washing machine banging on last cycle of spin

nikkit72

washing machine banging on last cycle of spin it sounds like the concrete blocks are knocking at the sides , ahve had a look and cant see where the noise is from but def sounds like concrete but when we had top off and did spin couldnt see the where the noise was coming from ,
but def could here it , it sounds like it would go bang any minute ,
this only happens when there is weight in there , when empty lovely quiet spin

any ideas anyone ?

have called local man , no call out charge if we have work done by him , :mad:
but what if easy job and we can do it our selves ??? i think he may charge us for hes time :mad::mad:

TomsMom

Does it happen with every wash or just occasionally? Maybe an unbalanced load?? I've had this quite a few times, especially if I've got a load of towels in. The banging can be really loud and frightening but it seems the load just gets unbalanced, then it will go alright again. It doesn't seem to happen with a lighter load.

moneysavingideas

Try making sure that you when you wash a heavy load (ie: towels or sheets) that you put in 2 or 3 heavy items first and make sure that they are positioned opposite each other so that that it is less likely to become unbalanced.

If fast what I do is put in 2 towels first, each one taking up half of the bottom of the washing machine, and then put in all of the other lighter items and this seems to work ok most of the time.

Try it and see how you go.
Kind Regards
Darren

nikkit72

thanks , its every wash , we tried spinning with zero in it and it was fine,, thne put alittle load in and it started , so dont think its a unbalanced load as its every wash with weight in it

TomsMom

I think you'll have to decide whether or not to call out the repair man then, if there's nothing in your instruction book about this.

How old is your machine - if very old has it reached the end of it's life and not worth spending out on a repair? Would that money be more use put towards a new machine? I presume it's not still under guarantee? Could you perhaps ring the manufacturer to see if it's a known fault with this model, or perhaps google it?

If it comes under the "it's not old enough to throw away but it does need a repair" category, then I think it's only fair that you should pay for someone's time, it's how he earns his living, he can't do things for free. It's not like getting a tiler out to quote you for tiling a bathroom where he can measure up and then say X days work for £YY, he'd have to take your machine apart and diagnose the fault.

Perhaps have another word with the repair man and ask if he's come across it before, does he think it is repairable, what is his call out charge, and could he give you a rough idea of the possible cost of repair.

Hope you get it sorted.

CallumK

nikkit72 wrote: »

thanks , its every wash , we tried spinning with zero in it and it was fine,, thne put alittle load in and it started , so dont think its a unbalanced load as its every wash with weight in it

We had this problem lately. We thought it was a belt or something that made the drum spin getting loose or something, but it turned out the motor in it was knackered.

Best bet is to ask around family/friends and see if they can do it or recommend any local engineers.

bluekp

I had this exact same problem over Christmas.

Had a repair man look at it - unfortunately it was the bearings in my case so not economical to repair.

I have managed to continue using the machine by putting it on half spin (doesn't cause any noise). Not ideal but we're moving tomorrow and new house has built in applicances!

Anyway, have you tried "jiggling" the drum itself? Ours moved slightly forwards to back which indicated the bearings had gone.

HTH

moneysavingideas

Unfortunately nowadays it seems like it is more economical to simply by a new machine than it is to get it replaced. Things also don;t quite last like they used to and I suppose the companies don;t mind it that way so that we have to buy more things more often.

Intastella

moneysavingideas wrote: »

Unfortunately nowadays it seems like it is more economical to simply by a new machine than it is to get it replaced. Things also don;t quite last like they used to and I suppose the companies don;t mind it that way so that we have to buy more things more often.

True story. I had a 10 yr old hotpoint donated to me by my mum, after my next-to-new washer/dryer gave up the ghost after 18 months...lasted me another 12 years.