Great video Paul totally agree with your thinking, there are many people who can't afford to buy a new machine especially nowadays. Keep up the great work & stay safe out there. Is that a new workshop or have you just remodelled ?.
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These machines are disgraceful they shouldn’t be able to sell them like this I’ve got a 16 year old bosch and it hasn’t needed the bearings doing but when they go I will certainly replace them this vid has given me some info on how to take a machine apart so thank u 👍💪
Excellent video and very informative. The only issue I had was the replacement of the door seal, bloody nightmare but it worked out in the end. I highly recommend this video.
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I should have been paying more attention when you said *sealed drum* in the beginning before I disassembled our washing machine because I wanted to deep clean in manually as all ther methods of removing the smelly scrud failed😅Now I'm looking at diy videos of people using a hacksaw and then gluing it back together and I'm hesitant to try that as we do live in a rented apartment and I'm not too sure the owner would like what I've done to his property 😅
just wanted to say thank you. I got a spoon out of my heater element. A whole spoon!!! my question is I have an older whirlpool duet and the plastic around the drum has screws can I take this completely apart and reassemble it? or will i need a seal after taking it apart. I watched one you said they are welded on some so just curious. thanks for taking the time to make these very helpful
Hi Paul. Thank you kindly for another informative video. You have helped me numerous times and saved myself a lot 💪💪💪 Stay safe. Keep at the great work. 💪💪💪 Sincere regards, Scott. ✌️🙏✌️
Excellent video. Thank you for your time. Unfortunately, I found my drum was also sealed and the fairly new machine was scrap. There must be a way to establish this first. Maybe if the large pulley is held in place with a bolt the bearing is replaceable, and if it is held in place with an allen key, it is a sealed drum??
@jaybee258 Presuming you mean one of the Hotpoint-Ariston family as in the vid, I thought MINE was non-sealed too, as the things obv manufactures in two halves .. But unless youve got little bolts holding the drum together , it aint, its plastic-welded! Theres a vid of someone cutting these open, and re sealing - but its quite a bit of faff !
hello i have a similar machine and i have noticed that the washing machine is leaking water when get's filled with water or detergent, i have tried and remove the front cover and washed the detergent box but nothing happened, i'm not quite sure if is the drum that is leaking or if it's leaking from the inlet hose... i bought the machine brand new a little over two years ago... very odd for it to start leaking so fast
Okay, as a Hotpoint engineer, you will know this. Find the part number of the drum that you were looking for, then put this into one of the websites and find all the models that it fits. Using this data as individual searches to see if anyone has an old machine with a burnt out PCB or similar fault, then Rob Charlie to make Peter better. You will also be surprised how many new ones are for sale from engineers who have leftover stock glad we could help you @johnmartin390 this is for you ru-vid.come432SAb2g08 please remember to subscribe as that's what keeps this channel going. Thanks 👍
Get some young lads to do the lifting, for you are usually put a small bar across the machine attached to the drum @dieselhead24 please remember to subscribe to our channel as that really helps us ru-vid.come432SAb2g08 Thanks, Paul 👍
Great stuff - your last vid was real helpful too (epoxy drum repair) thing is.. I had a rather bigger hole - so I got the aqua-stik epoxy & reinforcing glue and I had ideas to reinforce the repair with fibreglass mesh or similar - - mines a Hotpoint, like what you have there, and seems to be a split drum. So if i do this full strip-down, how feasible it is to open the 2 halves of the drum (to check for remaining foreign debris, and give full access for a repair?) then put back - do the 2 halves need a special seal, can i just reassemble, or what ? Thanks for you time - I find fancy electronics and computers a lot easier :) Pete, Gas Electronics
there are a few videos on replacing bearings on a sealed drums that will help you ,but not for me to much work, why not look for a second hand drum its easy if you have model number. Thanks 👍 for watching and please remember to subscribe to the Channel as that's what keeps us going in able to make the video for you
Hi .u r great mate well explained. how to overcome your probs if u r a good d i yer keep up with good work god bless you. World has changed ppl have too ,product these days r worse than china .
Thank you for this video! Please can you help, whilst cleaning around the rubber seal, the drum seal spring has came out and I cannot find anywhere online to tell me where I need to put it back to! Please advise 😫
Yes I can iam sure i show how to fit seal and springs in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YKFSR8GEy64.html Thank you For leaving a comment this is for you ru-vid.come432SAb2g08 please remember to subscribe as that's is what keeps this channel going. Thanks 👍
Hi Paul, is it possible to open the tub of this machine ? It seems to be glued ??? There are just 4 claws to maintain the front face .... not realistic ... I need to replace the 3 drum paddles and there are some folded tabs to block the paddles on the drum which must be folded from the outside of the drum. Thanks in advance !
Hello I have to say why would you really want to go through all this kinda work just to replace a new tub. Seems a lot of work. I understand what you are trying to show but honestly I can’t see why. Hope you are not offended by my view on this matter. Thanks
To be honest in my case I did this, and I understand your viewpoint, but in my utility room we have the matching machine and dryer in graphite grey both of which are now obsolete. Only for that I would have went the new machine route