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(Andrew Gabriel) writes:

This Hotpoint has been spinning at 1400 rpm regularly, is something
like 15 years old, and is still on its first drum bearing.

Oh bugger -- well that sure was an invitation for Sod to call round
and lay down his law...

Spent an hour hammering away and got the smaller bearing out.
The bigger one has only shifted about 1/4 of the way, and I'm
worn out, and the rest of the street probably wants to get some
sleep tonight... If anyone has any tips which involve less
brute force and ignorance, I'm all ears (except they're still
ringing from the hammering;-)

BTW, I found a date inside the machine, and it's really 17 years
old, which I guess isn't bad for the original bearings.

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Andrew Gabriel