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Thread Number: 72154
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Duet Squeaks During Wash Tumbles |
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| Post# 954203 8/23/2017 at 11:33 (2,435 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
This has been going on (on and off) for years....Sometimes when I'm washing a load, it sounds like "baby birds" as the drum is rotating washing the clothes (It's that kind of a squeak sound).....It doesn't always do it, but it seems like the hotter the wash, the more I notice it.....and other times it won't do it at all. It's just that lately, I seem to notice it more than in the past. In the past, I would hear it, and maybe a year would go by that I wouldn't hear it again....then it will start back for a while. It's not overly loud - you have to be standing in the laundry room to hear it.....it's very faint and I can think of no other way to describe the sound like that.
I don't hear it during rinses or spins...how weird is that? I mean, the machine is approaching 13 yrs old....I get the feeling that whatever it is it isn't serious. I'm just really curious what it may be. The Belt? | ||
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| Post# 954220 , Reply# 1 8/23/2017 at 12:45 (2,435 days old) by Whatsername (Denver, CO) | ||
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Post# 954228 , Reply# 3 8/23/2017 at 13:24 (2,434 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 954232 , Reply# 4 8/23/2017 at 13:44 (2,434 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Post# 954250 , Reply# 5 8/23/2017 at 15:29 (2,434 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 954263 , Reply# 6 8/23/2017 at 16:44 (2,434 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia) |
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I have the same with mine, it happens just at the point the tub starts to move during the wash tumbles. It never occurs during spin. I've assumed that its the belt slipping slightly and chirping, but I havent been motivated enough to spend the $90 and order a new belt so I can find out. Mine is about 6 years old now. | ||
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Post# 954266 , Reply# 7 8/23/2017 at 17:41 (2,434 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 954275 , Reply# 8 8/23/2017 at 18:31 (2,434 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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I have not heard anything like that:
From my FL. However I have only had the SQ for 19 Months. Have heard large machines do it in commercial settings. Usually means the belts (There's always 2 on the big guys) are on the way out. When it really gets bad it will screech when the spin motor starts. This sound will shatter your eardrums and make you hope the belts F----ng break so your cheap-ass boss has to replace them.
WK78 | ||
| Post# 955629 , Reply# 9 9/1/2017 at 16:30 (2,425 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I had planned on | ||
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Post# 955632 , Reply# 10 9/1/2017 at 17:06 (2,425 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 My Affinity does something similar, but it's more of a "scritching" sound that's sometimes accompanied by a muted squeaking that actually sounds like a squeak and not baby birds. Usually it's with a heavy load and usually it's at the start of rotation, and usually is slightly more pronounced in the counter-clockwise direction. It's been doing this for years and it hasn't gotten any worse. The machine is nine years old. | ||
| Post# 955637 , Reply# 11 9/1/2017 at 17:22 (2,425 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
did you check the following | ||
| Post# 955660 , Reply# 12 9/1/2017 at 21:45 (2,425 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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I had a 1960 GE washer that did that when as it filled. The tub would drop slightly too. | ||
| Post# 955727 , Reply# 13 9/2/2017 at 10:09 (2,425 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 955754 , Reply# 14 9/2/2017 at 13:28 (2,424 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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NO
when turning the empty tub both directions, no squeaks. Smooth as silk and normal sounding.
Years ago when it first started doing this - I think (if I'm remembering correctly) it was only ONE direction of the tumble that it made the sound...but lately, it's both directions of tumble (never during spins though) My dryer has squeaked for YEARS...but once it heats up, it stops. I'm going to check each load of laundry I do and when I hear it again, I'm going to record it and post it. I'm not sure what that would accomplish though, because no one really seems to know what it is. | ||
| Post# 955781 , Reply# 15 9/2/2017 at 18:52 (2,424 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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I caught the squeak
You can hear it seems louder going one direction than the other, but it does it in both directions.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO mark_wpduet's LINK | ||
| Post# 955788 , Reply# 16 9/2/2017 at 20:13 (2,424 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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maybe you should do the following | ||
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Post# 955790 , Reply# 17 9/2/2017 at 20:24 (2,424 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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| Post# 955792 , Reply# 18 9/2/2017 at 20:33 (2,424 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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as long | ||
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