The washing machine is very noisy.
Although difficult to describe, the noise you hear is probably down to worn bearings. The bearings will fail mainly due to the fact that the bearing seal has failed, water will then pass to the bearings and start to break down the lubricant.
With the back off your machine, remove the drive belt from the main motor and drum pulley. Spin the drum by hand. Is it lumpy and noisey. Have you any lateral movement of the drum when you try to lift it from the front of the drum.
Other things to consider is run up the motor while the belt is removed.
Does the drum turn or spin.
A washing machine has a motor that turns the drum. Depending on what make of model you have, it will be fitted with either a commutator motor (one that has carbon brushes) or an induction motor (a brushless motor).
On first inspection you may not be able to identify what motor you have. If you have never seen a carbon brush it might be worth checking out the pictures we have available listed under the relavent machine section or see sample motor carbon brushes.
If you suspect the motor failure, first check to see if you have a brush type motor. If so carefully remove the brush from the motor. Lots of carbon dust in and around the brushes may indicate excessive wear. Check the length of the carbon within the carbon brush holder. Anything less that 10mm then change them.
