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Thread Number: 38035
Noisy on spin, what could it be? |
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| Post# 565247 12/26/2011 at 05:25 (4,366 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
Hello everyone
I visited my aunts yesterday evening and she was saying the hotpoint aquarius wma58 was making a weird noise. I put it on spin, it seems to be rattling whilst at higher speeds it will rattle for a few seconds stop for 1 or 2 seconds etc. Could it be the bearings on their way out or something else, other than that the machines been problem free since purchase! Any help/suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you | ||
| Post# 565288 , Reply# 2 12/26/2011 at 15:02 (4,366 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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| Post# 565599 , Reply# 3 12/28/2011 at 17:35 (4,364 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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Hey
Thank you for the replies I got round to taking videos yesterday. As you'll see it only gets loud at high spin speeds. Its fine whilst washing and rinsing. The drum bearings seem fine as when the drum is spun there is just the normal sound. Any comments, help etc will be appreciated Thank you very much :) CLICK HERE TO GO TO dyson2drums's LINK | ||
| Post# 565627 , Reply# 4 12/28/2011 at 20:10 (4,363 days old) by grando () | ||
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Suspension? | ||
| Post# 565707 , Reply# 5 12/29/2011 at 04:53 (4,363 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 565755 , Reply# 6 12/29/2011 at 09:41 (4,363 days old) by grando () | ||
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It sounds like suspension to me. The suspension does sound different handling shocks from a high-speed spin. Not sure if the spider's a possibility though | ||
| Post# 565820 , Reply# 7 12/29/2011 at 17:06 (4,363 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 565833 , Reply# 8 12/29/2011 at 19:04 (4,362 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
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Post# 565980 , Reply# 9 12/30/2011 at 16:30 (4,362 days old) by thomasortega  (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Have you washed those "booster" wonder bras with that metal part? If so, maybe one of those "women torture devices" may have fallen from the bra and are between the drum and the tub. that's the price we pay when women with 2 fried eggs want to have 2 air bags. | ||
| Post# 565983 , Reply# 10 12/30/2011 at 17:00 (4,362 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Thomas | ||
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Post# 565984 , Reply# 11 12/30/2011 at 17:04 (4,362 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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It happened to my Ecoturbo. I was in front of it right when it started and i hit the emergency shut off button. Luckily I could grab a tiny tip of it before it fell in the gap. No damages, but a dead bra. | ||
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Post# 565985 , Reply# 12 12/30/2011 at 17:05 (4,362 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Just to put clear, the bra wasn't mine. LOL | ||
| Post# 565991 , Reply# 13 12/30/2011 at 17:36 (4,362 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 568017 , Reply# 14 1/9/2012 at 05:11 (4,352 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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Hey everyone :)
I got round to opening the machine up yesterday. I found that the bottom weight at the front of the machine was just a tad loose, which caused that awful noise. Thankfully the machine was no longer being used and it didn't come apart. It got tightened and is working as normal. I put in a towels load, it worked as normal. I think its not heating as its a hot and cold fill machine the wash water was just warm as the usual 50oc wash is warmer at the touch. The hot water that is taken in for the main wash is very hot as the boiler is situated not far from the washing machine. What could be causing the heating problem, loose wire? Help much appreciated :) Thank you all :) | ||
| Post# 568076 , Reply# 15 1/9/2012 at 13:17 (4,352 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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| Post# 568092 , Reply# 17 1/9/2012 at 16:16 (4,352 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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Thank you very much :)
The cycle is running as it should, washing, doing its distribution washing, spinning etc when it should. The tips looked fine to me, I removed the plugs and put them back on to see if that would cure the problem but it didn't. Should I get a new heating element? As with the soldering, i'm not experienced in this field so wouldn't want to mess anything up as the machine still seems to have some life in it. I know a lot of people had problms with Hotpoint WMA series, but none with this even with daily use which is impressive :) | ||
| Post# 568502 , Reply# 18 1/11/2012 at 15:01 (4,350 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom) | ||
Noise | ||
| Post# 568505 , Reply# 19 1/11/2012 at 15:09 (4,350 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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Hey Steve
I have tightened the concrete weights so the noise has stopped which is good as we no longer need to purchase a new machine :) The machine doeswn't heat the water, think i'm going to order a new heating element and hopefully that should sort the problem as it has been running problem free for atleast 8 years or so now. Thank you | ||
| Post# 568514 , Reply# 20 1/11/2012 at 15:55 (4,350 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom) | ||
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weights | ||
| Post# 568515 , Reply# 21 1/11/2012 at 16:09 (4,350 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom) | ||
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