Kenmore Top load. was washing rugs when it went out of balance. reset load and now it just makes a grinding noise
Gentlemen,
Just had this sound occur to my machine this afternoon. Needless to say the unit is over 10 years old and I just figured that I’d have to replace it. While at it, you know you may as well replace the dryer too. Gotta keep the wife happy. Anyways, followed the instructions on the linked site and sure enough, it appears to have been the coupling. I found the part and will pick it up tomorrow. $20 is much better than $1600!
Great forum!
If it happens again, do the tranny coupler test in my "sticky" above, "replacing direct drive brake shoes"
This exact thing happened to: washing rugs when the machine made a loud rubbing or grinding noise. So far, I’ve replaced the agitator dogs, coupler and clutch assembly.
The machine is probably 14+ years old.:eek:
I’m $80 into it. Now what?