I may be taking a liberty by posting in this forum as the machine was built in 1994, HOWEVER, the outer tub and inner drum design dates back to the 1970's (or further?) and this is what my questions relate to.
I picked up this White-Westinghouse washer and matching dryer yesterday (FREE). I was told the washer would not drain and one time when the owner returned home, the machine was off but was full of water and overflowing on to the floor (I assume the inlet valve was leaking into the tub) and she had not used the washer since (more then a year??)
OK.... now the problem.
After I got it home I connected it to test it and it does fill and drain as normal and does not seem to leak (so far). I noticed the door does not seal tightly, but I think that's just a simple adjustment.
It does reverse tumble for the wash/rinses and spins fine too (when empty). BUT... as you can see from this photo, it would seem this washer has been overloaded quite a bit (from comments I have read in other threads). Either that or the drum is just failing? I threw in the towel I used to wipe down the washer and dryer and It tumbled fine, but when it went into the spin..........
Aside banging around from being unbalanced due to the single towel, it made a terrible noise. I then added 6 other dry towels for balance, which helped, but this other noise was no better when spinning. The noise is sort of a rattling like is something solid is loose (or bearing?), not simply a loose sheet metal panel. I did have the top off while doing this but could not see anything obvious and the suspension appears to be working fine as the outer tub assembly does not appear to be moving or banging around excessively. I still have to remove the other access panels and see what I can see below.
While yes it was free, I'm bummed because this appears to be something major. I suspected it was perhaps the bearing(s), but when shaking / moving the inner drum back and forth by hand the sound is more "shallow or hollow", like it the metal of the drum rather then a deeper more "solid" sound of a bearing. SOOO... I am guessing all of the paint/enamel that is flaked off the inside of the drum has something to do with this noise-while-spinning-with-a-load problem.
I do not have a video camera, though my cell phone may be able to do video. I will ask around to see if there may be a video camera I can borrow.
I would like to find out what my options are as this is a very nice, clean machine otherwise and it came with all the original documentation (including the original receipt!).
So what are your thoughts, ideas, suggestions? Help??
Thank you so much!!!
Kevin
I picked up this White-Westinghouse washer and matching dryer yesterday (FREE). I was told the washer would not drain and one time when the owner returned home, the machine was off but was full of water and overflowing on to the floor (I assume the inlet valve was leaking into the tub) and she had not used the washer since (more then a year??)
OK.... now the problem.
After I got it home I connected it to test it and it does fill and drain as normal and does not seem to leak (so far). I noticed the door does not seal tightly, but I think that's just a simple adjustment.
It does reverse tumble for the wash/rinses and spins fine too (when empty). BUT... as you can see from this photo, it would seem this washer has been overloaded quite a bit (from comments I have read in other threads). Either that or the drum is just failing? I threw in the towel I used to wipe down the washer and dryer and It tumbled fine, but when it went into the spin..........
Aside banging around from being unbalanced due to the single towel, it made a terrible noise. I then added 6 other dry towels for balance, which helped, but this other noise was no better when spinning. The noise is sort of a rattling like is something solid is loose (or bearing?), not simply a loose sheet metal panel. I did have the top off while doing this but could not see anything obvious and the suspension appears to be working fine as the outer tub assembly does not appear to be moving or banging around excessively. I still have to remove the other access panels and see what I can see below.
While yes it was free, I'm bummed because this appears to be something major. I suspected it was perhaps the bearing(s), but when shaking / moving the inner drum back and forth by hand the sound is more "shallow or hollow", like it the metal of the drum rather then a deeper more "solid" sound of a bearing. SOOO... I am guessing all of the paint/enamel that is flaked off the inside of the drum has something to do with this noise-while-spinning-with-a-load problem.
I do not have a video camera, though my cell phone may be able to do video. I will ask around to see if there may be a video camera I can borrow.
I would like to find out what my options are as this is a very nice, clean machine otherwise and it came with all the original documentation (including the original receipt!).
So what are your thoughts, ideas, suggestions? Help??
Thank you so much!!!
Kevin
