not an easy job if your a novice.. and there not a manuel that will show you, as hotpoint assume if you are going to do a job like that you will have a good idea what to do...
if you are going to attempt this you can buy the whole tub assy, far easier that a complete strip down , as most of the time the bearing wont come out...
but seriosly if your not diy minded i would call an engineer, hotpoint do have a 5 year parts warranty,so if you call them you will only need to pay for labour,
@ under £100.., you would be this on parts anyway
hope this helps ...
greg
greg, June 2007