washing machine Rubber pieces

OK, thanks for all the replies and it seems like they should be something originally used for transporting the machine, so I don't know how they've been left there for so long!

When I did an online search I noticed that most results were to do with cars or scooters and I couldn't really find anything related to washing machines.

And yes, they are hard rubber.

So, mystery solved. Thanks!

You used to get things like that in the transit packaging. They acted as spacers to keep the drum held centrally and fitted onto the back of the drum. Bolts threaded through the casing, through the holes in the spacers and into the drum. They acted as a spacer to keep the drum central in the casing.

But if those are soft, and not fairly hard then they probably wouldn't be what I'm thinking of.

they look more like pipes you would find on a car's engine! like petrol pipes or vacuum pipes off the engine.

Maybe someone originally put them there to stop some kind of noise or vibration coming from the washing machine when it was in use

Good to hear because I couldn't work out where they could have come from! The machine has indeed been there for years, before I bought this place about 8 years ago, and hasn't been moved for a long time.

Thanks!

John