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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: goonv6 on 28 December 2009, 17:22:06
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As is typical with Christmas,the kitchen appliances have all started to give up the ghost and this year it was the turn of the tumble dryer. It was making a terrible sound and the drum wasn't moving. Well, I thought to myself, I put a new engine in the omega, rebuilt the suspension,how hard can it be?I ordered a bearing kit off of the bay of £15 and set to work. It came quickly and 2 hours later, the tumble dryer is not only working,its running smoother than ever. Job done! ;D ;D :)
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Sorted result :y
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As is typical with Christmas,the kitchen appliances have all started to give up the ghost and this year it was the turn of the tumble dryer. It was making a terrible sound and the drum wasn't moving. Well, I thought to myself, I put a new engine in the omega, rebuilt the suspension,how hard can it be?I ordered a bearing kit off of the bay of £15 and set to work. It came quickly and 2 hours later, the tumble dryer is not only working,its running smoother than ever. Job done! ;D ;D :)
Bit of a coincidence is that,as mine is also in peices at the moment in the kitchen with the same problem,just got to order the kit now.The drum on mine has actually worn a groove in the steel backplate. :-/
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I was a bit luckier than you guys; my washing machine
started to sound like a helicopter and was trying to do
a tap dance around the kitchen.
Whipped the back off and had a ganders and found
that the large, bottom, balance weight bolts had
vibrated loose. Quick tighten with the socket set and
it's like a submarine on silent running again. ;D
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Had to have the welder out on the cooker just before Christmas
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mi boilers started dripping :(
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mi boilers started dripping :(
Firstly I wouldn't tell her you call her 'the boiler' and secondly I don't think we need to know any more detail than you've already given ;D ;D ;D ;) :y
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mi boilers started dripping :(
Firstly I wouldn't tell her you call her 'the boiler' and secondly I don't think we need to know any more detail than you've already given ;D ;D ;D ;) :y
so yer dont need to know its dripping from the bottom end ;D ;D ;D
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mi boilers started dripping :(
Firstly I wouldn't tell her you call her 'the boiler' and secondly I don't think we need to know any more detail than you've already given ;D ;D ;D ;) :y
so yer dont need to know its dripping from the bottom end ;D ;D ;D
Even that's too much info ;D ;D ;D
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Must be some thing in the air the belt snapped on the tumble dryer on Christmas eve and am still waiting for the new belt >:(
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Must be some thing in the air the belt snapped on the tumble dryer on Christmas eve and am still waiting for the new belt >:(
is that a polite way of saying knick knack elastic ;D
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my oven doesnt work, ive been cooking using the grill, i
knicked found a built in oven in a house i was doing up that is brand new. once i get back to work i can get a hob and worktops to fit it.
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A local domestic appliance parts supplier advised that the failed bearing in my mates washing machine meant replacing the complete rear plate of the drum.
Price...£180.00
After checking on Tinternet we found that this was correct. :o
I stripped it down, removed the bearing and after matching it up, replaced it with a motorcycle front wheel bearing.
Price...£4.50 :y (and it's still working fine 5 years later.)
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A local domestic appliance parts supplier advised that the failed bearing in my mates washing machine meant replacing the complete rear plate of the drum.
Price...£180.00
After checking on Tinternet we found that this was correct. :o
I stripped it down, removed the bearing and after matching it up, replaced it with a motorcycle front wheel bearing.
Price...£4.50 :y (and it's still working fine 5 years later.)
Result :y :y :y
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Aye, you can say that again. ;D
The machine is in my mates house that has 5 bed-sits and they're usually all occupied, so it's used pretty much every day.
Can't remember for sure, but I think it's an Indesit.
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A local domestic appliance parts supplier advised that the failed bearing in my mates washing machine meant replacing the complete rear plate of the drum.
Price...£180.00
After checking on Tinternet we found that this was correct. :o
I stripped it down, removed the bearing and after matching it up, replaced it with a motorcycle front wheel bearing.
Price...£4.50 :y (and it's still working fine 5 years later.)
Now that I like 8-) 8-) :y
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As is typical with Christmas,the kitchen appliances have all started to give up the ghost and this year it was the turn of the tumble dryer. It was making a terrible sound and the drum wasn't moving. Well, I thought to myself, I put a new engine in the omega, rebuilt the suspension,how hard can it be?I ordered a bearing kit off of the bay of £15 and set to work. It came quickly and 2 hours later, the tumble dryer is not only working,its running smoother than ever. Job done! ;D ;D :)
Great news indeed G 8-) :y
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Had to have the welder out on the cooker just before Christmas
Bloody he'll TB that must have been some Turkey if you needed the welder out as well
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A local domestic appliance parts supplier advised that the failed bearing in my mates washing machine meant replacing the complete rear plate of the drum.
Price...£180.00
After checking on Tinternet we found that this was correct. :o
I stripped it down, removed the bearing and after matching it up, replaced it with a motorcycle front wheel bearing.
Price...£4.50 :y (and it's still working fine 5 years later.)
LOL, sounds like hotpoint. I had the same.
Mind you, when I'd stripped it down, the mess it had made of the spider, had no choice but to go down drum route....
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All our kitchen appliances, together with the washing macine and tumbel drier worked absolutely fine over Christmas.
The living room got hit! Biggest problem was the amplifier and that's getting the OOF treatment in another thread - thanks, fellas! :) :) :)
What I hadn't mentioned was the VCR, which failed totally a few days before. It's already living on borrowed time, as you need to hold the flap open with a knife in order to get the tape out. Now it won't read the timing markers on the tape, so it doesn't advance the tape while playing (at least, I think that's what's happening). I've seen this error before, and I think it may respond to a thorough cleaning - it doesn't get used a lot and the tapes are ancient, so there's likely to be a build-up of gunge on the heads and capstan-thingy.
So that's going to be two large lumps of kit in pieces on the living room floor. The boss ain't too happy. :(
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Aye, you can say that again. ;D
The machine is in my mates house that has 5 bed-sits and they're usually all occupied, so it's used pretty much every day.
Can't remember for sure, but I think it's an Indesit. In the sh1t thats what we used to call their washing machines,terrible reliability issues