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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 19 February 2019, 00:23:47
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We've got an old Indesit washing machine with has been very reliable but with very noisy drum bearings which I've left as a pending job but now can't be put it off any longer ans it shed the belt through slackness at the weekend. Reading up on changing them the advice is to do them sooner rather than later as the earlier they are done, the easier the bearings are to remove. :-[ :-[ :-[ Has anybody done this job and how difficult is the removal of the inner & outer bearings and seal?
The alternative is to get a new washing machine, but knowing several people that have only got a couple of years out of them before they were uneconomical to repair there is a reluctance to go this route, where drums are a complete £150-200 replacement assembly where the outer plastic is now glued together rather the two halves bolted together, with a gasket, like on mine. :(
Everything else on the machine works fine.
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Gotta love a white goods thread! :y ;D
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Replace the machine
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Repair the bearings: pretty cheap parts from memory. About 3 hours work as it usually means pretty much strip down and rebuild the machine. Bearings can be drifted in and out with threaded bar/sockets and hammer
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Surely this thread belongs on the "Price of cars and newness"thread :D :D ;D
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That thread has run its bearings!
Rods2 how about an alternative suggestion. Buy secondhand. We have just sold the MIL washing machine for £40. Little used. Buyer got a bargain . Life is too short to be repairing your washing machine plus what else is about pack up on your existing worn out machine?
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I bought a Samsung (about £500) two years ago. It gets hammered, but is still running fine. If you register any Samsung appliance with them, they increase the warranty to five years.
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It's the 9Kg ecobubble, btw.
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I bought a Samsung (about £500) two years ago. It gets hammered, but is still running fine. If you register any Samsung appliance with them, they increase the warranty to five years.
read the small print
does that include labour for repairs :-\
hotpoint indesit group do a free 5 year warranty , BUT charge you about 100 quid to come out , even if it's just the fuse in the plug top
I've replaced bearings in indesit machines, 2 bearings and a seal in a kit off ebay about 15 quid, easy enough job , do it
take it apart, if you stuff the job up, or the shaft is damaged etc, just buy a new machine :y
in the spirit of going off topic ;D
the bigger indesit bearing does the prop shaft center bearing on carltons ,so possibly omega too ;D
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I put the slipped belt back on the washing machine as a quick repair, while I decided what to do and the machine has made the decision very easy as the spin cycle on the mechnical program unit packed up today & no longer works, so I will get a new Samsung machine next week. :y
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They dont make them like they used to -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PLnInsh7E
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Loads here! :y
Washing Machines (https://www.gumtree.com/search?featured_filter=false&urgent_filter=false&sort=date&search_scope=false&photos_filter=false&search_category=all&q=washing+machine&search_location=Sandhurst&tl=)
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See reply no5. You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that. :y
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See reply no5. You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that. :y
I saw Snr, hence... :)
I have a fridge freezer that I got for free from Facebook Marketplace that has a couple of small dents but works perfectly. :y
There are some bargains to be had, it's better for the environment, and it helps the balance of payments as well! :)
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See reply no5. You would have paid a clairvoyent good money for that. :y
I saw Snr, hence... :)
I have a fridge freezer that I got for free from Facebook Marketplace that has a couple of small dents but works perfectly. :y
There are some bargains to be had, it's better for the environment, and it helps the balance of payments as well! :)
Got a nice fridge free from freecycle a couple of years back. It's now been butchered into a fermenting cabinet for my home brew, but lets me brew in all weathers as it's now fully climate controlled (heating + cooling). :y
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Does Freecycle still exist? :-\
I furnished a flat from there a few years ago. :y
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After I bought my house, funds were very tight so I bought 2nd hand white goods, fridge was a great buy that did me well, washing machine was not when I did a white wash and it stuck on the part with the element on, boiled off the water and carbonated the clothes. >:( >:( >:( Said I would never buy 2nd hand again, until a good friend of my wife had a new fitted kitchen with inbuilt washing machine, so needed to get rid of a nearly new one. Bought the Indeset for £30 to replace my troublesome all singing & dancing electronic top of the range Hoover one and TBH it has done us proud. :y :y :y
Had a good last 12 months income wise, so no problem with getting a new £450 Samsung washing machine with the added dropped clothes sock flap, so one less excuse for SWMBO on missed dropped socks/hankies/underwear. :y :y :y
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Modern Indeshit generally aren't repairable (or need replacement drum for the bearings), so if old one is still serviceable, fix it.
Modern eco wank machines are too slow and too ineffective anyway
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Considering doing the laundry[among other things]is seen as a pink job TB seems to know an awful lot about the subject ??? ??? Is there something he's not telling us ::) ;D ;D
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Considering doing the laundry[among other things]is seen as a pink job TB seems to know an awful lot about the subject ??? ??? Is there something he's not telling us ::) ;D ;D
Blue job to fix 'em after she breaks 'em.
But I cant fix our current machine (or the previous one) without her help, as the buttons and instructions are full of meaningless words. And apparently the longest, hottest wash is often incorrect she tells me.
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
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On most washing machines, non-fast colours, colours & whites covers all the bases & an extra spin if you want them to dry a bit quicker. You can make the mistake of trying woolens for a slow gentle wash once and when it still hasn't quite finished a week later you don't make that mistake again. ::) ::) ::) But I will defer to the pink job OOF expert TB where he knows better. :P :P :P
Unfortunately, I consider everything repairable apart from the program unit which is making funny extra clicking noises during the spin cycle, with no motor connection. It is not the brushes as the wash speed is fine. Having said that, years a go a friend ran a business fixing program units, so I used a cheap exchange one to fix my parents Hoover automatic. Took about 10 minutes to swap them over. But Indesit don't even list the part as a new or exchange unit, not that it would be a sensible economic route to go. :(
I agree on the lack of bearing replacement where modern drums are glued, rather than bolted, together, so you have to replace it as a £150-200 unit, which realistic probably makes it uneconomic, but there come a point when you have to replace an old machine. :-[ :-[ :-[
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And apparently the longest, hottest wash is often incorrect she tells me.
Nah it's fine.
You just get to recycle your clothes as clothes for your offsprings/nephews Action Men afterward. ;D
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
Can you explain? Me no understandie…
Seems very hard. Too much for the stupid kid from the local comp.
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
Can you explain? Me no understandie…
Seems very hard. Too much for the stupid kid from the local comp.
Ask Mrs TB ;)
You can report back once the swelling has subsided if it helps...
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
Can you explain? Me no understandie…
Seems very hard. Too much for the stupid kid from the local comp.
I'm a bit like that with car repairs. Give me pushing a button any day. :)
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
Can you explain? Me no understandie…
Seems very hard. Too much for the stupid kid from the local comp.
Ask Mrs TB ;)
You can report back once the swelling has subsided if it helps...
Her sarcastic reply was that I'm simply too stupid to understand the one with the round window.
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Her sarcastic reply was that I'm simply too stupid to understand the one with the round window.
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Our (my) washing machine has 18 programs. I use 2, one for washing 'normal' things and one for washing her suits and trousers and jumpers. Not complicated at all.
Can you explain? Me no understandie…
Seems very hard. Too much for the stupid kid from the local comp.
Ask Mrs TB ;)
You can report back once the swelling has subsided if it helps...
Her sarcastic reply was that I'm simply too stupid to understand the one with the round window.
Your difficulties with round windows are understandable, where allegedly, Jackanory round window children's stories made Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy easy to follow in comparison. ::) ::) ::) :P :P :P