Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Fixed the Bearings & Seals- Did I fix the wrong thing or mess something up?

I have an LG WM1812CW washing machine. It started doing a weird spinning that sounded like a jet plane. Then it started making horrible noises. So, I just replaced both bearings, seal and tub gasket. The bearings were terrible. Put it back together and tested it spinning manually and then continued. However, we never checked after we reinstalled the stator assembly and cover. There was a crack in one of the magnets but everything looked ok except a fair amount of rust color which seems like it’s not uncommon looking at some videos. Is it possible we didn’t install the stator properly or too tightly, etc…Or could that little crack matter? So, we plugged it in and now it makes a sound when spinning almost like it’s hitting something or catching on something.

We pulled the top off and spun it manually and as stated above, it sounds and feels like the metal tub is catching something. Could the problem be the stator or the rotor assembly? Did I fix the wrong thing?

Any thoughts?

I appreciate the help!

Also, this is the video I used to repair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY7KQMcsWKY

via Fixed the Bearings & Seals- Did I fix the wrong thing or mess something up?
by funkyone

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