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washing machine started wrapping clothes around centre?

This has only started the last ~ 4 times. Prior to that worked fine and only had the normal out of balance ocassionally. It is a Simpson espirit 450 and I have had it for around 5 years. Only two retired adults to wash for so I only wash maybe once or twice a week.

It also no Longer filters the fluff into the little basket. I have cleaned everything. I found the centre agitator is loose and of course despite having made the tool to remove it I can't find the right size socket! of course.

so the question is - anyone have any ideas as to why the machine has suddenly started wrapping the clothes?

Update:

I have tried loads of small things combined with eg sheets; changed amount of clothes; all our material is natural fibres - no synthetics.

the combination of both the wrapping and the non filtering are weird that they happened at the same time

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Possibly you are over loading and causing it to come unbalanced. Try adding less clothes...

  • Emil
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Tangling:-

    * Don’t wash with too much water.

    * Don’t wrap the clothes around the agitator.

    * Don’t wash colourfast and non-colourfast clothes together.

    * Don’t wash just bedsheets or towels – include small garments in the load.

    * Alternate the loading sequence with large and small garments.

    * Don’t underload or overload the washer.

    Hope this is of help.

    Good Luck!!

    Source(s): Laundry Specialist
  • 1 decade ago

    new timing belt

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