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I have had three of these tumblers in the last couple of weeks with shredded belts and I have noticed that when a new belt is fitted it runs right over one of the raised screws that holds the paddle lifter inside the drum, this can only shorten the life of the belt, possibly a design fault, so stock up on the 1965 7 tooth belts.
I did search and could not find a similar post before posting this, some images.
Re: Hotpoint Tumblers with the BPM motor, belt problem
In the 2nd photo it looks as though the drum has dropped back an inch or so compared to the existing belt marking. Is it located on the front support correctly?
Re: Hotpoint Tumblers with the BPM motor, belt problem
had one like that drum seems to have moved out of front housing and will not go in far enough sent back to hotpoint couldnt work out why
Re: Hotpoint Tumblers with the BPM motor, belt problem
These tumblers are subject to the recall and this lady is expecting a service call in June to carry out the modification.
The drum is in situ and does not appear to have dropped or moved, the bearing spiggot is not worn and the teardrop bearing, castellated nut and pin all seem correct too, the front lip of the tub runs on two pulleys and they also look to be correct, the mark that looks like a previous belt mark is actually a contour in the tub and you can see where the metal goes from rippled to flat from this point forward which I suspect has something to do with fitting the paddle lifter inside the tub, basically the toothed pulley just lines up with this screw, that would have been better if it was countersunk.
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