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This is a bugger of a machine, fault is banging and shaking aroung, i think its trying to make an ecsape by running out of its hole, have it in workshop and seems to be on heavy load normally unbalanced as it sometimes goes into spin ok and spins fine, changed legs and checked for cracks at top of legs were they meet drum no cracks on bottom of machine changed top springs as well, so havent changed the full suspension just legs and springs as rest seems ok, once its settled into spin its ok, no play in drum and no heater banging spider seems ok not removed but used and aware of usual spider cracks, brushes ok and belt tight, an ideas? i know some customers put up with the usual hotpoint banging about with heavy loads but its the walking off thats worrying the customer.
just before giving up any ideas
Simonb
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Somebody previous hasn’t put the wrong motor in?
Digital motor / Analogue controls?
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Pressure bottle blocked; filter blocked; suspension knuckle joints worn or loose; tacho wire at motor plug broken and just contacting……or timer. 😉
Steve.
Re: Hotpoint WM51
original motor for wm51 and timer, not checked pressure vessel 😳 suspension is perfect allround will have a good look at tacho wiring as well it did occur to me as tach fault as out of balance is haywire but just picking at straws when clueless.
hey thanks steve im gona have another shot at it tommorrow, in fact if it turns out to be pressure problem it wont be the first time iv removed a washer to workshop for repair just to blow down the pipe 😳
simonb
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Check that the Tacho wires are not chaffing on the motor body, if they are yellow wires its a good bet i always used to cable tie them to the brush wire alongside, they used to cause overheating and spin problems JJ
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Its worth having a closer look at the spider I had one once where the crack in the metal could not be seen but once removed you could feel the movement in one leg.
wilf
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Checked pressure pipe etc and ok, changed motor and bingo works fine now so looks like it was a tacho problem.
now spinning away beautifully!
great advice cheers Simon
Re: Hotpoint WM51
Was it an FHP motor, the tacho magnets occasionally came loose on the shaft on those. Usually managed to refit and loctite back on.
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint WM51
No have seen that before jim with fhp motors was orange sticker GEC motor, im taking the amature out of the old motor now removed to fit into another GEC motor with a worn amature this will confirm its not a fault amature for future reference although its now ramping more gradule before and correcting out of balance so guess it was tacho problem as stated probably wiring.
iv started to buy in and recondition wm/creda machines as did at first try any make and model but found these to be by trial and error more successful callbacks seem far and few between as well so in end decided to just stick to hotpoint wm range as parts very interchangble is a big help, i thought id have more success with wma but for 1 reasons or another dident work out, pitty really as quiet good looking machines to sell.
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