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Post# 320294 , Reply# 1   12/18/2008 at 14:47 (5,608 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 320317 , Reply# 2   12/18/2008 at 16:29 (5,608 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 320649 , Reply# 4   12/20/2008 at 20:05 (5,605 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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I agree about it most likely needing belts. The age seems about right. As far as the tub seeming to be out of balance, I'd definately check the damper pads where the wash mech meets the base. You should be able to move the whole tub and trans assy around pretty easily. If it's very stiff, the pads may have to be lubed with PolyLube. If you don't then the damper (the aluminum 'bowl' that the three tub support arms bolt to) will eventually 'rip' the three felt pads off the base and then go to metal on metal and make a very painful grind noise when the tub assy moves back and forth. You'll also see lots of 'black dust' around the damper that is ground up aluminum. At that point, while it's not terminal, it gets fun to replace the pads and the ground up damper. If you catch it soon enough, you can just lube them and save yourself a ton of grief. By the way, all you happy 'Tag owners out there, YOU should be checking yours right about now no matter what the age of the machine. Don't say I didn't warn you... :) RCD |