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N. Thornton
 
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Default Washing machine making a loud noise only on spin

(James Onslow) wrote in message . com...
Hi,

My 5 yr old Creda w/m works fine except when it's on the last fast
spin. Once it gets to this it makes an awful "clackety, clackety" -
knocking sound which probably everyone in the whole block of flats can
hear.


One more possible explanation: Usually you get 2 springs holding the
top of the drum. If either spring reaches the point where it
momentarily stops being in tension, it makes a hell of a noise, out of
all proportion to its little size. 2 causes for this:
1. out of balance load - will happen just once or twice
2. shock absorbers deteriorating - solution add some DIY shock
absorbtion to the springs
3. Design feature/ limitation - solution as 2.


Regards, NT