washerdude
Well-known member
Another thing I do want to point out
The empty tub bouncing around that much is also normal, because it's empty there's absolutely no weight inside the tub to help counter the movement. It thrashing around this much is purely the balancing rings distributing. Usually I find you really can't determine the balance on the spin right at the thrashing point, because for us there have been loads where the tub moves around so violently it comes close to hitting the glass (and has on a few), but when it reaches its full spin its 100% stable and there are no vibrations. I almost always find that the way the tub moves around during the start is 100% random and never is the same empty or loaded. There have been times where it just ramps up without even shaking at the start.
I remember for us this problem took place just over a year of ownership, and when this was happening I was really fed up Whirlpool's electronics because I assumed almost straight away it was the main board going bad...that board costs a little over $300, and just for the board, not including labor. Plus to add, we never got warranty. I was ready to chuck the WP appliance and just get an LG because at that point I was giving up with their units. It was only until after playing around with the wires it immediately started behaving like normal. I guess this makes sense, our washer got only a "Good" rating for vibration, and it being on the second floor of a wood framed house only adds to the vibrations which probably managed to loosen the wires slightly overtime, that or all of our machines are lemons.
Once I was trying to wash our king size duvet, and the spin between the rinses, just skipped because it was taking so long to balance. One time we washed a queen size duvet and on the final spin it managed to reach 800-900 RPM and it immediately cut off and went into redistributing. Strange because all the times we've washed comforters it ramps up easily without redistributing in the middle of the spin and its almost fully balanced too.
It's hard to see, but would you say your washers tub thrashes around this much?
The empty tub bouncing around that much is also normal, because it's empty there's absolutely no weight inside the tub to help counter the movement. It thrashing around this much is purely the balancing rings distributing. Usually I find you really can't determine the balance on the spin right at the thrashing point, because for us there have been loads where the tub moves around so violently it comes close to hitting the glass (and has on a few), but when it reaches its full spin its 100% stable and there are no vibrations. I almost always find that the way the tub moves around during the start is 100% random and never is the same empty or loaded. There have been times where it just ramps up without even shaking at the start.
I remember for us this problem took place just over a year of ownership, and when this was happening I was really fed up Whirlpool's electronics because I assumed almost straight away it was the main board going bad...that board costs a little over $300, and just for the board, not including labor. Plus to add, we never got warranty. I was ready to chuck the WP appliance and just get an LG because at that point I was giving up with their units. It was only until after playing around with the wires it immediately started behaving like normal. I guess this makes sense, our washer got only a "Good" rating for vibration, and it being on the second floor of a wood framed house only adds to the vibrations which probably managed to loosen the wires slightly overtime, that or all of our machines are lemons.
Once I was trying to wash our king size duvet, and the spin between the rinses, just skipped because it was taking so long to balance. One time we washed a queen size duvet and on the final spin it managed to reach 800-900 RPM and it immediately cut off and went into redistributing. Strange because all the times we've washed comforters it ramps up easily without redistributing in the middle of the spin and its almost fully balanced too.
It's hard to see, but would you say your washers tub thrashes around this much?
