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Post# 113700   3/6/2006 at 15:51 (6,616 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Okay Westinghouse top-loader gurus... My new Westinghouse-based Faux-1-18 (the 'Faux18,' as I shall henceforth call it) has a nice new belt and sparkling-clean pulleys, thanks in large part to Roger's help and a lot of head-standing. We've fixed almost every problem with this lovely machine (I know, a WCI with issues? Say it ain't so), but the last one is puzzling. It agitates and spins quickly and beautifully with the new belt, but when the tub stops after each rotation, it makes a loud, pronounced "bonk!" "Bonk, bonk, bonk," as it rotates. It's like bonking against a piece of rubber, not a metal-on-metal sound. But it does bonk against something; the hoses quiver ever-so-slightly each time. But there it goes--agitate, sweep back; tub moves forward; agitator reverses; tub locks, "bonk." It gets old after a while. It does not make noise in spin, although sometimes it "cries" as the tub spins--a very rubbery-sounding noise (similar to a dog yelping, actually) that sounds like a rubber part protesting somewhere. That is a rare occurrence, though. Anyone have any ideas about this? I suspect it's an issue with the transmission, in which case it will likely live out its days, as it were, but I wondered if there was anything more obvious I might be overlooking. Thanks in advance for your help! --Nate |
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Post# 113706 , Reply# 1   3/6/2006 at 16:29 (6,616 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 113736 , Reply# 2   3/6/2006 at 18:43 (6,616 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 113928 , Reply# 3   3/7/2006 at 18:09 (6,615 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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The diagrams make the clutch springs look evil. I don't mind rolling up the sleeves; the RepairMaster doesn't say much about it, though (aside from "if the transmission has issues, replace it as a unit", and doesn't even have the index-bonk as a symptom...of course, it's probably due to a worn-out transmission more than anything). If worse comes to worst, I could always just wait for another machine with an identical configuration to come along... --Nate |
Post# 113944 , Reply# 4   3/7/2006 at 19:24 (6,615 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 114177 , Reply# 5   3/9/2006 at 05:52 (6,614 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)   |   | |
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Do you guys know what "bonk" means in Australia? Look it up on an online slang dictionary. tee hee. Chris. |
Post# 114262 , Reply# 6   3/9/2006 at 16:39 (6,613 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 114268 , Reply# 7   3/9/2006 at 17:18 (6,613 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)   |   | |
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Visit here and scroll down until you find bonk. This is a usefull guide to the australian language CLICK HERE TO GO TO brisnat81's LINK |
Post# 114461 , Reply# 8   3/10/2006 at 16:45 (6,612 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 114489 , Reply# 9   3/10/2006 at 20:26 (6,612 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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I'd look at the "bonking" as positive since it sounds more like a Unimatic! ;-) |
Post# 114510 , Reply# 10   3/10/2006 at 23:34 (6,612 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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