In article ,
"Bob Eager" writes:
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:57:20 UTC, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

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;-)

What started me on this NG was exactly the same question. The answer I
got (and it worked) was "you're not hitting it hard enough".

OK, got it out, but I think I might have split the collar it
slides in ;-( Anyway, new one's in, machine back togther, and
it's doing a wash now (may all fly to pieces when it starts
spinning ;-). The drum seal now leaks having taken it apart --
have to get a new one of those.

Here's the real downer -- I now don't believe the drum bearings
had failed at all. The noise I can hear is still there, and
probably coming from the motor bearing. Oh how sickening...
The drum bearing seal had certainly failed though, and I replaced
that too. I suspect if I have really cracked the bearing collar,
and the motor bearings are also dying, that the machine is a
right-off. May as well just run it until it completely dies...

--
Andrew Gabriel