Dyson CR01

[charliebare]

I have been offered a Dyson CR01 that has had the Contrarotate function disabled. Is it possible to re-enable it?

[Martin]

Re: Dyson CR01

Didn’t I read somewhere that because of the many failings of these appliances one of the earliest mods was to disable this function? If I where you I would turn down the offer and run mile in the opposite direction.:wink:

[j2k]

Re: Dyson CR01

Once disabled it is not easy to re-enable, if you can move the 2 drums against each other (grab hold of the paddles and try to move, there is a small amount of play in the gearbox which will let the drums move about 1″)then acquire a control panel with enabled software, if you cannot then leave as it is. As a atandard machine the performance is still very good, yes accepted they do have certain issues and faults but there are enough people/ enthusiasts who can help. The software was changed from approximately mid 2006 to prolong the life of the tub unit once dyson had exhausted the spares stocks as the company manufacturing the tub unit had apparently ceased to exist, the issues ate that many components within the tub unit were computer stress analysed which is a posh way of saying that a minimum amount of metal was used, this causes the drum support of the inner rear drum to flex slightly and limescale and soap residue build up between the support and the drum rear panel causing more flex and forcing the rear drum against the slip ring and jamming the drums together which stresses the gearbox and motors, not a problem with plenty of hot washes and maintenance washes, however as has been mentioned many times before on this forum, users have an obsession with liquid detergents, low temperature washes and not reading the instruction manual is the root of the problems with the drums on these machines. they were intended as a high end machine and were intended to last 20 years so on the whole are built quite well it is just unfortunate that dyson didn’t have the historical product data that other manufacturers have to design out the issues which appeared once the machines were used in the real world. I would take it, look after it and it should give you better service than anything new under £300 does.

[steverandell]

Re: Dyson CR01

yes you can put the machine back to controrotate..you need to change the front panel pcb to a software that is not ending in S non-contrarotate software is usually v121 v127 v131 v205 if it had contrarotate function removed the it will be either v131s or v205s if you can find a pcb that is without an S then you can do it…BUT if its been changed then its for a reason..more than likely the drum had moved or the bearing are on their way out..the software was changed to give the machine a bit more life but the enevitable is only round the corner unless you can source a new drum

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