Samsung Washing machine with noisy spin

[Rad1o]

Hello,

We have a Samsung WW90J5456FC/EU W/M which is now about 4.5 years old.
We used to have it running over night in a utility room a few metres away and only separated by a door from our bedroom. Recently the final spin seems to have got so noisy that it regularly wakes us up and we cannot run it at night any more. The machine does not move or get unbalanced by the spin and it will finish the cycle as normal.

Does anyone have any experience with Samsung washing machines and can give advice?

 

[delly82]

Hello, Im no expert! But speaking from experience, having recently thrown out our Beko. It sounds like the bearings on the drum are on their way out / gone. Only more noticeable on a spin cycle. We couldnt even talk in our kitchen when it was on a spin! Alot of manufacturers use sealed drums nowadays, making it extremly hard to replace the bearings. Can you describe the noise? Is it like a ratlling, metal clanking type of noise?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Does anyone have any experience with Samsung washing machines and can give advice?

Try revolving the drum, by hand - does it make a noise/sound gritty? If so, it's the drum bearings failing. Older machine drums were cheaply replaceable, more modern ones, you have to buy and replace the complete drum, with new, at much greater cost. Bearings can be had for £20, entire drum around £120 - £150.

 

[Rad1o]

Thank you for the replies.
Turning the drum by hand is easy without any metallic or crunching noise. It certainly does not sound or feel like a bearing problem.
When the machine spins it is more like a roaring noise. I took a short video when we first noticed it becoming noisy.
This is a link to dropbox as I cannot attach a MP4 in DIY not.

Samsung spin.mp4

Shared with Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

 

[foxhole]

Sounds like metal scraping inner drum , is the Mrs missing a bra wire.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

When the machine spins it is more like a roaring noise.

Bearings!

 

[Rad1o]

Hi,

Just a feedback.
I changed the dampers below the drum, which were leaking slightly and the drum bearings which had water ingress and the inner one was already pretty destroyed.