My Hotpoint WMUD 962 washing machine needs new bearings and it apparently has a welded outer drum (I've not checked). Apparently the bearing can be changed with a little bit of skill if you drill holes around, split the seam (dremel / hacksaw etc. ?) and bolt back together with sealant. OK (if SWMBO will let me try !), but anyone done this and has a list of gotchas ?
Simon.
Maybe I am lucky, but I have never had to replace washing machine bearings (in about 45 years). Usual problem of course is a seal failure and these days that suggests to me a design problem. Sounds like quite a long and potentially fiddly job, not sure I would even start it.
I replaced the bearings in an older Hotpoint (they were simply driven out and in), and it was a pain (in fact, the problems brought me to this group for the first time).
When the machine finally became uneconomic to repair, I made the mistake of replacing it with a new Hotpoint, and it failed within 15 months - bearings again. Given the sealed drum, the parts were over £100, so I opted for a fixed price repair for £98 all in. The technician was very quick, and said he did so many of them he was getting good at it.
When the machine failed again just over a year later, I dumped it for a Bosch Logixx.
Just done a quick search on Ebay and a genuine Hotpoint complete replacement inner and outer drum, bearings, seal, pulley and heater element is £95. That is an all plastic outer drum though, so I don't know what yours is. It looks like it cover your model. Item No.
173907958977.SteveW
Yup (against the best advise). ;-)
Cheers, T i m
How thick is the flange? - I mean if you get the saw out of line and slice off to one side, you've had it !
Maybe I am lucky. We use the WMUD sometime 2 loads a day, and it has lasted 5 years so far. The bearings have not actually failed, not grinding yet, it's just that the "silent" machine sounds like a freight train / jet engine on spin. To be honest it lost it's initial quietness within a few months but stayed OK until recently.
Simon,
Anything particularly good about Bosch Logixx (design etc.) ?
Simon.
Maybe 5mm / side?
Only really if you come off the flange completely because they will go back together the same way.
Cheers, T i m
One good thing is that it is easy and quick to get spare parts for most Bosch stuff. Logixx is the top end.
I thibk we've had the Bosch 8-9 years. The only thing with the washing machine is that I couldn't get the end off the pump to remove a coin or similar. It was gunged up and it stopped the thing turning. I now pop it out every six months and clean it. On that occasion I got a new pump, and then refurbed the old one as a spare.
The dryer has also been fine apart from having to clean out the front of the heat exchanger - sons don't clean the removable filters and a lot got through because as we removed the filters, fluff dropped inside. To fix that, rather strangely you have to cut out a pre-scored plastic panel and replace it with a screw-on one3. But it works well.
If you include dishwashers, I'm on about my sixth Bosch in 25 years. Life has always been reasonable, I've replaced a couple of sets of brushes and some shelf rollers.
Our last Bosch dishwasher made about 14 years before I decided it was time for a new one. It was used heavily (partly because we could only fit the narrower one in).
In the 14 years: one drain hose, one new bottom to the cutlery basket (yes, it came separately) and two very inexpensive kits (under a fiver) to refurb the detergent dispenser.
The current one is several years old and I've done the detergent dispenser once; that's all.
Damn. My previous ONE lasted longer than that.
NT
Vibration leaks and balance come to mind. Brian
Blimey our Indesit is over 20 years old.
Yeah, I've only had two washer/dryers since 1987.
Our Hotpoint lasted 15 or so. But it was heavily used (babies/children, not that we put them in directly).
In the end the motor blew up, and what with the other things (bearings going, etc.) I decided I wanted a quiet life for a bit.
Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote in news:gko29mFllr5U1 @mid.individual.net:
I have had 3 since 1974 - all Indesit.Basic washers - no built in dryer.
It's not your washing machine, it's her washing machine.
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