hi there! i had a look inside my front loading washing machine to
inspect an intermittant tripping mcb problem and carefully removed the
motor to vacuum it from carbon dust.to make this easier i laid down
the machine on its side.

turns out it was clean but when i replaced it & refitted belt, drum is
now making a bad loud friction metalic sound at every revolution at a
certain position, even when spinned by hand. machine operates ok
except this sound.

what could i have done wrong? thanks

s

"s" wrote in message
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hi there! i had a look inside my front loading washing machine to
inspect an intermittant tripping mcb problem and carefully removed the
motor to vacuum it from carbon dust.to make this easier i laid down
the machine on its side.

turns out it was clean but when i replaced it & refitted belt, drum is
now making a bad loud friction metalic sound at every revolution at a
certain position, even when spinned by hand. machine operates ok
except this sound.

what could i have done wrong? thanks

s
Tracking due to carbon deposits is likely to trip an RCB, if it's tripping a
30A MCB protecting the ring you've got serious problems. Did you mean
the RCB?
--
Graham

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Tracking due to carbon deposits is likely to trip an RCB, if it's tripping a
30A MCB protecting the ring you've got serious problems. Did you mean
the RCB?

yes it was the rings MCB. the one for this ring is a 32A. The RCB did
not trip.

Are the problems related to the washing machine or the wiring? thx

"s" wrote in message
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Tracking due to carbon deposits is likely to trip an RCB, if it's
tripping a
30A MCB protecting the ring you've got serious problems. Did you mean
the RCB?

yes it was the rings MCB. the one for this ring is a 32A. The RCB did
not trip.

Are the problems related to the washing machine or the wiring? thx

Depends, I presume it happens when the machine is plugged
in therefore it will be something in the machine intermittently shorting
live to neutral. Does it do it at a particular point in the cycle, like when
it should be pumping out?

On the other point, did you perhaps over-tension the belt?
--
Graham

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On 24 Dec, 17:09, s wrote:
hi there! i had a look inside my front loading washing machine to
inspect an intermittant tripping mcb problem and carefully removed the
motor to vacuum it from carbon dust.to make this easier i laid down
the machine on its side.

turns out it was clean but when i replaced it & refitted belt, drum is
now making a bad loud friction metalic sound at every revolution at a
certain position, even when spinned by hand. machine operates ok
except this sound.

what could i have done wrong? thanks

s

On mine, the location bushes came adrift when it was on it's side and
then they didn't line up when I put it back.

i posted a 3second (256k) video with sound of the mentioned sound.i am
spinning the drum by hand here with the belt off.you can hear the
sound it made.have no idea what to try now.

http://www.geocities.com/ymailus/washer.ASF

the sound is coming from the front (different 3 second 339k video
below)
http://www.geocities.com/ymailus/washer_front.mpg

the sound seems to be from frction between the front of the drum and
the big rubber lip around the door.the drum is not contacting the lip
evenly as seen in the video.


also here is a photo of the top springs: http://www.geocities.com/ymailus/top.JPG


thx

should i lubricate this rubber seal around the door which contacts the
drum maybe?

On Dec 25, 8:08*pm, s wrote:
should i lubricate this rubber seal around the door which contacts the
drum maybe?

Sounds very much like something's not lined up or positioned properly.