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Dancing Washing Machine

Coppo999 · 2021-04-23 11:54:22

For years we had problems with different washing machines dancing all over the place on the tiled floor of our utility room. We tried thick rubber mats, even a double layer. I then discovered anti vibration, anti walking pads on Wish.com They take a few weeks to come from China but the machine has not budged one inch since…

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23-04-2021 12:54pm

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For years we had problems with different washing machines dancing all over the place on the tiled floor of our utility room. We tried thick rubber mats, even a double layer. I then discovered anti vibration, anti walking pads on Wish.com They take a few weeks to come from China but the machine has not budged one inch since even when unevenly loaded with bath towels. They cost around 10 euros a set of four.

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#2 23-04-2021 3:46pm
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Sounds like the dampers are worn, you can get spares for most makes and they're not too difficult to replace, we had the same issue and new dampers solved it.

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#3 23-04-2021 3:49pm
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A new machine has to be levelled and then it does not move about - also the newer machines do a 'self levelling' run before the spin.

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