Your ONE-SIDED Wash Loads

[daveamkrayoguy]

Is there a way to prevent them?

Often the load is unbalanced and I can't always rescue my washer, thumping and banging from the beating it takes from an unbalanced load in time...

And usually it's the OTHER SIDE of the tub the load of laundry is impaled against, so how funny it is to get a good shot of the entire load stopped against the side of the tub over HERE:

-- Dave

 

[kenwashesmonday]

Is there a way to prevent them?

Use the proper water level for the load.

 

Wash like-weighted fabrics together.

 

Wash full loads.

 

[appnut]

I bet your neutral drain function isn't working.  It's spinning as it's draining the water, which can cause this, especially if you're using too much water for the size load.  If this is a Kenmore, it should have an OOB.  

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Guys, what should I do?

Yes, that neutral drain often begins with a groan, and I often coax the spin by opening the lid and closing to initiate or resume proper functioning...

Too much water for the load? Meet Mr. Paranoid about being sure all the soap gets rinsed out as he is doubtful unless he soaps a lot the clothes won’t get clean—and that thing about rollover: I watch like a hawk adding more water and ever fueling my bad laundry habits...

— Dave

 

[combo52]

What should do ?

Stop forcing the washer to spin, let it drain the lint and dirt out of the clothing and let the clothing settle evenly in the basket, forcing a spin with water in the basket causes poor rinsing.

 

You should also wash larger loads and from the look of the crud stain on the agitator you need to use some combination of Hotter wash water, more or better detergent, if you are not dissolving and suspending all the dirt in the wash cycle it is IMPOSSIBLE  to rinse clothing properly as the dirt and scum still remain in your clothing.

 

Hi Glenn, KM DD Washers like this do not have out of balance cut off switches., only a few Catalyst and TOL electronic DD KMWs had this cut out switch.

 

John L.

 

[whatsername]

If you’re that worried about rinsing, use an extra rinse if your machine has it or do one manually after the cycle, while using an appropriate water level to prevent the out of balance condition

 

[pierreandreply4]

is your washer spin drain or neutral drain?

Is your washer spin drain design or the neutral drain? kind if its spin drain i would try the following let it spin drain the water and lint out then open the washer lid thats stop the spin and then replace the clothes by hand and then let it resume spin?

 

[imperial70]

With all due respect

Your washing machine is filthy.

 

[ozzie908]

Seen this before

It was due to rust in the water supply and an old hot water tank/heater I was at a friends who had not used his washer in a long while as always at work so me being me and there all day decided to wash some whites I have to say I was not impressed when everything came our a pale shade of orange....

Austin

 

[washdaddy]

If you are opening and closing the lid while the machine is attempting to drain you are causing the machine to prematurely go into spin before all the water has drained out of the tub. This can cause the machine to slosh the load to one side while trying to go into spin. Leave the machine alone and let it empty completely and allow it to shift over into spin correctly. Your load should remain balanced a lot better.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The AMKrayo Laundry Rehabilitations Hotline!

Okay, all of your pointers are appreciated and well-taken, so thank you all for your guidance and suggestions of each each way has been a positive way...

Now, off the top, the first step:

Cleaning that dirty tub!

I couldn’t find a small packet of Lemi-Shine that I had seen months ago and probably should have bought, but here is something although expensive, probably a lot better:

Three packets, mandatory use of hot water, so question is how high of a water level should I go? How long should the timer be on, and I would reckon the fast agitation and fast spin would also be recommended...

Let me know before I start...

— Dave

 

[yogitunes]

NO, NO, NO.....your machine lacks any sort of Self-Clean feature what-so-ever...

no high water level is going to fix that filthy of a machine....short of taking a power washer to the whole thing....

I cannot conceive of you being a member of AWO and allowing a machine to get that far gone.....Helen Keller knew it needed cleaned with more than just W-A-T-E-R!!!

bottom line....ELBOW GREASE!!!

your going to need a few things.....and dropping in a tablet and running away isn't one of them.....that is, IF, and thats a BIG IF your going to do it right!!!

that cabinet needs to come off....the agitator needs to come out....the splash shield and balance ring need to come off for starters....

-Fantastic
-409
-Purple Cleaner
-Bathroom cleaner with Bleach

a few cleaning cloths, toothbrush, and an assortment of scrubbers will be needed....it helps if they actually touch the surfaces...

I have an idea....post a thread with pics of your progress in action....

in the end, you may have a machine that will CLEAN your clothes rather than make them dirtier then when they went in...

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

More suggestions needed--operator is standing by!

Well, literally, you all just make me want to--THROW IN THE TOWEL!!!!

That much work to use a washer, and then after a lifetime of my mother just doing my laundry for me, and simply saying clothes get clean and a washer lasts by simply NOT overloading, hence carrying on tradition of her philosophy and nothing more, whereas all that hard labor you guys are capable of making second nature?

Hmmmmm...

-- Dave

 

[dustin92]

I'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say it's not THAT bad! I've seen worse and guess what the clothes still came clean! Anyway on the original topic, let the machine neutral drain on it's own before spinning, use lower water levels for small loads and larger loads actually balance better. The load you pictured above could have easily been washed on the smallest load size setting, and a full load should be loaded loosely to the top of the tub. I usually add another item or 2 and it does just fine. You aren't going to kill the washer by washing full or even slightly overloaded loads.

 

[mrboilwash]

Suppose some of us are still in the lifelong process of learning to accept different lifestyles. So am I. Sorry for checkrating the comment about your washer without giving it much thought.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

So here goes: (Good luck! (?) G-d bless!)

Tub filled to the max, washin’ hot, agitatin’ ‘n spinnin’ fast!!!!

— Dave

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

More AMKrayoRehabilitation in the Laundry Room!

Okay, here is the nearly-full-sized load up to the water level’s maximum High, and even threw in a few of my clothes with what’s mostly the wife and mainly the kid’s stuff...

I quit using my Delicate wash cycle with the exception of a few whatever “dainty” things, we have around here, as my daughter’s friend has a dog, and her family is pet sitting a terrarium of gerbils, so I always wince and wrinkle my nose every time that I come over picking up/dropping my daughter off and she finally said that her clothes smell like her friend’s dog (& here she is wanting and begging us to buy her one, or some other pet like those gerbils, a rabbit or a hamster (but often a cat is tempting me)...

Wash and Rinse with a good detergent, and even Drying, shown:

— Dave

 

[DADoES]

 
That's too much water IMO.  Even the lower level on pics 10 & 11 for the rinse.

Sun is not a "good" detergent. 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

“Say “When”!!!!”

Well, maybe this—the clothes get clean and smell fresh...

Also, what detergent should I be using?

— Dave