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violent vibration when spinning?

bosch WFB 2005 washing machine, works fine when empty, however with load, even very light, machine vibrates extremely violently and causes leaking from the base? Does not leak when spinning without load.
cecilia, January 2011
Thankyou Marti for all your advice, cheers and Happy New Year! Cecilia.

Cecilia, January 2011
bearings not over expensive ! u would need some one practical 2 strip it down i think . if the machine is old i would defo replace. otherwise ,try ewmelec.co.uk or espares.co.uk and enter your model and year . give you idea on cost of bearings. hope this helps. cheers ! mart.

marti, January 2011
is this expensive to fix? should i think about buying a new machine?

cecilia, January 2011
hi,sounds like bearings have failed on drum, or drum mounting spring/fitment has broken,hope this helps. cheers !

marti, January 2011
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