On Mar 14, 1:35*pm, "N_Cook" wrote:
Beloved Leader wrote in message

My halfpennyworth
Screech- slipping belt
clunks - loose or wonky bearing or bearing support- Hide quoted text -

That the screech was caused by a slipping belt makes sense. I thought
of that too. The belt is barely over two years old, the same age as
the machine. There is good tension in the belt. I could not smell any
burning odor.

If it is the case that a tub shaft bearing is giving out, a seizure in
the bearing could cause the belt to slip against the drive pulley. The
ratio of the sizes of the two pulleys, drive and driven, is just about
that of a Dual belt drive turntable. Scale those up to washing machine
size, and you can imagine how big they are.

In the GE, the motor changes direction twice each agitation. It turns
the drum clockwise, stops, turns the drum counterclockwise, stops, and
then repeats that until the wash or rinse cycle stops. It does not
turn solely in one direction.

Thanks.