
Springs

The suspension on these portables were supported by springs of different strengths. If anyone took them off and did not put them back in the same position then the machine would lean to one side. If you look at the parts list you will see different part #'s on the springs. Hope this helps. Regards Kenmoreman
 
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