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    Apr 12, 2008, 08:40 PM
    Stoping a front loader washer from moveing around
    Im having trouble getting my front loader wash machine to stop moveing all over the place I have it leveled but it still wants to move around when it spins any help would be grate
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    Apr 13, 2008, 05:28 AM
    Sales people of those front loaders sometimes fail to tell consumers that the front loaders are designed to be on concrete - or otherwise super solid surface. It happened to me.

    To solve my issue I got a piece of 1" plywod, glued rubber to the side against the floor and indoor/outdoor carpet to the side that the washer sits on. That did not solve it completely but did make a big difference.

    I also, for good measure, attached a ratchet strap around the bottom of it.
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