Hoping someone can help me! My Whirlppol washer has been making a god-awful loud banging noise during spin cycle ever since we relocated to a new house several months ago.
In the process of moving, I noticed that one of the "base pads" on which the tub assembly sits had fallen out of my washer. Through lots of googling, it seems like the missing pad may be the source of the banging noise.
I found a very helpful video ( www. ************************ . com/PartDetail/Tub-Wear-Pad/285744/2978 )
that walks you thru replacing these pads, and I have been able to follow most of it (I even purchased a spanner wrench and managed to remove the spanner nut from the agitator shaft).
However, I’m stuck at being able to remove the inner tub once the spanner is removed. In the video, it looks like it should just lift directly up at that point, but I’m here to tell you that on my model, I cannot get it to budge.
I’ve attached a picture of what the shaft (without spanner nut) and inner tub look like and would greatly appreciate any helpful hints on how to get the inner tub removed so that I can get to the base pads to re-insert the one that fell out and hopefully stop the crazy loud spin cycle noise.
Thanks much, in advance!
-Mike