I have a Performa series washer. Just 2 days ago, during the spin cycle, the washer starts spinning and within a few seconds starts jumping all over the place. Opening the lid seems to show that the tub has a lot of play and is bouncing all over the place, taking the washer with it. I am able to shift the tub around, though it stays in position at that angle. I am guessing it is with the snubber as mentioned below. I shall try to fix it....though I am moving out in 2 weeks and my new place has a washer and dryer :)
SOURCE: Washer spins but not enough to extract water from clothes or tub.
it sound to me to be the water pump, with all the water in the tub, the machine dont spin ok, and the water is extracted by centifugal force, not by pumping as it should be, call a tech, this is a hard job for regular people..good luck
SOURCE: off balance during spin cycle
I have a Performa Model PAV3200AWW that would go unbalanced every time it would go into a spin cycle. I found the problem to be a worn out snubber. This is a plastic ring that is at the pivot point for the whole tub. It separates the metal to metal contact at the bottom of the washer pivot point. The part is less than ten dollars, but it is a quit a job to replace. I had to remove the whole tub to replace mine, but it did solve the problem. If you see a lot of plastic shavings around the pivot point, then this could be your problem.
SOURCE: Grinding sound during agitation cycle on my Maytag Performa
Its probably you stator plate and rotor. But you need special tools for this repair. There a spring that is under 200 pounds of pressure and if you take the screws off that hold the plate its going to fly into you face if your dont use the special tools to depress the spring. Is it more of a clanking kinda of noise? DOes it olnly happen with heavy loads? Try this out. Fill the washer with water only. and get it into a wash cycle with water only. If there is no noise then put in like a load of towels. A heavy load. Now if you hear the noise now then its for sure you stator plate and rotor..hope this helps, but like i said you need those special tools to do this repair or injury can result from the spring part.
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