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had a quick look at this one yesterday. top weight loose and has damaged mountings. one screw left intact two gone and rubbed off fixing points. any suggestions that dont involve replacing drum please.will industrial strength cable ties do the job or will they eventually loosen with vibrations.fixing points for ties available
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Err, model number might help. 😉
However if the damage is as you say the you have virtually no chance of doing a temporary fix. 😥
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Another deaf customer! It must have sounded like tractor for months before they finally called you in to sort it.
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This is the sort of job I relish. So much more interesting than changing interlocks. Cable ties? I don’t know. Maybe if you can pad them out so that any shocks they receive are damped and any abrasion from the concrete is prevented. You could also try filling the female bits of the ties (hmm. they’re a bit like earthworms) with a suitable glue to discourage them from coming loose. Put your mind to work. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
Mike.
PS. It’s going to be tough though, because those bolts normally hold the weight down with a very strong force (hundreds of pounds?) and I can’t quite see how you can get quite that sort of force from a nylon tie in the vertical direction required.Re: hotpoint w/dryer loose top weight
clockworkone wrote:any suggestions that dont involve replacing drum please.
Yeah! Lash it down with polypropylene parcel strapping all around the tub several times, round and round and round. All trussed up like a Bernard Matthews frozen turkey….that’ll do it….it’ll never shift no more!!! 😈 💡
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Martin wrote: All trussed up like a Bernard Matthews frozen turkey….that’ll do it….it’ll never shift no more!!! 😈 💡
A little insensitive? Bernard Matthews RIP.
Don
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Yeah! Lash it down with polypropylene parcel strapping all around the tub several times, round and round and round. All trussed up like a Bernard Matthews frozen turkey….that’ll do it….it’ll never shift no more!!! 😈 💡
BOOTIFUL!!!
Well, someone had to 😉R.I.P.
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I think Martin is having a laugh. I can’t believe he’s ever tried that himself. I daresay it could work though, providing you use a semi-soft spacer below the weight to take up any wear space and you manage to get the tape tight, which I’d imagine would be very difficult. Maybe a couple of ratchet ties as used for roof racks might also be tried.
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robbra wrote:BOOTIFUL!!!
Or!………….. If you don’t wish any harm to turkeys then why not lash ’em down with DUCK tape.:idea: 😈
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thank you all for your contributions(serious and not so serious) but as mike says its a little more interesting than the run of the mill stuff and keeps the brain occupied for a while anyhow. customer totally understands that there is no way i can guarantee that it will last and is willing to pay for me to try this.otherwise its a complete new outer drum for machine.i know which option i would try if it was my machine.i suppose there is always super glue(people that know me will understand this one)paul
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job done ,customer amused at the set up but works a treat.popped the top off this eve to have a look and everything good.needless to say was not able to give guarantee.the technical bit involved heavy duty ties,6 foam pad pan scourers to pad out between concrete and drum and contact adhesive to stick pads to concrete. enjoyed this one.paul
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