Maytag mwa 09149 wh/1 – Repair or Replace

[Sasq]

Morning all,

I have a Maytag MWA09149 WH/1 washing machine which is now 9 years old and probably does 14 loads a week, so I certainly can not complain.
The bearings have gone (grinding noise when moving by hand, drum moves up and down).

I’m trying to find out if its a sealed drum, but I’m not able to find the price of the either drum or the bearings.

If it is a sealed drum then does it make sense to use the fixed price Whirlpool flat fee (£240 i think). There’s supposed to be a 10y parts warranty but that seems to make no difference at all.

If the bearings can be changed then I assume a local independent would be better.

The question is do I repair it, or replace it, and if i repair it, local independent or Whirlpool?

Thanks for your help
Steve

[electrofix]

sealed tank on the one i looked at
part no 480111102416

there are 3 but its very likely they are all the same

one of my suppliers has it listed for £180 plus vat and thats supposed to be with a discount
time for a new one

Dave

[Sasq]

Brilliant, thank you.

Well not brilliant I need to buy a new one, clearly, but brilliant I know what I should be doing.

Thanks
Steve

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