Bosch Classixx 7 dryer

[chuffy]

Bosch Classixx 7 WTE84106gb/48 Condenser dryer.
Need to replace the belt on one of these and I don’t think it’s gonna be easy.
Any tips or should I avoid ?

[Hollytree_Technical]

From memory it goes something like this:

• Remove Top.
• Remove Right Hand Side.
• Loosen Control Panel and leave hanging.
• Remove Left Hand Side.
• Remove Heater Cover.
• Remove heater Duct
• Disconnet heater and power at the top right corner.
• Disconnect tank hoses at the bottom.
• Unscrew the back panel from the chassis
• Pull back panel complete with drum and water tank holder backwards out of the machine.
• Remove fan cover and front fan.
• Now you can fit the new belt to the motor shaft and then reassemble in reverse order (sliding the belt over the drum as you do so but don’t tension it till you are at the stage of putting the side panels back on).

I may have forgotten a couple of small steps and you can do it without completly removing the drum. All in all it is usually not to bad of a job, it just has a fair number of screws and bits to remove.
Also if you haven’t seen the machine yet then I would also advise taking a new tension roller with you as it seems to me that they also need to be replaced about 75{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time.

Jem

[chuffy]

Cheers Jem.
Still sounds a bit tricky to do especially in a confined utility room.
You know what’s it like when you give a customer a price and the job then it takes twice as long as expected.
I don’t want it to be one of those jobs that I’ll say “never again”!

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