Changing drum bearings - a basic synopsis.
Power off, remove covers. Disconnect drive belt, remove drive pulley. Remove heater, thermostat and pressure switch. Check if drum splits at front, rear or the middle. If at front or middle, drum will prob. need removal from machine. This involves dismantling the suspension and damping system and removal of door seal and concrete weights. Undo the drum fixing system either a clamping ring or a series of peripheral bolts and split the drum.
If the drum splits at the rear, removal from machine prob. not required. Remove the clamping system and pull off the rear plate. Seal and bearings will come away with the plate.
Seal needs to be dug out with a suitable lever and the old bearings hammered out with a punch from opposing sides of the backplate. Refitting is as they say a reversal of the above process.
Thats it in its briefest form and is a bit like saying "playing the flute is easy, you just blow in one end and move your fingers up and down the holes"
You do need to have significant spanner skills such as the type of punter who likes to work on his car. I`d advise a bit of reading up on it first.
Check out this site for spares : www.4directelectricals.co.uk
Check out this site for info: www.2ndwave.co.uk/manual.html
dan, February 2008
