AE Todd wrote:

4. All front load washers can have bearing problems, some more than
others, and you always have to replace part of the outer tub to
replace the bearings; the bearings are not a replacable part alone.

OK... but why such a design? Why couldn't they make
it so that the bearing only could be replaced?


5. Main seal leaks seem to be most popular with Frigidaire front
loaders (and their rebadged counterparts), probably because the o-ring
that keeps water in is so tiny, and the system that connects the front
and rear half of the outer tub utilizes a series of screws, instead of
the clamps that Whirlpool uses, and Maytag used in the past.

Yep!! That's what is wrong with mine.... the seal
failed and slung grease and oil everywhere.... then the
bearing failed

6. Because of main seal leaks, and bearing problems, Frigidaire
machines should be be viewed as 5-year units,

Agree on that. Wish Id never bought this unit