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Good Afternoon,
I wish to replace the the door seal on my LG washing machine, Model WM-16331FDK.
I have looked at dozens of websites and they all say the same thing; currently unavailable/out of stock/discontinued/no longer made/ …….. and I have to accept defeat in finding one.
Being practical and determined my mind turns to other seals that may be broadly compatible. For example the factory fitted seal is not perfectly matched as there are two circulation tubes at the top with one blanked off.
[Sorry for the quality but this site appears to have an extraordinary small file size upload limit.]
A seal with just one pipe is all that is needed.
There is NO drain tube at the bottom but three small channels into the tub.
[I would insert a picture here but it would be pointless under the upload size limit to retain sufficient clarity.]The door seal part number is 4986ER1003B.
To order a seal that will fit I need to understand the structure of LG door seals part numbers.
As it happens I was sent a new seal in error but on inspection the only difference in part number was the ‘R’ was an ‘N’ but physically no tube(s) at the top, drain tube at bottom and overall a larger diameter for a greater tub and door diameter, quite a difference!
Is there any rhyme or reason in the structure of these part numbers and anyone who understands and can help me?
Thanks for reading and any reply appreciated.
Andy
There is no logic that I am aware of with any manufacturers part number structures. My own thought would be, there will be a number range for each model possibly.
As for your part number I just Googled it and found a couple of Ebay stockists among a couple of other entries as having stock but you may need to be quick.
Don
Good Evening Don,
Thank you for taking the time to reply, appreciated.
I am surprised you found some available I have spent hours looking. When I search ebay with ‘LG 4986ER1003B’ it returns ‘0 results …’ but under ‘results matching..’ lots of near seals such as 4986ER1003A top of the list but this has a drain pipe at the bottom and no circulation pipe at the top. Is it allowed for you to post direct link to one you have found?
On part numbers I am used to dealing with car VW part numbers which are highly structured but many LG seal part numbers start 4986 so beginning to wonder if 4986 means seal. As the one I recieved in error was larger I was wondering if the letter after the E is related to drum size (mine is 8kg). I really want to know how to tell the drum size from the part number then I will have a choice, I am not too fussed about a circulation pipe at the top, I am confident I have enough plumbing experience to add one. It is the overall diameter of seal front and back that I see as critical and in an ideal world buried in the part number.
Cheers.
Andy
your does seem to be not available but there are other close part no the may well have a chance but we have no way of knowing
your part no is as you say 4986ER1003B but there is a gasket part no ends 1003A . that is still available but is listed by my supplier as door seal without tube. which means the pipe in the door gasket could not be fitted. It may be possible, if its the same size to blank off the pipe and remove power to the pump that feeds it provided the rest of the rubber fits. But again its a try it and see job and if it does not your left with a rubber you cant use
Dave
The Ebay one I found earlier which said ” last one” is no longer listed 🙁 as Dave says the A fit may be your only chace by the looks of it.
Don
electrofix wrote:your does seem to be not available but there are other close part no the may well have a chance but we have no way of knowing
your part no is as you say 4986ER1003B but there is a gasket part no ends 1003A . that is still available but is listed by my supplier as door seal without tube. which means the pipe in the door gasket could not be fitted. It may be possible, if its the same size to blank off the pipe and remove power to the pump that feeds it provided the rest of the rubber fits. But again its a try it and see job and if it does not your left with a rubber you cant use
Dave
Good Afternoon Dave,
Thank you for replying.
Yes, my mind turned to the 1003A, blanking off the redundant drain hole is no problem and I thing I would be up to adding a circulation pipe at the top. The big question is the overall diameters front and back. How do I find this?
I came across a list of models that also use my obsolete 4986ER1003B door seal, 33 machines in total. That’s a lot of disappointed LG customers when they find their machines are scrap, a bit naughty of LG.
I think the list came from LG which made me think there might be a LG portal just for professionals with more technical resource, what I need. Is this true?
I have been searching LG seals and found one that looks identical, it has a not needed drain hole at the bottom but seems to come conveniently blanked off. Other parts of the moulding are the same, just this overall size question again. Do LG machines tend to follow a staple diet of standard sizes for tub and door apertures or are they all different?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303938643235?hash=item46c427a523:g:at0AAOSwZ1VgYdbk
Any answers to my questions appreciated, thanks.
Andy
short answer dont know. have got rubbers for machines that fit ok but the lip on the inside is different so it catches the drum. what it boils down to is its a lottery. Unless you have the design spec you will never know and also if there was one that would fit it would be listed somewhere
Dave
electrofix wrote:short answer dont know. have got rubbers for machines that fit ok but the lip on the inside is different so it catches the drum. what it boils down to is its a lottery. Unless you have the design spec you will never know and also if there was one that would fit it would be listed somewhere
Dave
Good Afternoon Dave,
Thanks anyway, I will keep pursuing this as best I can. I will bear in mind ‘catching the drum’.
Andy
be nice if you find an answer as a lot of machines will get scrapped for the want of a simple part
Dave
Good Evening,
Four months on and I am now sorted, dream scenario. Back in May I left an email alert on ebay for the seal ‘LG 4986ER4986’ and lo and behold last weekend a notification popped up in my inbox. New seal, the seller bought it some years ago for their machine, a very close model number to mine, but never got round to fitting it, by implication they have moved on. Opening bid was £10 + (2.70pp) and all week nobody bid against me! Arrived today and indeed brand new and still in its original packet.
Happy bunny.
Bye for now, Andy
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