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This may well be the drum drive belt in the back of the washing machine. This belt transfers drive from the motor to the drum for both wash cycles and spinning. If the belt is slipping slightly on the pulley then a squeal may well be heard on the spin cycle and will change in pitch as the speed of the drum increases. At lower speeds (wash cycles) the belt probably won't slip. I don't personally know of this model but there is usually a tension adjustment nut/bolt near the motor to tighten the belt and stop it slipping.
Possibly the belt was a bit loose in the first place and the move helped it move a bit closer to the edge causing it to slip off when machine was run.
The second part may have come to light only when machine was moved but would have eventually reared itself. There may have been a sock or something stuck between the drums and the movement has caused it to shift to the outlet pipe of the outer drum. This has probably now caused a blockage to the outlet and now not letting all the water out of the machine on any emptying cycle which will cause it to still have some soapy water left inside and keeping clothes wet. Check for a blockage in the outlet pipes.
The motor is supossed to walk up the belt to let it slip enough so the pump can run and drain out the water before the drum spins at full speed( that's why it's spring mounted).
Check the pump belt, it should be snug but not tight, you should have some give when you squeeze the belt together, but it should not touch together. Don't use any belt dressing on it, it needs to slip. Make sure the washer is unpluged before you do anything.
If the drive belt is slipping during the agitate and both spin cycles for loaded conditions, I suspect that the drive belt is excessively worn. If it slipped only during a loaded spin cycle, I would have suspected that the sliding motor mount is gummed up and not moving to a belt tighten position during the start of a spin cycle. Since the unit drains with no problem for loaded and unloaded conditions, the pump belt should be OK. Replace the drive belt and clean the dust, gunk, detergent, etc, out of the sliding mount to make sure that it tightens properly when a loaded spin cycle starts. Note that on most models, the drive belt is designed to slip when spin cycles first engage, and they will continue to slip until after the drum has accelerated.
The belt sounds worn out since its slipping. Change it out. Its cheap fix.
The drum brake does just what is sounds like. brakes the drum. For instance when u open the lid during a cycle and everything stops thats the drum engaging and stops the movement of teh drum. If the brake is malfunctioning two things will happen, you open the lid (assuming the safety switch is still good) or the drum will not spin at all.
sounds like your belt is worn or the tension spring too tight on belt the vee part of the belt should not be rubber it should look like a material type coating to let it slip until it gets up to full speed (It,s Meant to slip) If it,s worn the rubber in the belt will grip too much.Hope this helps.Cheers.
The belt has come off for a reason, and there are a few reasons for it to do so.
1- You have overloaded the m/c
2- It is not draining properly.
3- The main drum bearings have gone. Before replacing the belt spin the drum by hand, and if it is noisy or feels rough , then the bearings have gone.
That means calling an engineer.
4- Worn or broken belt.
To refit the belt, do the following.
Remove top cover, and rear panel.
Tilt the m/c forwards, and support it.
Reach inside and slip the belt over the motor pulley, then start feeding the belt round the drum pulley, it is fiddley, but this is the only way, as you get the belt futher round, it will get very tight, so don't trap your fingers, just keep on going.
If it slips off, start again.
Goodluck.
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