I really lucked out, then, with this Frigidaire Gallery front load washer. My first appliance purchase when I bought this house 6.5 years ago.
There was some little thing I thought I'd better get them out here for, before the warranty went out, but I don't remember what it was. Maybe something with the door. Other than that, it has worked flawlessly for 6.5 years. I could help them with the *design* a little bit (the knobs are hard to grip with wet hands...), but other than that, it's just great.
The Frigidaire stove, on the other hand, is pretty much a disaster... The grates aren't sealed on the bottom, so they leave rust stains. They sent me 1.5 sets of new grates, but they are the same. Rust and peeling paint right about the time the warranty went out. One of the igniters was loose from the beginning. Got a tech out here, and he basically said that's just the way it was made, and he couldn't fix it.
I sure wish I'd kept the old workhorse that was in the house -- except that it was full of dead bugs. That's even worse.
Joy
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Dave Uebele <daveu@...> wrote:
>
> Clearing through old email, don't know if this was resolved.
>
> The consumer level front loaders have not been more durable and
> water/energy efficient than top loaders.
>
> We have a front loader. They seem to need a balanced load.
> We've had a service tech out twice. Needed to replace
> essentially a spring/damper assembly that was trashed.
>
> The tech advised to create balanced loads, not color balanced,
> but similar weights when wet. Such as towels only, or
> shirts only. The front loader tries to distribute clothes
> around the drum before a spin cycle. If you have a towel (very
> heavy when wet), and a bunch of t-shirts, less heavy, you
> can get an out of balance load, which destroys these dampers.
>
> We've basically been advised "next time the dampers go out,
> just get a top loader"
>
> replacing the dampers usually means pulling the front sheet metal
> and unbolting old, bolting in new. Not a really difficult job, once
> you figure out how to get into the washer...
>
> dave
> On 02/11/2012 03:18 PM, Flo wrote:
> >
> >
> > hi and thanks for your reply, the motor does work cause the washer will
> > go through the whole wash cycle then when it gets to spin it just goes
> > slow and back and forth like its trying to adjust the load then after
> > about 15 of spinning real slow it will stop with an error message of ue
> > witch means unbalanced....so, we are getting someone from busen to come
> > out and look next week, i hope they can come up with something,,,thanks
> > for your reply..Flo.
> > //
> > //
> >
> > *From:* S_Wilson <virtualwilz@...>
> > *To:* DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Friday, February 10, 2012 7:55 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [DIY] Front Loading Washer question
> >
> > I just did some searches on troubleshooting for LG washers. The unit
> > comes with what are called transit bolts. It might depend of your model
> > but the ones I saw were on the back of the washer. They form a square
> > around the drum, there should be 4 of them. They should have been
> > removed, if they are still there then that could be the problem but if
> > they are still there, the washer shouldn't have ever worked to begin
> > with. There should be yellow caps on the holes where the transit bolts
> > were if they were removed. I have a Kenmore front load washer and had to
> > remove the transit bolts in it too. They stop the drum from bouncing
> > around when the washer is being moved and are supposed to be removed
> > before use.
> > Many motors use a capacitor to start. If there is a start capacitor for
> > the motor, it could have failed. Not knowing your exact models, I
> > couldn't tell if that is something possible or not. Not all motors use
> > start capacitors but the motor not starting is a symptom of a bad start
> > capacitor. When a start capacitor fails, giving the motor a push start
> > will result in the motor starting up.
> > Just some ideas,
> > Steve
> >
> > On 2/10/2012 5:07 AM, shasha529 wrote:
> >> We bought front loaders LG in 2004 and now both washer and dryer do
> >> not spin right,,,The washer keeps going off balance it will spin and
> >> spin but not up to full speed to get the water out of the clothes it
> >> just keeps trying to adjust itself till it stops with an error of an
> >> uneven load
> >>
> >> and the dryer makes a real load sound until you give it a spin with
> >> your hand and then turn it on again
> >>
> >> together they cost 2000 arent they supposed to last longer than 8 years?
> >> any suggestions on how to fix? My husband cannot figure out these kind
> >> of washers, the dryer at least still works bypass the noise part.Any
> >> suggestions would be great, thanks,,,,Flo
> >>
>
> --
> Dave Uebele (daveu@...)
>
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