Thankyou CK, just checked counterweight, that is tight and cant see anything broke. Is it a big job to change bearing?

Michael Smith, January 2011

spin the drum by hand and does it rumble?
put you fingers under the bottom edge of the stainless inner drum between the rubber door gasket at 6 o clock and try lifting the stainless drum upwards to 12 o clock.any movement up and down indicates bearing failure.total strip down and in some case whole new drum required as bearings can't be replaced.

ck, January 2011