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Pro tip: That 'simple' dryer squeak cost me a whole afternoon
It was a worn idler pulley on a 2018 Whirlpool, but the sound was coming from the opposite side of the drum. I spent 3 hours chasing the wrong noise before I actually pulled the belt off and spun everything by hand. Anyone else get totally thrown off by a sound that seems to come from somewhere else?
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stella1116mo ago
Read an article once about sound traveling through metal frames, totally tricking your ears. They called it acoustic shadowing or something like that. My old car had a chirp that sounded like the front passenger side, but it was just a loose belt way over on the driver's side. Felt like a fool after paying a mechanic to check the wrong wheel. Makes you not trust your own senses after that.
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ninar686mo ago
That acoustic shadowing term is spot on. My dad's truck had a rattle that seemed to come from the glove box for weeks. Turned out to be a single bolt loose on the exhaust manifold underneath. It really does make you second-guess simple noises.
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grace9836mo ago
Trust your gut more than you think. My ears have been right way more than they've been wrong.
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joseph_bailey6mo ago
My buddy swore his engine knock was under the hood but it was a loose heat shield underneath.
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