candy alise 105 changing bearings

[Martin]

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Mr Evren Yurtsen lives in Finland and his last post was way back in September. Because of all the ice & snow in Finland they usually hibernate til the springtime? 😉

[yurtesen]

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Martin yes, it is usally dark here in winter so we sleep most of the time 🙂

Zaff, it was really difficult to open it up. It was glued with hard white silicon or what do you call it gasket glue?

We tried to remove it first with heat blower, I dont know if it helped at all, but it made a nice burning smell 🙂 and the silicon/glue was somehow boiling inside I think. After much effort, I gave the screwdriver to my friend who breaks everything she touches as I felt that I was too gently to open it up. Indeed she pried it open 🙂

Once it is open things are much easier if your bearings are not stuck. We also tried several methods but the most successfulone was to use a 3500 rpm ?grinder? with a cutting head and cut the bearings.

We used sealed bearings from SKF their seals have good water resistance. I dont know if it helps or not but seemed like a good idea.

Thanks,
Evren

By the way, it still works.

[Dave_Conway]

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yurtesen wrote:By the way, it still works.

Excellent :tup:

Dave 😀

[Penguin45]

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There is a God………..
Penguin45.

[yurtesen]

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I just wanted to come back and thank for all the help 🙂 this machine has been retired after working almost 3 more years since the repair and about an average of 400 cycles a year I guess(eh didnt count really), but again the bearings failed, weird stuff is that it cant be water damage, the outer bearing was slightly damaged and it was dry around there.

Anyway, it really doesnt matter, as this machine has been replaced by an LG WD-14376FD steam washer. We will see how long that will last 🙂

Again, thanks for all the help and putting up a great forum, keep up the good work.

Thanks,
Evren

[Martin]

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yurtesen wrote:Anyway, it really doesnt matter, as this machine has been replaced by an LG WD-14376FD steam washer. We will see how long that will last 🙂

Thank you so much Evren for your nice comments and I am thrilled that you have chose the LG Steam Washer. A machine so technologically advanced and built I’m sure our association with you will continue for many years to come. We have a team of LG experts on this site so help will be close to hand should you, in the very unlikely circumstances, have any problems with your machine? 😉

All the best !:tup:

[yurtesen]

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Martin wrote:

yurtesen wrote:
Anyway, it really doesnt matter, as this machine has been replaced by an LG WD-14376FD steam washer. We will see how long that will last 🙂

Thank you so much Evren for your nice comments and I am thrilled that you have chose the LG Steam Washer. A machine so technologically advanced and built I’m sure our association with you will continue for many years to come. We have a team of LG experts on this site so help will be close to hand should you, in the very unlikely circumstances, have any problems with your machine? 😉

All the best !:tup:

Thanks Martin, long time no see 🙂 I will let you guys know when it gets broken… I was thinking of putting a short review as well. It is definitely not a perfect machine… there are few things which can be improved. I will try to write up a nice review later after I use the machine a little bit…

However, I do not exactly understand why a digital machine would be more likely to fail? I do not have a lot of experience with washing machines but if we were to be talking about computers, the less moving parts is always better. Nowadays, digital parts of systems are rated for over 30-50 years (even sometimes 300years) of lifetime. The electronics of today is much more reliable than electronics of 10-15 years ago.

Anyway, have to run now, but I will be back 😉

Thanks,
Evren

[iadom]

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yurtesen wrote: Nowadays, digital parts of systems are rated for over 30-50 years (even sometimes 300years) of lifetime. The electronics of today is much more reliable than electronics of 10-15 years ago.

You obviously haven’t experienced the offerings from the Indesit Company in the last five years Evren. :rolls:

Sad to hear the old machine finally gave up the struggle, I was one of many who were uplifted by your efforts to keep it going. 8)

Jim.

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