Washer troubles and idiosyncracies:
Wobbles? check load - it might have shifted.
Groans? Needs bearing lubed or replaced and possibly also the belt.
Makes odd articulate noises: that is the clutch solenoid - it activates when the next part of the cycle begins such as from wash to spin and rinse.
Last, but not least, in mine (top load) there is a metal bar/spring type device with a plastic button that rests on the edge of the tub to keep the tub from wobbling during the spin cycle. That plastic button wears down over time and the device’s grip on the tub loosens.
Experience with a top of the line Kenmore Washer that dates back to when my nearly 20 year old daughter was in diapers.
hey, LoM! Are you recovered from your rassel with the woodpile?
LOL!
We had a Maytag that pulled a support bolt out of the floorpan, so it would then hop across the floor.
I was in the laundry room the day it did this.
It hopped across teh floor and bumped into me.
I spun around to look at it, and it hopped backwards.
[Looked like it had jumped back.]
Then it started moving towards me, so I stepped to my right.
The washer followed.
I stepped left, the washer followed.
I backed up into the slop sink and started yelling and the washer moved forward at me some more and started making horrid banging noises.