Our 8-9 year old Frigidaire top-load washer with the plastic drum (FWS445RFS1?) makes a loud howling noise during the spin cycle, but it does not last the entire cycle. The sound is like taking a hose and spinning hard over your head. It sounds like a really loud UFO is in the area! It does it every time, but it takes about 60-90 seconds of spin before the noise starts and then after a few minutes you hear a "click" and the noise stops completely The machine continues to spin for a several more minutes and works fine, but its really noisy. Other posts seem to indicate a bad bearing, but if that were the problem, why would it start and stop so abruptly, especially with the sound stopping right after the click?
Its either the upper spin bearing or lower spin bearing. the upper can be replaced by itself but the lower requires the transmission the be replaced
no it doesnt. its more than likely the lower bear. thats a weak point on that washer
yes normal hand tools can be used. it gets loud when it gets hot. the click its making sound like a ball in the bearing dropping or a gear locking in the lower half of the transmission. ive been in this business 19 years not and time wise for me changing the transmisson is about 45 min. unexperianced about 2 hours. not hard just time consuming
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You mention that the lower spin bearing requires the transmission to be replaced. This macine is belt-drive. Does this narrow it down to the upper bearing or not?
Okay, can the bearing (upper or lower) be replaced with normal hand tools and some time, or does this require special tools? The tub does have some significant wobble during spin, so a bearing is probably bad. But, why does it not make the noise constantly when in spin?
Same problem. It initially started with a water leak. I believe that was caused due to a hole in the original drain tubing. That was replaced and shortly thereafter it was accompanied by the loud noise that the OP was reporting. I then replaced the belt due to some rubber shaving and wear found. I then observed that the motor pulley would just spin in the replaced belt and not turn anything. I applied some belt dressing and still had the same problem. I turned the pulley wheel attached to the tub. It freely turned clockwise but would not turn counter. I used a little more tension and then it would turn counterclockwise. But then if I turned it back it would sometimes "click" and it did not sound to be spinning freely as I could hear a rubbing almost grinding like sound. Turning the machine on, it would spin up with that horrible sound and the tub / transmission would seem to spin out of control and when I shut it off it was accompanied by the "clicks" and grind like noise. I believe this situation is now out of hands... We will be calling a serviceman.
sounds like a bearing needs to be replaced
loud spin noise
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