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Re: How long should bearings last?
lone wrote:@ Trilobite
AEG is a good Quality machine for the money, The bearings are not usually of substandard materials, The seal is the first part to fail, then lets in the water.
Just out of curiosity how many boil washes do you do!!!
Most engineers on this forum will tell you they have had to change a broken spider (drum support) because it has rotted through, because of the powder not disolving (over use of the 30/40 Quick wash buttons), then blaming the machine. all this build up perishes the edge of the seal letting in water, (as well as the usual overload).The AEG had a couple of washes at 40 degrees, and one at 60 degrees every week. Every couple of months it had a maintenance cycle at 90 degrees. I used Ariel powder/tablets. Machine was replaced by a Zanussi IZ16 in 2001, which has turned out to by somewhat more reliable than the AEG.
Incidentally, modern AEG’s are Zanussi’s by another name…
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