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Our washing machine (IWDE126) is shaking (left to right) like crazy. We’ve not used it before moving into a new flat. Admittedly, we’re on the 1st floor. But it seems particularly bad and we wonder if there’s a fault with the machine. You can see the drum rotation is very slack with any load, rolling backwards under it’s own weight when it pauses. Additionally, we found that the machine is exceptionally front heavy when levelling the feet. Is that normal? Levelling didn’t help, but we found that making the feet to be tall at the back and short at the front helped a lot (but not enough). The angle seems precarious though.
Any advice appreciated!
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Does the door seal look out of shape, if so it’s possible a restraint spring has broken during the move
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Have you removed all packing and transit bolts from rear of machine.
Washman
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Thanks for the replies! The door seal does look a tiny bit misshaped, and we checked for transit bolts at the back and couldn’t find any.
Assuming it’s a restraint spring – is that an easy/cheap/diy repair? if not, what would be the rough cost of getting it repaired?
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Take the lid off and have a look. It will be obvious if something is amiss. Power off first obviously
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If it is a spring it shouldn’t cost much
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So the springs are intact. Nothing looks amiss in there, although i’m no engineer. Could it just be the quality of the machine? And will it damage the machine to have it running when leaning forward so much?
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creechitup wrote:And will it damage the machine to have it running when leaning forward so much?
It will damage it and in no short order too! The machine should stand level and not be leaning toward the front at all. I know it’s an Italian machine but not the Tower of Pisa.
What’s the state of the floor like that you have to have the back feet higher than the front anyway?
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Our 1st floor flat is a typical london house converted into two flats, so we have suspended floors. But i’ve lived in such places before with washing machines, and they’ve been fine although i guess floor quality will vary.
Levelling the machine wasn’t helpful at all, so we tried various tilts. Raising the back feet reduced the vibration a lot but the angle is pretty savage. We don’t want to damage the machine of course, so it looks like we’ll have to put it back. But then we’re stuck with something pretty unusable.
Is there a specific brand of machine that is more stable/less vibrating than others? Or would a plinth help?
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creechitup wrote:Is there a specific brand of machine that is more stable/less vibrating than others? Or would a plinth help?
I can honestly say from experience the answer is a categoric no! In that regard all brands are equal. With reference to your machine the entire weight of the machine AND the gravitational forces it subjects itself to during normal use is spread evenly between all four feet. The conclusion therefore is that something is amiss here somehow?
You say it worked fine at the previous residence? Assuming you transported the machine carefully and, most importantly, upright, then little could have changed I would have thought. The floor must be like a springboard to necessitate adjusting the feet beyond an even length on each foot. Wooden floors can be an issue in this area but your machine is not by any definition a heavyweight. In fact, as machines go, yours is a lightweight and should not be an issue.
The conclusion is that something within is wrong, so in essence we are back to where we started on this. Over to you once more………
Oh, and NO a plinth won’t help. 🙁
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Should the machine be front heavy to start with anyway? I found that peculiar since i’d imagined a washing machine to have even weight distribution through all four feet. Could the shock absorbers underneath the drum be damaged? How could i tell?
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creechitup wrote:Should the machine be front heavy to start with anyway?
No, as I said earlier, the weight is distributed evenly between the four feet. I trust the top concrete counterweight is still there? (I’ve know folks to take it out and throw it away thinking it was part if the transit packing). With the top and front weight in place the drum should be evenly balanced and supported on the shock absorbers and suspension springs. All should sit evenly in the centre of the cabinet.
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