dear all, our washer-dryer has been noisy on the spin cycle for sometime. now the drum has great difficulty in turning even without the drive belt. there seems too be to much lateral movement in the drum and the sound of crushed ball bearings in the inner race. the bearing veiwed from the rear of the machine looks fine apart from ozzing brown sludge. is it possible that there is an inner bearing, and if so is it possible to change this without the help of harry potter?

dave kirk, October 2004

right dave here goes UNPLUG it then remove the lid remove the dispencer drawer rtemove the four screws behind it remove the knobs and move the facia out of the way remove the kick strip if fitted then remove the three screws at the bottom of the front cover remove the door gasket from the front and then remove the screws at the top of the front cover remove the front and place to the right or you can remove the door lock and move the front alltogether next unclip all the clips round the outer tub and move to the side remove the drive belt and the large nut holding the pulley remove the pulley and then remove the drum from the front remove the water seal and knock the bearings out using a flat bladed screw driver or saome such tool clean the housing and fit new bearings fit water seal with silicon then remove the old spider from the drum fit the new spider and reassemble to the drum fit new front seal and reassemble the rest hope that helps

rs, October 2004

thanks rs. the machine is out of warranty, so i would do the repair myself. as there seems to be no access to the front of the bearing because of the inner drum, i'm a little lost in how to remove / replace the bearing. do i remove the large spider nut and just pull or do i have to dismantle the whole outer catchment drum. there seems to be a inner and outer bearing due to the distance from the spider to the inner drum. is it possible to get a expolded diagram of the set up before i start the repair? any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks dave kirk

dave kirk, October 2004

if your hotpoint is less than 5 years old it will still be covered by the parts warranty the cost to you would be labour at a fixed price of £85 if you decide to do it yourself you will need a drum spider and bearings and a front seal the job is not too difficult but there may be damage to the outer tub as well.

rs, October 2004