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Every time the Dishwasher Door opens or closes it drives you crazy! What causes the annoying door music?
This vibration type noise I'm refering to applies to Frigidaire Dishwashers with the following model numbers.
FDB4315LF
FDBB4365F
LEDB500FE
GLD4355RF
PLD4375RF
PLD4555RF
The noise is caused by tension on the nylon cable from the spring, as it moves around the friction pulley. Basically a vibrating cable making the spring get quite noisy. The next question of course is how do you fix the problem?
How to Fix and Repair the Noisy Dishwasher Door Springs and Cables:
First, check the cables for any grease or oil, if the cables have been lubricated replace the cable
and friction pulley it rides around. This may require replacing the cable and pulley on both
sides. After checking or replacing these parts take a bar of regular unscented soap and
liberally rub both of the cable and the door spring on both sides. Then open and close the
door 4 or 5 times to work the soap into the cable and pulley to complete repair.
Here are the Parts and the Part Numbers for what you may need to stop the Squeak.
Door Cable is Part Number 154578801
Door Spring is Part Number 154579101
Thanks! The soap worked great. I just opened and closed the door and let the the nylon cable run back and forth across the bar of soap. No more squeaking!
ReplyDeleteWorked great for me too. Amazing frigidaire would engineer something that would squeak that obnoxiously.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. My door started squeaking (that is a serious understatement) after we had our floor done. I tried some oil, but that did not work. I found this post and tried the soap without replacing the cables. Helped for a couple of days, but then it came back. Like the post says, if you oiled the cables, you will most likely need new ones. After replacing the cables and applying some soap, the door is completely silent.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!! We have been complaining about that awful squeak for two years at least. This solution worked great! Life is good, it is totally silent.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this solution of putting soap on the cables. We have been putting up with that awful noise for over a year. It was such an easy fix and the silence is wonderful !!
ReplyDeleteThe soap fix is genius! Worked like a charm. Thank you!
ReplyDeletehow do you get to the parts to lube them?
ReplyDeleteUnscrew the two screws at the bottom plate under the door, exposing the pump, electrical connections (you should unplug it from the outlet under the sink to be safe), and door springs. Notice on the left and right hand side there is a cord connected to springs that goes back and forth as the door opens/closes. Notice near the front of the machine, under the door, are the two pulleys that route the cord 90 degrees up to the door linkage. Place a small piece of soap (hotel soap is perfect) against the cord/string and do it right where it enters the pulley. Then open/close the door and the string will move under the soap, lubricating both. Do this to the cord/string on both sides of the pulley, making sure to get the side of the cord/string that contacts the pulley (lube the backside of the cord going up, and lube the top of the cord going toward the back of the machine to attch at the spring).
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. Worked perfectly on Frigidaire GLD4355RF that's been screaming at us for years. Frigidaire cust svc help told us it had to be completely uninstalled to get at the cables, pulleys and springs. They're a joke.
DeleteThe soap fix worked like a charm! Make sure to "lube" both sides of the cord with the soap and also the full motion of the door so that any/all segments of cord which rube on the 2 rollers are lubed. I cut a finger-sized piece of soap off a normal bar of soap and was able to wedge it between the cord and roller for better lubing. Door is now silent and my whole family is happy.
ReplyDeleteIncredible and thanks! The soap fix works like a charm. Just rub it along the 2 cables that look like a small piece of rope and that connect to the big door springs that run along both sides of the dishwasher. After several attempts to oil the springs this little trick has solved what was a very irritating noice everytime we opened the dishwasher. It was a Kenmore elite that this worked on.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are awesome, thanks for the help!! Amazing, simple and free solution! And such a simple fix. Why did it take me this long to look it up online???
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch. This worked great for me as well. Hard to reach the ropes but cutting off a small piece of soap helped so I could get it to the rope did the trick. Thank you
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