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Our John Lewis JLWM1203 (Electrolux) was just out of a 3 year guarantee when it started to sound like a “bag of hammers” on Spin. Removing the back and top cover, observed the operation. Tracked it down to one of the plastic shock absorber’s attachments being slightly loose on the bottom of the casing. It only took tightening the 5mm set screws about 1-2 flats and it fixed it.
I was expecting drum bearings failing.
Electrolux will send a PDF of the parts list with exploded views, but you have to supply the numbers (PNC NUMBER & Serial Number on the sticker behind the door).
I replaced the bearings on a 1994 (in 2007) Hotpoint Aquarius without much trouble, would the JLWM 1203 be of a similiar difficulty?I would recommend anybody looking for a new machine is to buy one with a max spin of 1000-1200, the higher the speed, higher the load the shorter the life. Force = M(Load)W(Speed in radians per second squared)R (Radius of drum). So increase of load, speed and drum size has a detrimental effect on longevity.
Re: John Lewis 1203
The wear of drum bearings is primarily down to the balancing of the load rather than the sheer weight or spin speed and of course the bearings fitted to different makes vary in size and quality.
Having said that, washing machine drum bearings almost never wear out…the failure is invariably caused by the bearing seal wearing and failing thus letting water into the bearings. They then rust, get noisy and eventually break up.
The bearing assemblies on Lux products are similar in theory to Indesit (Hotpoint) units but are generally far superior, of course in 1994 the then Hotpoint machines were more expensively built and it was possibly to actually change them…not so these days!
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