Thread Number: 73979
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
LG front loader suddenly losing balance |
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Post# 977546 , Reply# 1   1/8/2018 at 22:47 (2,290 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 978529 , Reply# 4   1/16/2018 at 02:55 (2,283 days old) by allan (Las Vegas)   |   | |
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Thanks everyone! I think I'll look into the shock absorber thing. Right now, the washer is behaving with Medium spin. I will keep an eye on things to be sure. |
Post# 978556 , Reply# 5   1/16/2018 at 10:13 (2,283 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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I would say the shock dampers on these modern machines are a weak point...by design. I had a TL Samsung that was going out of balance and after poking around on the internet I find there are tens of thousands with this problem, and numerous hacks to fix it rather than replace the over priced doomed to fail cheapo dampers. You can add straps, wrap the spring in rubber tubbing, or the most cleaver: use rolls of foam cushion material in each corner of the machine. It was so bad Samsung had to beef up their way under spec'd original design. If the wash basket moves too much the sensors tell the computer to shut down the machine and you will see a flashing code of some kind. |