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Frigidaire FGHD2465NB1A Circulation Pump Issue? - High Pitch Noise 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 1192501   10/24/2023 at 22:24 (186 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA)        

Frigidaire FGHD2465NB1A is about 10 y/o. I notice a high pitch noise. The arms don't seem to move much or at all. With that said, there may be an issue with the orbitclean arm. The orbitclean arm is a spray arm that looks somewhat typical on one end, but has a blue ring on the other end. Some have replaced the orbitclean arm with a regular spray arm, added a weight to the other side to counterbalance the blue ring on the other side of the arm that seems to help it rotate, etc. Anyway, I finally got the orbitclean arm to rotate some slowly. It does an OK job washing.

This doesn't explain why there seems to be little or no movement from the middle or top arms.

I did notice a piece of plastic that made its way through the filter and possibly to the impeller of the circulation pump.

I then uninstalled dishwasher, took apart pump including the mini chopper, and found nothing else significant.

You can hear water, and it even splashes around some. When I pop open the door real quick again and again even allowing time between, I can see water pouring out of the middle arm. The middle arm is in the same place; it doesn't seem to move. Top arm doesn't seem to move much either.

Take a listen to these videos and see if this noise is something to be concerned about.

Water is running: tinyurl.com/DW-Noise-with-Water-...

Water is not running:




I bought this pump used about a year ago? but has worked well up until now.

If it's the circulation pump, I doubt I will fix it this time. I am still trying to decide between Bosch 100 ($600 height adjustable racks, adjustable tines, smoother gliding racks, pop open door, aqua-stop, and the third fack still seems a bit much), the Kitchen Aid 600 series (but it's also $), or the Maytag with 5989? in the model number (priced between 100 series Bosch and the KA 600). At least with the basic Bosch, it seems it will clean the same. I will just have to remember to manually open the door. Even the base model has WiFi (might be useful). I looked through some of last year's Black Friday ads, and I don't see where the Bosch basic dw has gone on sale. I'm not interested in. the kitchen bundle deals where several appliances are purchased.

Thanks,






Post# 1192502 , Reply# 1   10/24/2023 at 22:28 (186 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA)        
It may be the bearings. If so...

 It may be the bearings. If so, how much longer would it work this way before it completely died? BTW, I don't know what happened at the end of the no noise video. I thought the pump had died, but it went back to doing what it did at start of video. Sounded pretty rough though.

Post# 1192517 , Reply# 2   10/25/2023 at 06:03 (185 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)        
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Does your machine use a diverter to alternate between spray arms or do they all run at the same time ?

Post# 1192521 , Reply# 3   10/25/2023 at 08:38 (185 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA)        
Reply 2

 They run at different times. It has a little ball under the filter. Is that was you mean by diverter? Thanks!

Post# 1192528 , Reply# 4   10/25/2023 at 10:17 (185 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I don't see an obvious diverter mechanism in the parts diagram.  Perhaps it's integrated into the circulation motor or the motor reverses to feed the upper or lower arm?  It has five wires.

Post# 1192546 , Reply# 5   10/25/2023 at 18:31 (185 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA)        
Arm movement….

 It seems like either the bottom OR the middle and top arm move. Maybe something worked its way thru as the
arms seem to be slowly rotating now and the noise is less significant. I’m not sure it is at full speed though. I was able to run it with the door slightly cracked before and after I posted this. I see some improvement.

Post# 1192566 , Reply# 6   10/26/2023 at 09:55 (184 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL)        
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I had a Frigidaire with one of these, and it stopped circulating in less than a year. I replaced it with the standard wash arm, and it cleaned just as well.

Post# 1192575 , Reply# 7   10/26/2023 at 11:49 (184 days old) by PinkPower4 (USA)        
Reply 6

 I think replacing the arm will help. Originally, that arm wasnt moving at all. I placed a washer between the blue ring and arm to restrict water flow, and the helped. This does not affect the connection of the arm to bottom of washer.

Either arm blue ring has unsealed places now or pump isnt 100 percent anymore. Either way , ot is working well enough for now.


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