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Jim White

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Have a reasonably new Washing Machine .... and bearing is on its way out
on the drum.
Groaning badly if you rotate by hand and very noisy on spin ......(no
shaking or vibration of machine though)
Its a Hotpoint WMUD962 Ultima
Local repair guys (who are trustworthy & honest) advised on this model
bearing is on inner drum and there is a sealed outer nylon drum -
bearing can't be replaced. (great design idea)
Needs a new drum tub, £140 from Hotpoint.

Found new one at £90 ..... comes complete with heater.

Anybody changed one of theses drums .... any tips/hints.

Ours failed at around 2 years.
A search revealed a couple of utube vids of the repair.
The bearings (better spec.)can be found for around a tenner.
The repair is effected by carefully splitting the drum apart and glueing
back together with silicone + self tappers.
The video strip down and reassembly may be helpful for you.
At £90, I think it's a lot less grief, but the replacement will fail the
same way.
I will never buy another hotpoint (or rebadged clone).

Cheers, Jim