Hi,

The washing machine makes a loud banging noise when spinning. It is at least
twenty years old and so not doing too bad.

Had a look at it today, the drum seems to have a lot of slack in it and I am
assuming that the bearing is going.

Does this sound plausible? If it is the bearing, is it worth repairing or
should I buy a shiny new "AAA" rated washing machine?

TIA Colin

"Colin" wrote in message
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Hi,

The washing machine makes a loud banging noise when spinning. It is at
least twenty years old and so not doing too bad.

Had a look at it today, the drum seems to have a lot of slack in it and I
am assuming that the bearing is going.

Does this sound plausible? If it is the bearing, is it worth repairing or
should I buy a shiny new "AAA" rated washing machine?

TIA Colin


Repair it

"Colin" wrote in message
...
Hi,

The washing machine makes a loud banging noise when spinning. It is at
least twenty years old and so not doing too bad.

Had a look at it today, the drum seems to have a lot of slack in it and I
am assuming that the bearing is going.

Does this sound plausible? If it is the bearing, is it worth repairing or
should I buy a shiny new "AAA" rated washing machine?

TIA Colin
If you have the proper tools then repair it, you will need a bearing puller
as they are packed in very tight. A hammer and screwdriver will not work!
It's easier to get a new washing machine unless you want to spend half the
cost of a new one on tools and parts. They're not worth it.

as they are packed in very tight. A hammer and screwdriver will not work!

Ahah! I wondered how the bearings were replaced.

I think that settles it.

It will be sad to see the machine go. I suspect a new machine won't last
twenty years.

Thanks,
Colin

"Colin" wrote in message
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as they are packed in very tight. A hammer and screwdriver will not
work!

Ahah! I wondered how the bearings were replaced.

I think that settles it.

It will be sad to see the machine go. I suspect a new machine won't last
twenty years.

Thanks,
Colin
Bearing puller ???
I as a professional have never had cause to use special tools and none are
specified by Zanussi for the job.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 13:31:27 UTC, "bill"
wrote:

If you have the proper tools then repair it, you will need a bearing puller
as they are packed in very tight. A hammer and screwdriver will not work!

Well, it may have to be a special one that's designed to get bearings
out of blind housings (don't know the Zanussi, mind). I got the bearings
out of my Hotpoint with a hammer and cold chisel; easy once I used a big
enough hammer.

It's easier to get a new washing machine unless you want to spend half the
cost of a new one on tools and parts. They're not worth it.

Possibly.

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It's easier to get a new washing machine unless you want to spend half the
cost of a new one on tools and parts. They're not worth it.

Possibly.

New bearing kit (two bearings and bearing seal) for a Hotpoint
is under a fiver. Buy a new drum seal at the same time as old
one won't reseal after 20 years. Don't know if same applies to
a Zanussi.

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On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:49:21 UTC, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

It's easier to get a new washing machine unless you want to spend half the
cost of a new one on tools and parts. They're not worth it.

Possibly.

New bearing kit (two bearings and bearing seal) for a Hotpoint
is under a fiver. Buy a new drum seal at the same time as old
one won't reseal after 20 years. Don't know if same applies to
a Zanussi.

Indeed. In fact I replaced the spider and shaft as well and it's still
only about 15 quid!

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In article ,
"Bob Eager" writes:
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:49:21 UTC, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:
New bearing kit (two bearings and bearing seal) for a Hotpoint
is under a fiver. Buy a new drum seal at the same time as old
one won't reseal after 20 years. Don't know if same applies to
a Zanussi.

Indeed. In fact I replaced the spider and shaft as well and it's still
only about 15 quid!

I had to do that second time, because I left it too long after
the bearing collapsed and the bearing seal stopped working, and
there was no way the bearing was going to slide up the rusty
shaft.

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Andrew Gabriel

In article
Colin wrote:
Hi,

The washing machine makes a loud banging noise when spinning. It is at least
twenty years old and so not doing too bad.

Had a look at it today, the drum seems to have a lot of slack in it and I am
assuming that the bearing is going.

Does this sound plausible? If it is the bearing, is it worth repairing or
should I buy a shiny new "AAA" rated washing machine?

Are you sure it's not the dampers that have failed, allowing the drum to
knock against the housing when it's spinning off-balance? The bearings
are quite likely available from a bearing factor at a reasonable cost,
but the dampers might be rather more difficult and expensive to obtain.

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:31:27 GMT, "bill"
wrote:

you will need a bearing puller

From what I can remember, Zanussi machines had a couple of threaded
holes (Possibly M8) on the 'spider', one either side of the drum
shaft.

Using a piece of dexion angle iron (Or other drilled piece of metal)
and a range of nuts and bolts it is a fairly simple process to push
the bearing out.

sponix

On 05 Feb 2006 14:49:21 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

New bearing kit (two bearings and bearing seal) for a Hotpoint
is under a fiver. Buy a new drum seal at the same time as old
one won't reseal after 20 years. Don't know if same applies to
a Zanussi.

Thought: make sure the seal is fitted the correct way round. If not,
water will leak into the new bearing and cause early failure.

iirc, some machines were recalled because the factory fitted the seal
the wrong way round.

sponix