Product review (5 stars): Fixed my unbalanced Cycle issues
I was having problems with my Kenmore Elite Oasis washing machine, it was going unbalanced during the spin cycle, it didn't matter if the machine was full or not.  I called Sears for help, and I was given two options, either pay $75 for a service guy to come out and diagnose the machine, and if I wanted to get it fixed, I would have to pay for the parts and for the installation, the other was to pay for a 1 year warranty which would be $300, and I was told that the warranty only covers $500 worth of parts, if it went over $500 in parts I would have to pay the balance.  I was being scared enough, that I was considering paying the $300.  Anyways long story short, I didn't want to fork out another $300, I payed $1100 for my Kenmore Oasis 5 years ago, I didn't want to give them more money.  So I did my own research.  I found a video of how to replace the suspension rods on my washine machine, but the video didn't say why the suspension rods needed to be changed.  So I looked up suspension rods on Amazon, I read many reviews here that helped.  I bought the part based on Amazons feedback, and now my machine is working like new.  No more unbalanced cycle.  The suspension rods are easy to install.  The rods we took off looked ok, but looks are deceiving, the new suspension rods did the job.  I also found out, that the suspension rods will only last about 4 to 5 years.  The 47 bucks I paid for the rods was worth it.