--- title: "Washer loud or moving on spin" description: "A machine that has grown louder over months, or one that moves across the floor when it accelerates. Both are the suspension rather than the motor, and both are worth" url: "https://askomiami.support/symptoms/washer-loud-on-spin/" date_modified: "2026-09-13" Appliance type: "Washers" --- # Asko washer loud or moving on spin ### What to do in the next ten minutes With the machine off, push the drum down firmly and let go. It should settle at once; one that bounces has lost its damping. Then check level: press each corner of the cabinet in turn and see if it rocks, and look at whether the feet are locked. Finally, reach into the drum and turn it by hand, listening for a rumble or grinding that follows the rotation. ### What holds a drum still A front loader’s drum hangs on springs and is damped by shock absorbers, and the whole assembly is designed to absorb an imbalance the electronics could not fully correct. As the damping wears the springs are left doing the work alone, the drum swings further, and the bearing at the back takes loads it was never meant to. Nothing on the panel reports any of that, which is why the push test in the ten-minute list is worth more here than any code. ### When it is worth the strip-down On most makes a drum bearing at ten years is the end of the machine. On a steel-framed Asko it frequently is not, because the frame, the motor and the electronics around the bearing are still sound. We will say plainly which case yours is, with the arithmetic, before starting — and where the answer is replace rather than repair, that is what we will tell you. The shock absorbers have worn Gradual, silent in the sense that nothing reports it, and the usual cause of both the noise and the movement. Replaced as a set, because one new against three worn is worse than none. The machine is not level A tiled laundry closet is rarely as flat as it looks, and a machine on three feet will walk however good its damping is. It is free to correct. The drum bearing is going A rumble that rises with spin speed and can be heard through the floor. This is the expensive one and the reason the other two are worth catching first. Does the drum bounce or settle? Push and release. Settling at once is healthy; two or three bounces is worn damping. Is there play in the drum? Take the drum at the top and bottom and rock it gently. Movement you can feel is bearing wear. Did the noise arrive or grow? Grew is grease, grit and wear. Arrived overnight is something loose or broken, and it is worth stopping the machine for. It has become noisy, and it walks What it usually means Noise that grew over months is suspension; noise that arrived suddenly is a bearing A machine that walks is not level, or its damping has gone — check level first Catching this early is what prevents the expensive repair What to do in the next ten minutes With the machine off, push the drum down firmly and let go. It should settle at once; one that bounces has lost its damping. Then check level: press each corner of the cabinet in turn and see if it rocks, and look at whether the feet are locked. Finally, reach into the drum and turn it by hand, listening for a rumble or grinding that follows the rotation. What holds a drum still A front loader’s drum hangs on springs and is damped by shock absorbers, and the whole assembly is designed to absorb an imbalance the electronics could not fully correct. As the damping wears the springs are left doing the work alone, the drum swings further, and the bearing at the back takes loads it was never meant to. Nothing on the panel reports any of that, which is why the push test in the ten-minute list is worth more here than any code. When it is worth the strip-down On most makes a drum bearing at ten years is the end of the machine. On a steel-framed Asko it frequently is not, because the frame, the motor and the electronics around the bearing are still sound. We will say plainly which case yours is, with the arithmetic, before starting — and where the answer is replace rather than repair, that is what we will tell you. ### Are the transit bolts still in? Worth checking on a machine that has been noisy since it was installed — they are the single most common cause of that, and removing them costs nothing. ### Can I just push it back against the wall? It will walk again, and a machine hard against a wall damages its hoses. Level it properly instead; that is usually the whole fix. --- **[Read full article: Washer loud or moving on spin](https://askomiami.support/symptoms/washer-loud-on-spin/)**