Re: Replacing a w/machine bearing?

Aug 30, 2003 5 Replies


Our washing machine is making a terrible noise whilst


> spinning.... been coming on for months, but I've managed
> to successfully ignore it so far. Have to do something
> about it now though.
>
> It's a Hoover Quattro Express 1300 (AA230).
>
> Is it easy to get a bearing kit and replace it, or are
> there special tools and job knowlege that means it is
> better to get someone in to do the job?
>
> --
> Tony Williams.

Well, the bloke who did my Hotpoint used a lump hammer and a brass drift!


Kevin


These are the best way to do the job:

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they are bit too expensive to buy just for one job, and it looks as though the inner drum will have to come quite a way forward until the shaft clears the bearing. That could mean quite a dismantling. Might duck this one then, ring up Hoover and see how much it costs to get it done.

In message , Bob Eager writes

Or much skin left on your hands ...

My "fondest" memory of the last time I replaced my washing machine bearings was the pain as I washed my hands afterwards

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