Model Number: GFWR2700H0WW
Brand: GE
Age: 1-5 years
I have a GE model GFWR2700H0WW front load washing machine that is only a few years old. It began making noise when spinning, gradually getting worse and would shake and sound like a plane taking off during the spin cycle. My wife called me to look at it one morning, and when I spun the drum by hand slowly there was a terrible racket, which I assumed was bad bearings. Having replaced bearings in a front load washer before, I told her I'd have to order a bearing and seal kit and take it completely apart when the parts arrived.
Well, the parts came, and when I took the steel drum out of the plastic plastic tub, the bearings do not look bad and I still had the noise! I found it was coming from what sounded like ball bearings in what I came to learn is called the balance ring, however I do not remember it being this noisy before. Having the machine apart I can not test.
My plan is to order a balance ring and replace it along with the bearings, but my question is: Is this ring supposed to be filled with a liquid (oil) of some sort? Mine is dry and I found a crack along the outside. Could this have been the entire problem?
Your thoughts?