While doing a load of wash the other day, everything seemed normalNo noise at first, smelled burning during wash cycle. Turned it off, put it on spin cycle and it started making a loud chirping noise. After reaching full spin, the noise lessened. I’m not quite sure where the noise is coming from.
I replaced the drive belt, but not the pump belt - I will replace it tomorrow.
With the belts off, I spun the big pulley easily in one direction but the other is much more difficult - the transmission pulley seems to float a little bit in the vertical direction. The double pulley(bearing) rotates smoothly, the other pulley is not quite as smooth but seems ok.
I notice when the washer starts, the transmission pulley hesitates and for a few seconds and then starts rotating - maybe this is normal (agitation motion?) There are some rubber spots on the face of the pully with rubber marks but not much.
Any ideas what is causing the noise? Thanks in advance!