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Yikes! Washing machine expelled a white plastic ring
Help! My 6-year-old Hoover WA100 (Performa 1100) ate a bra wire Thurs
morning. It made a terrible metallic clanking noise while spinning. At first I thought it was just a jeans zip, but it was too loud. I stopped the machine, extracted the clothes and noticed a wire missing from my bra. No sign of the wire itself. Also, in amongst the clothes was a narrow, stiff yet flexible white plastic ring that closes with a set of little teeth. Suspiciously, it is about the diameter of the drum where it meets the door seal. I am afraid to run the machine now in case it floods my downstairs neighbour, so I don't know whether it still works. What is the plastic ring and will the machine work ok without it? Can I put it back in myself? Is there any way I can get in and find/remove the bra wire? Thanks, Skylark (drowning in dirty laundry) |
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Yikes! Washing machine expelled a white plastic ring
Is there any way I can get in and find/remove the bra wire? I would buy a new bra Alison. -- Graham. |
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Yikes! Washing machine expelled a white plastic ring
Graham wrote:
I would buy a new bra. Ho ho ho! Have been tempted to try putting the white plastic thing into a bra. It was a sort of fairy exchange. You put something in, get something else back. Do you have any more practical suggestions, though? S |
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Skylark wrote:
Help! My 6-year-old Hoover WA100 (Performa 1100) ate a bra wire Thurs morning. It made a terrible metallic clanking noise while spinning. At first I thought it was just a jeans zip, but it was too loud. I stopped the machine, extracted the clothes and noticed a wire missing from my bra. No sign of the wire itself. If you are not familiar with the innards of a washing machine, it has an outer drum - which stays still, and an inner drum which spins. A rubber seal between the outer drum and the door stops the water getting out. Said bra wire is between the inner & outer drums. It will eventualy find its way into one of the holes in the inner drum, poke through, get jammed and start shredding whatever you wash - it has to be removed. I speak from experience! It happened to our machine twice. Get one of those mesh bags to wash bra's in future. If a wire come loose the bag stops it getting away. Also, in amongst the clothes was a narrow, stiff yet flexible white plastic ring that closes with a set of little teeth. Suspiciously, it is about the diameter of the drum where it meets the door seal. I am afraid to run the machine now in case it floods my downstairs neighbour, so I don't know whether it still works. It sounds like it might hold the door seal. Without it the machine might well leak badly. What is the plastic ring and will the machine work ok without it? Can I put it back in myself? Is there any way I can get in and find/remove the bra wire? First, feel around the inside of the drum. You might find it sticking through and may be able to pull it out with pliers. If not to remove the bra wire you have to remove the door seal and if lucky you might get at it. If not the front of the machine has to come off and the front of the outer drum has to be removed. HTH -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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