GE WH01X10343 Damper for Washer

Stopped my washing machine from shaking. These are marked with the correct part number but they don’t match the OE dampers in my GE Adora front load washer. These have an approximate 1″ free play before dampening. The OE dampers do not have this play in them. After installing these dampers and running a small load of just a couple towels, the washer would not reach high spin speed and banged worse than before (when the worn 10 year old dampers were installed). The picture shows the OE dampers I’ll be reinstalling for the time…

If you need it, you need it If you have a front load washing machine there is no question that you will know when these need to be replaced. The loud shaking will remind you every time the machine runs. The shocks themselves are the exact same that came with my machine. When I replaced them I noticed that the one of the dampers compressed very easily so I might have been able to get away with replacing only one. However, I purchased 4 so I replaced all of them.Replacing them is not easy to do. You will…

This does appear to be a genuine GE part, but it has more “give” and looseness than the original in our washer. I suspect GE switched suppliers and made an already cheap part “cheeper.” It will, that said, give your washer a few more months or years before the spider supports erode to nothing, or the main spring fails, or the seals come out, or the “designed for six years and no more” crap washer gives out in some other way. Not impossible to install though certainly not easy, either. Given how…