Originally Posted by
cypresstd
Well here is an update to how the machine is operating. My wife started a load of laundry thinking the machine was fixed since she knew I was working on it last night when she went to bed. To my suprise the clothes did not come out dripping wet. So I thought, " could it be that it is spinning ok after all, eventhough I couldnt get it to do so after replacing the thrust bearing?
So I started a load of laundry myself and took note of everything that seemed odd to me. It filled up fine and when it started to aggitate the machine made a loud grinding, sort of clunking sound. It would do this sometimes but not always even before I replaced the thrustbearing. The machine progressed through everything fine and did in fact spin. Yea! Now I did watch the spin cycle carefully with the door open and the door switch engaged with a screwdriver. It was spinning much faster than before I replaced the thrust bearing. Every now and then it all of a sudden slowed down and the agitator seemed to engage for a couple of seconds. The tub continues to spin when it does this but it seems to knock the load off balance and slow down the spinning. Then the spinning gradually gets faster and faster. Again, much faster than before I replaced the thrust bearing. About every 40 - 50 seconds during the spin cylce it would again seem to engage the aggitator and slow down the spin... but eventually speed up again. I don't know if that is normal or not but it didn't seem to affect the final result. It completed the spin cycle with a very rapid spin and behold... nicely spun dry clothes. Haven't had that for about a month now.
So here is my questions... did I fix the darn thing or not. What is the clunking, grinding sound when the machine is aggitating and why does it do it sometimes but other times not do it at all? Is the pattern I observed with the spin cycle normal? Thanks for your input... I'm handy enough to feel like I can take on these repairs but lack the experience to know what is normal or not and how to tell what a problem is just by hearing an odd noise.