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Once again I seek advice from the wise and powerful appliance gods. My Whirlpool GHW9150PW4 (I believe 10 years old) front load washer produced an F02 error last week. I removed the bottom front cover, emptied out the filter and ran a drain and spin cycle with the bottom front cover removed. Left the cover off again to make sure no leakage and ran a full wash. Got the F02 error again. Cleaned the filter out and ran the drain and spin cycle. Problem: The spin cycle is making a very loud banging noise Happened the first time I ran the drain and spin after clearing the filter. Not sure if it was happening before this. The wife does most of the laundry while I am at work. Machine is in the basement and with 5 kids the house can get noisy. From what I have found the likely culprit is the rear bearings. My questions are these: 1) Given what I described do you think it is the rear bearings? 2) Is there a danger of causing more damage by using the washer in its current state? (remember 5 kids. It piles up quick) 3) Could I have done something (leaving cover off) to cause or agitate this issue? Seems like a pretty big coincidence that it came up right when I was dealing with the other issue 4) Any suggestions for finding a quality repairman south of Boston MA? Afraid this one is beyond my reach Thanks for reading Matt