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I bought a washing machine recently cause these kids are dirty. I get it home and do a load of laundry. When the thing gets to the spin cycle there is this god awful THUDTHUDTHUDTHUDTHUD. So I waited til it stopped and I tried again. This time when it got to the spin cycle, the THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD was still there...

I opened the top and tried to move some stuff around. I figured maybe to much stuff was on one side. I shook the tub a little and closed the top and let it go. The noise was a bit quieter but definitely still there. Over the next couple weeks I try adjusting the feet on the bottom to level the machine, distributing the clothes very carefully to assure maximum even coverage, and reducing the size of the loads.

Sometimes it wasn't too bad, it just sounded like a cheap loud washer. Other days I could have three towels in there, perfectly spaced by the way, and THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD. Yesterday the spinning stopped all together and the clothes are soaking wet. So I decided to google "how to fix my damn washing machine" and got some helpful advice from the internet. I figured if these idiots could fix their washing machines, so could I.

So I grab my butter knife and use it to pop off the front of the machine. I get down on the floor and am looking under the washtub at the harness holding the motor on. I had to grab my phone and take a picture...

I think it is some kind of garden or paver stone, my friend thinks it is piece of a cinder block. Can you help me settle the debate?

I fucking love google. I can do anything.

Posted by DeeGee
What would we do without butter knives...that's was my Dads tool for everything..."get a butter knife", that W-40, Turpentine and Duck Tape.

Add a hammer and you have my utility belt. Batman ain't got nothing on me.

It's a fact: Duct Tape will save your life.

After finding "said item" in the undercompartments of the washing machine, I also googled, "Brick in washing machine"

These videos, while very entertaining, didn't really fit my situation. I decided this stone was not supposed to be there. It wasn't even secured in place...

I thought about that. I understand the need for a counterweight and I'm just an accountant. I would think the engineers who designed it would have understood the need to secure a counterweight in place and not let it bang all around on the motor and drive shaft. That ain't supposed to be there.

Posted by Let*It*Be
Maybe I missed it...but what brand is this machine?

GE

I took the brick and the pictures back to where I got it from yesterday afternoon. A new machine is coming Friday.