10 year old GE.
Wife wakes me up and tells me there is smoke in the unfinished part of our basement. I go down and immediately smell the burnt rubber smell. Takes me about 30 minutes of poking around to discover that the drum is frozen on the washer. When it was in the spin cycle, even though the motor was trying to spin the drum, it wasn't turning. I empty the washer and remove the plastic stem on the inside to make sure nothing is caught under it. Pop off back panel and belt is still on.
So...my question is this. Due to the drum being frozen and whatever type of problem that was caused by the motor trying to turn a frozen drum, am I better off just going and buying a new washer since this one is 10 years old? I just can envision a repair man costing more than the thing is worth. What do ya think?
Wife wakes me up and tells me there is smoke in the unfinished part of our basement. I go down and immediately smell the burnt rubber smell. Takes me about 30 minutes of poking around to discover that the drum is frozen on the washer. When it was in the spin cycle, even though the motor was trying to spin the drum, it wasn't turning. I empty the washer and remove the plastic stem on the inside to make sure nothing is caught under it. Pop off back panel and belt is still on.
So...my question is this. Due to the drum being frozen and whatever type of problem that was caused by the motor trying to turn a frozen drum, am I better off just going and buying a new washer since this one is 10 years old? I just can envision a repair man costing more than the thing is worth. What do ya think?