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How to stop my washing machine from violently shaking? (self.homeimprovement)

submitted 1 year ago by generally_incorrect to c/homeimprovement

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I just moved to a new house, and after setting up my washing machine it now shakes a lot while running, like it moves itself 3 or 4 inches sometimes. It seems to really shake for a 5-15 seconds then runs normal for a while. No real discernible pattern.

I’ve already tried leveling it and making sure the feet all hold some weight, but it’s still happening. It’s an older style top loader with an agitator.

Any ideas on how to stop the shaking?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What if you carefully distribute the weight of your laundry evenly? Mine doesn’t have an agitator but whenever I’m loading laundry, I make sure to do it in the shape of a donut, evenly distributed around the drum so that it doesn’t get thrown off

[–] generally_incorrect 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve tried that, it all ends up floating around anyway. Small items vs big items don’t seem to matter either

[–] meco03211 4 points 1 year ago

A load will go through multiple fills. This presents the opportunity to get off balance each time. It should tend to naturally settle in a pretty evenly distributed fashion. If your machine only does the violent shaking every so often, it could be an off balanced load. If it's shaking for most of the loads, there's likely something more wrong.