Maytag washer clunking on agitate cycle

Washer Repair
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I have a Maytag washing machine that was purchased in 2005, after it fills with water and begins the wash cycle it makes a horrible loud clunking noise. I was able to change the dial to rinse and have the same thing happen after the refill. I changed to the dial to spin and was able to spin all of the water from the unit. Where do i start on diagnostics. The belt and tensioner pully are fine. I am thinking either transmission or bearing plate. any suggestions

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— Begin quote from Jodil73104;141402

I have a Maytag washing machine that was purchased in 2005, after it fills with water and begins the wash cycle it makes a horrible loud clunking noise. I was able to change the dial to rinse and have the same thing happen after the refill. I changed to the dial to spin and was able to spin all of the water from the unit. Where do i start on diagnostics. The belt and tensioner pully are fine. I am thinking either transmission or bearing plate. any suggestions

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If you can get the front off you should be able to determine if the noise is coming from the transmission. If it is that is a rather large and costly job. Besides the transmission you will also need to change the seals, and possible the bearings. Below is a picture of the transmission. There are a couple of different seal kits depending on the serial # of the unit.

I’ve also included a service manual for you to look over to see if it’s something you’d want to tackle.

AP4372970

http://servicematters.com/maytag_library/docs/16022937.pdf

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— Begin quote from Frank / APP Team;141454

If you can get the front off you should be able to determine if the noise is coming from the transmission. If it is that is a rather large and costly job. Besides the transmission you will also need to change the seals, and possible the bearings. Below is a picture of the transmission. There are a couple of different seal kits depending on the serial # of the unit.

I’ve also included a service manual for you to look over to see if it’s something you’d want to tackle.

[part]AP4372970[/part]

http://servicematters.com/maytag_library/docs/16022937.pdf

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One other link you may want to check into, that may be causing the noise.

http://servicematters.com/maytag_library/docs/TDL-0104A-B.pdf