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Repair or replace
« on: 19 February 2019, 00:23:47 »
We've got an old Indesit washing machine with has been very reliable but with very noisy drum bearings which I've left as a pending job but now can't be put it off any longer ans it shed the belt through slackness at the weekend. Reading up on changing them the advice is to do them sooner rather than later as the earlier they are done, the easier the bearings are to remove. :-[ :-[ :-[ Has anybody done this job and how difficult is the removal of the inner & outer bearings and seal?

The alternative is to get a new washing machine, but knowing several people that have only got a couple of years out of them before they were uneconomical to repair there is a reluctance to go this route, where drums are a complete £150-200 replacement assembly where the outer plastic is now glued together rather the two halves bolted together, with a gasket, like on mine.  :(

Everything else on the machine works fine.
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #1 on: 19 February 2019, 01:02:27 »
Gotta love a white goods thread!  :y                                         ;D
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #2 on: 19 February 2019, 07:09:27 »
 Replace the machine
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #3 on: 19 February 2019, 07:32:33 »
Repair the bearings: pretty cheap parts from memory. About 3 hours work as it usually means pretty much strip down and rebuild the machine. Bearings can be drifted in and out with threaded bar/sockets and hammer
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #4 on: 19 February 2019, 07:51:48 »
Surely this thread belongs on the "Price of cars and newness"thread :D :D ;D
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #5 on: 19 February 2019, 08:43:18 »
That thread has run its bearings!

Rods2 how about an alternative suggestion. Buy secondhand. We have just sold the MIL washing machine for £40. Little used. Buyer got a bargain . Life is too short to be repairing your washing machine plus what else is about pack up on your existing worn out machine?
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #6 on: 19 February 2019, 09:44:14 »
I bought a Samsung (about £500) two years ago. It gets hammered, but is still running fine. If you register any Samsung appliance with them, they increase the warranty to five years.
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« Reply #7 on: 19 February 2019, 09:44:46 »
It's the 9Kg ecobubble, btw.
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #8 on: 19 February 2019, 12:02:30 »
Quote from: STEMO on 19 February 2019, 09:44:14
I bought a Samsung (about £500) two years ago. It gets hammered, but is still running fine. If you register any Samsung appliance with them, they increase the warranty to five years.
read the small print
does that include labour for repairs  :-\
hotpoint indesit group do a free 5 year warranty , BUT charge you about 100 quid to come out , even if it's just the fuse in the plug top

I've replaced bearings in indesit machines, 2 bearings and a seal in a kit off ebay about 15 quid, easy enough job , do it
take it apart, if you stuff the job up, or the shaft is damaged etc, just buy a new machine  :y

in the spirit of going off topic  ;D
the bigger indesit bearing does the prop shaft center bearing on carltons ,so possibly omega too  ;D


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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #9 on: 06 March 2019, 19:51:40 »
I put the slipped belt back on the washing machine as a quick repair, while I decided what to do and the machine has made the decision very easy as the spin cycle on the mechnical program unit packed up today & no longer works, so I will get a new Samsung machine next week. :y
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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #10 on: 06 March 2019, 20:19:42 »
They dont make them like they used to -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PLnInsh7E
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« Reply #11 on: 06 March 2019, 21:32:47 »
Loads here!  :y

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« Reply #12 on: 06 March 2019, 22:40:26 »
See reply no5.  You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that.  :y
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« Reply #13 on: 07 March 2019, 00:35:02 »
Quote from: Varche on 06 March 2019, 22:40:26
See reply no5.  You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that.  :y

I saw Snr, hence...  :)

I have a fridge freezer that I got for free from Facebook Marketplace that has a couple of small dents but works perfectly.  :y

There are some bargains to be had, it's better for the environment, and it helps the balance of payments as well!  :)

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Re: Repair or replace
« Reply #14 on: 07 March 2019, 00:48:36 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 07 March 2019, 00:35:02
Quote from: Varche on 06 March 2019, 22:40:26
See reply no5.  You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that.  :y

I saw Snr, hence...  :)

I have a fridge freezer that I got for free from Facebook Marketplace that has a couple of small dents but works perfectly.  :y

There are some bargains to be had, it's better for the environment, and it helps the balance of payments as well!  :)

Got a nice fridge free from freecycle a couple of years back. It's now been butchered into a fermenting cabinet for my home brew, but lets me brew in all weathers as it's now fully climate controlled (heating + cooling). :y
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