Indesit W103 UK Washing Machine bearing removal

[maustrap]

Re: Indesit W103 UK Washing Machine bearing removal

okay Dave I’ll trust you on this one 😆

Well thats my saturday planned out then… 😯

[maustrap]

Re: Indesit W103 UK Washing Machine bearing removal

Well the bearings went in without undue violence and apart from a few slices taken out of my hands from the nice sharp metal edges of the inside casing everything went back together without any major problems (I thought).

Did a hot wash with no clothes in last night and it purred like a kitten even on the high speed spin.

Then I did a small load on the short ‘daily wash’ setting and found that it wasn’t getting up to a high spin speed and not spinning at all on the ‘drain’ part of the programme. So I switched it off and left it because it was late.

Had a look this morning and it appears that I hadn’t tightened the metal band that grips the front and back of the tub together enough.
Looks like it must have ‘caught’ somewhere making me think it was all nice and tight, anyway it must have work loosed during the wash programme as there was water underneath the washer and also in the motor connector block.

I’ve tightened the band again and it looks snug all around.

I’ve currently got a fan blasting into the open back to hopefully dry out the now open connector block and any water that may have got into the motor. The motor was working last night so its not dead, maybe poorly though 🙁

Would water in the connector block stop the high speed spin kicking in or have I knacked the motor ?

Also how long should I leave things to dry out ?
Would spraying some wd40 onto the connector block and motor be a good or bad idea ?

It was all going so well…. 😡

[Martin]

Re: Indesit W103 UK Washing Machine bearing removal

Oh Dear! 🙁

The motor connector block is the first thing that will get saturated if you haven’t secured the Backplate Clamp Ring properly I’m afraid. 😥

Certainly it is best to disconnect the two parts of the motor plug, give them a good blasting from a hand-held hairdryer. Then check the terminals closely before reconnecting.

WD40 sprayed liberally also not a bad thing but in this case …after you have dried it with the hairdryer 😉

The bad news may well be that because of this you have possibly blown the main control module (around terminals marked ‘CNE’) 😥 😥

Fingers crossed eh 🙂

Martin

[maustrap]

Re: Indesit W103 UK Washing Machine bearing removal

Thanks Martin,

I seem to have done the right things then (today) 😳

I left the fan blowing onto the wet bits and connector block which seemed to have dried out nicely, then I used WD40 on any wiring that might have had a soak.

I tested that the Backplate Clamp Ring was sealed ok by putting a few jugs of water into the tub. Plugged in and did a short test run of the motor without the belt on and that seemed fine on fast spin again.

Put everything back together and 2 washloads later all seems well (fingers crossed).

Maybe I got lucky (fingers crossed again)

Thanks again Martin and everyone here who have given such useful advice 😀

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