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March 5, 2009 at 11:16 am #43981
dpr1974
ParticipantNeed some help with this one. the bearings are shot (only 18 months old) and according to suppliers the wt741/1 doesn’t come as a whole tub unit (bearings, drum half’s, spider etc) only as separate parts however the wt741/2 which is a sealed unit obviously does come as a whole unit, so will the sealed unit (wt741/2) fit in it’s predecessor (wt741/1)? Thanks in advance.
David
March 5, 2009 at 1:05 pm #279291hotpnt
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Hi, no you cannot swap the drums for a sealed unit, unless you start changing hoses, pumps, wiring & other bits too
March 5, 2009 at 3:49 pm #279292dpr1974
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Thanks for the info.
March 7, 2009 at 5:12 pm #279293dpr1974
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According to hotpoint with the info from the model and serial number this machine has a split drum but when i went to see it, it seems to be a sealed drum!


I’ve not yet work on a machine that has a sealed drum so i’m not 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} but the lack of brackets on this tub would lean me towards saying a sealed unit. can someone tell me for sure?, many thanks
David
March 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm #279294iadom
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Deffo a sealed drum, its the lack of screws not brackets that gives it away. 😉
Check the commercial code. 42411 is screwed drum…46351 is welded drum.
The Indesit Company will do the whole repair for £99.85.
Jim.
March 7, 2009 at 6:52 pm #279295jonnieboy
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hey guys
just a quick heads up the welded tub assy has the same inner drum and spider as the split tub so if you get any welded drums that are leaking or holed you can always cut them open and keep the drum and spider for split tub jobs might save some pennies in these tought times
aye indeed im a scotsman lol!!! 😀March 7, 2009 at 7:02 pm #279296smartin
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lol there was a very interesting thread in public forums about a zanussi sealed drum good reading if you fancy a laugh 😉
March 7, 2009 at 7:51 pm #279297dpr1974
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Thanks everyone :tup:
March 8, 2009 at 1:29 am #279298hotpnt
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jonnieboy wrote:hey guys
just a quick heads up the welded tub assy has the same inner drum and spider as the split tub so if you get any welded drums that are leaking or holed you can always cut them open and keep the drum and spider for split tub jobs might save some pennies in these tought times
aye indeed im a scotsman lol!!! 😀so how does that work,
sorry mrs x, you rmachine is not worth fitting a new drum, but i will take the old drum for spares???
March 8, 2009 at 9:44 am #279299helo_75
Participanti think what he does mean is that if you do actually get to change a welded tub, its worth splitting and keeping the inner drum before you throw it away?
March 8, 2009 at 10:00 am #279300electrofix
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what shaft size is the sealed drum 35 or 30 ?
March 8, 2009 at 2:05 pm #279301jonnieboy
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its the 30mm i believe i would need to check on monday
and yes its exactly what i meant any franchise lads out there who didnt know this could easily gather a free stock of inner drums might get there completed jobs up a bit which means more wages for them 😛March 9, 2009 at 8:13 pm #279302johnnyj
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Been doing it for ages johnnieboy a good supply of inner drums
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