r/appliancerepair

This error has been happening for a few months now. I’ve replaced the balance rods, re-leveled, but it made no difference. Really doesn’t matter the load size or how perfectly the load is. It was never an issue for the past 7 years. This happens on every load now. We have to pause the cycle or else it will refill and start the wash cycle over.

Last night my GE washer temp control knob (see terrible fat thumbed red arrow on stock photo) came off in my hand and the little spindle that presumably attaches it to the actual temp control mechanism fell inside the hollow panel. I peeked in the hole where the knob was with a flashlight but couldn’t see anything. The internet has been unhelpful as to how to remove the panel cover and retrieve the piece to put it back together. What do?

Beverage cooler is about 5 years old… light still works but no cooling happening. I’ve removed the back and there is obviously something that has leaked (brown rust stain can be seen), but I’m not sure if this is fixable? Thoughts?

Apparently about two months ago or so Whirlpool, GE and Frigidaire took it upon themselves to tell all of their retail parts distributors (Reliable Parts, AMRE, Part Select, Repair Clinic, Midbec, and all others) that they are NO LONGER ALLOWED to sell aftermarket parts like SUPCO, Glengarry and others. Well my experience these aftermarket parts were of excellent quality.

In my opinion this is collusion and ILLEGAL, anyone know if any of the aftermarket parts manufacturers are doing anything about it?. Thank you in advance for replies.

Sidney

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Canada

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My mother in law ran her dryer without the lint trap in, and this shirt got stuck in the blower wheel housing. I’m an idiot and not very handy, but I was able to get the front panel off. Now I’m completely stuck here. The blower still spins freely, but the shirt is stuck back behind the wheel. AI is recommending I cut the shirt and it’ll be fine, but that seems like a terrible idea, so I thought I’d come to you guys and ask what the hell I should do??

I’ve got a Samsung WA50R5400AV/US washing machine. Recently, it was throwing UB/UR errors, so I decided to order some new rods and replace them.

During the process, for whatever reason, I disconnected the control panel to get access. In doing so, I noticed this piece came off of the control panel. Evidently it’s used in the control panel and not supposed to come off.

Am I SOL now that this is off of the control panel, or is this fixable? It seems to have be soldered on the control panel.

I'm replacing the drum bearings and seal on my Samsung front loader (WD10T634DBH).

While apart, I found a plastic ring around the bearing housing that has come loose. It wasn't glued directly to the metal, it clips onto the plastic, and there was a thin layer of plastic all around it that had lifted (it was a full piece with the plastic housing.

A few questions:

1. What is this ring and what's its function?
2. How was it originally bonded? The old sealant was rigid, almost like fused plastic, not flexible like silicone and was super thin layer.
3. Can I reattach it myself, and what product should I use?

Photos attached. Thanks!

(In the third picture the bearing is not in place. Just for showcase)

I took dryer apart to clean lint out because lint filter is messed up and I 2weeks later dryer started squeaking. The squeaking got louder and louder and now it’s just grinding and shaking very loudly, I can hear it across my house like there’s an earthquake… the dryer has still been drying my clothes since I don’t have money until the 1st to repair or replace it. But it’s gotten bad, need advice on if the repair is worth it or if I should just get a used dryer off marketplace.

Can anyone give advice on how to remove this handle from a Whirlpool refrigerator door? I can't find any little places to pry or nothing to remove. Any help is appreciated. Thanks !

So we moved to new home and appliance came with it. We did a tub clean wash and saw a lot of black stuff coming out and we saw some video and change the pulsator because we couldn’t clean it 100%. But even after changing the pulsator there was a little brown stuff coming out in every wash so we took out the drum and saw there rust on the wheel. I can’t clean it properly without taking it off so anyone know how to take this wheel out or what is this part called so I can look online. Thank you!

When I bought this house, the griddle on the stove is damaged and gross. I have never used it. It just sits there and I’m sick of looking at it to get a replacement is very difficult and expensive.

I want to cover it with a wood piece or a metal cover of some sort so I don’t have to look at it and maybe I can put a little candle on top of it or something, does anybody have any bright ideas? Thanks.

House we bought has the original Frigidaire electric cooktop from the 60s. The front smaller element was missing when we moved in. The one in the front right recently stopped working. Turns out the wires broke off from the element, probably from swiveling it out of the way repeatedly over the years. Are there element replacements that will fit? Or do I have to hope to find exact original pieces? I'd really like to not have to replace the entire cooktop.

This is after pausing the cycle and it slowing down. I feel like the drum should not be banging around like that?? The drum is a little under half full with like materials and balanced.

Dryer, not fryer. Now I know why they say change the cord. Color coded wire strands going into the L2 terminal. L1 and N looked fine. I figure a bad crimp. Any other opinions?

Normally, I wouldn’t go out of my way to do this, but I am so irritated with whirlpool sending these things out people buying them and getting totally screwed over when the wire connected to the pump brakes you can’t see it because it’s wrapped in tape here you can see the two wires I’ve already untapped and stripped them cause I’m about to replace the wire, but one wire was completely broken. The other one broke off as I was trying to remove their absolutely deplorable tape stay away from these units, there’s also another one that looks similar to it that has the power button on it where the big silver knob is stay away from those do not give whirlpool your money. They do not care. I’ve been seeing this over and over and over again at this point, I feel that this is gonna be their way of making sure it breaks so that you have to buy another one if you’ve had a problem I class-action it or attempt to.

Hello,

My fridge has stopped defrosting, and I'm hoping it's something I can fix...

Model: WRS325SDHZ01

I've tested resistance on the heater element (~23 ohms) and thermistor (~2k ohms at room temp and increases with cold/ice water).

I've tested voltage to the heating element, and it's receiving 120 VAC. I noticed that there's no consistent amperage when I run a force defrost. When I test the fan, there's a noticeable amperage increase, but the heating element shows a small "blip" of amperage, and then it goes away.

There is continuity between the white and brown wires that connect to the heating element.

I'm fairly certain that the heating element itself is not bad, since I received a replacement today that also does not work.

Thank you!

It fills, washes and drains, but the fast spin doesn't work. Any ideas where to start?

Hey all, hoping someone can help me diagnose this. My dryer stopped heating so I replaced the heating element -- good news is that's fixed and it's heating fine now. Bad news is it's making a squealing noise it never made before I went in there.

The squeal starts immediately when I hit start, is consistent the whole time it runs, and isn't a thump or scrape -- just a steady mid-tone squeal. It was completely silent before the repair.

I've already checked:

Belt is routed correctly and sitting on the original wear mark on the drum

Drum is seated properly on all four rollers

Felt seals front and back look fine

Drum turns smoothly by hand with no noise

There is a slight burning smell - but maybe that's from the heating elements replacement (no idea - I'm new to this).

Attaching a video -- any help diagnosing where this is coming from would be really appreciated. Model is Whirlpool Cabrio WED8000DW4.