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Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
Alanj wrote:Hi Guys, I have one of these to do. I tried for ages to get the old seal to go back on but every time I got to the last 3 or 4 inches of getting seal on , it came off further round. There is not much of a lip on the seal anyway.Did you start at the top or bottom of the door opening? 😕
Alan
just confirm you are fitting this onto the cabinet Not the drum front. (assuming it is a 1607.)Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
Did two of these today both at same site ,I discovered a piece of tape stuck inside the front of the cabinet that must have held the seal in place when fitting in the factory .piece of gaffer tape did the trick both fitted within 10 mins ,can’t see how they came off though …
Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
I think that it’s laundry dragged out and allowed to fall, pulls the seal as it’s pulled out. Big sheets etc. is what I reckon causes it.
Gonna talk to Sweden about it anyways.
K.
Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
The one I replaced had a lot of softener overspill from the dispenser drawer all over it. Customer not too careful obviously. Wondered if that had caused seal to loosen off.
Alan
Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
Just done one of these and it was dead easy, no dismantling whatsoever. This is the information I would have liked before going out on this job:-
1/.The black part of the seal is in towards the tub.
2/.The edge that looks like a lip-seal fits around the inside of the front panel opening. It just flops on but is surprisingly solid when completed. No stretching, nothing. Just flops on.
3/. You could orientate the seal with the join at the top, but this is only cosmetic.
4/. That’s it. Takes all of a minute to do. 😀Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
Dick wrote:Just done one of these and it was dead easy, no dismantling whatsoever. This is the information I would have liked before going out on this job:-
1/.The black part of the seal is in towards the tub.
2/.The edge that looks like a lip-seal fits around the inside of the front panel opening. It just flops on but is surprisingly solid when completed. No stretching, nothing. Just flops on.
3/. You could orientate the seal with the join at the top, but this is only cosmetic.
4/. That’s it. Takes all of a minute to do. 😀
pretty certain the black part is not in towards the tub….I had one yesterday and it was obvious why it had come off, the rear spring on the tub had broken causing the tub to flop forward and push it off from the top.
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I guess we are going to need a definitive answer on this. Has anybody got a new one to look at? When I spoke to the customer he was pretty sure that I had fitted it correctly and I couldn’t see another way that it would fit. It also seemed to fit perfectly without feeling loose or incorrect. It would be strange if it fitted both ways round surely!
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Thanks Ken, that’s a great help. Can you give us the guidance on which way round it fits, though I can’t believe it’s other than black edge in towards the tub, and what sort of tape is used. There was no tape visible on the machine I attended this am, but then I didn’t know that the front had to come off as it was easy to fit without removing this.
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Me, I’d use some gorilla glue and be done. I sure wouldn’t be stripping off the cabinet front to do it turning a two minute job into a two hour one.
Of course, that’s not the official policy you understand. 😉
They started using the tape to fix the seal a few months ago from what I know and there’s been no instances of this on the newer production.
K.
Re: 1607w rubber lip thing around door
Dick wrote:Thanks Ken, that’s a great help. Can you give us the guidance on which way round it fits, though I can’t believe it’s other than black edge in towards the tub, and what sort of tape is used. There was no tape visible on the machine I attended this am, but then I didn’t know that the front had to come off as it was easy to fit without removing this.
just looked at one in the showroom and its definatly the black part on the front panel, the grey “feathered” lip touches against the tub front.
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Just had a call about one of these coming adrift. Do they need replacing or can they be refitted?
Tony
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