LG WD1255FHB Banging when spinning

[Washman]

Re: LG WD1255FHB Banging when spinning

Hi

He means that if the machine is only meant to have two springs they will opposite each other in the middle of each side. If it is meant to have three springs there should be two springs on one side of drum and one on the other. If one spring is missing from from the side that should have two then the drum will hang wrongly, and the drum will not be balanced correctly.

Mike.

[Whammer007]

Re: LG WD1255FHB Banging when spinning

Hi Washman, and friends.

Well the wife used the machine tonight after i’d “tensioned” the springs and put a buffer at the front of the tub.
Got a result……mega smoke from the drum. Spin had about 6 minutes left, made a banging noise, then went back to 10 minutes.
This went on for a while….spin up, spin down etc.
When the machine was opened….through the smoke appeared a huge great lump of door seal!!
The house is stinking of rubber, and the wife is hell bent on a new machine this weekend.
Any advice on what I should go for?….It needs to be silver.

Once again, thanks for any help and advice given.

Regards,

Col

[Penguin45]

Re: LG WD1255FHB Banging when spinning

The whole premise of the thread to date is entirely incorrect. The smoke is caused by the inner drum running concentrically as opposed to true, causing the front edge of the drum to rub against the door seal. This generates heat, friction, noise and gradually destroys the door seal.

As outlined in the early posts in this thread, there are two possible causes, bearing failure or broken drum support.

If you wish to keep this appliance running, please get pro help as soon as possible. The fault has not been diagnosed in the thread (it has, but no-one believes me) and continued use will destroy the machine.

Regards,
Penguin45.

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