New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

[cwilso]

Just got back off holiday and now when machine goes onto sping very load whiring sound heard. If manually turning drum you can hear/feel bearing has gone. As insured called out repair but they have “written off” the machine after looking around and bearings and costs I dont quite think it would costs that much to repair myself. Have been to a spares shop but told there are loads of bearing kits and will need to bring the old one in, is this really nessesary (as shop a long way away) and also want to dismantle and reasemble in as quick a time as possible.
Anyone know what the exact part number is and best way of getting around it. Would apprichiate a speedy reply cause as you can imagine there is a lot of washing to do after a two week holiday !! lol

[iadom]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

You would need to give us the PNC or product number to ID correct parts.
Bearing changes ( two bearings & seals ) on these machines are considered one of the more difficult jobs in the trade. the whole drum has to be removed complete then split in half. A long and arduous task. Most definately not a DIY fix.

Be sure to remove mains plug if you intend to proceed further.

[cwilso]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

I don’t Believe that there is no way of finding the code without dismantling. Surely There was 1 standard set of bearings in this model range surely only a serial number is needed

model: WDJ1294
Prod no: 914639008 Type: 6297284
Serial no: 60600178

Now that surely should point to every part on the marchine including bearing.

“Be sure to remove mains plug if you intend to proceed further.” No offense but i don’t need to be patronised if I didn’t know this then I sure wouldn’t be attempting this myself and I can quite understand it not a “DIY Fix” however it sure beats a new machine at £300+

[Dave_Conway]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

cwilso wrote:I don’t Believe that there is no way of finding the code without dismantling.

No-one here is suggesting that 😉

cwilso wrote:Now that surely should point to every part on the marchine including bearing.

Yep, it does. The bearing kit you need is this one:

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … cts_id=145

cwilso wrote:No offense but i don’t need to be patronised if I didn’t know this then I sure wouldn’t be attempting this myself and I can quite understand it not a “DIY Fix” however it sure beats a new machine at £300+

I don’t think someone concerning themself with your safety is patronising you in any way, we have to put that on every post we reply to, it’s not just for your benefit, many 100’s of readers will come across this post in the future who may not be aware of the safety issues.

Dave.

[iadom]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

I think if you take the trouble to read my post carefully, you will see that I did not say you need to remove drum to ID the parts. I clearly state ‘you need to give us the PNC or product number to ID the parts’.

I then added a bit of useful information for anyone thinking of attempting this very difficult repair.

Do let us know how you get on.

Jim.

[cwilso]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

Well after recieving the bearing Kit on saturday in the post got to work that evening on replacing the bearings. Discovered that the front bearing had gone. After splitting the drum and replacing both bearings re assembled an tested. It took me 4hours to complete the task and I thank you for your advice and information on the part reuired. I think for this price it was well worth doing.
I would reccomend anyone giving it ago as £20 and 4hrs of your time is deffinatly worth it. Once again thanks for your help and advice

[gegsy]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

cwilso wrote:I would reccomend anyone giving it ago as £20 and 4hrs of your time is deffinatly worth it.

Recommend anyone? I certainly wouldn’t. This is a major repair and you make it sound like a breeze. 😕
Your ability is to be acknowledged and commended, but I must advise future readers of this post on the level of difficulty involved.

Regards

Greg

[cab]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

I hope the drum shaft was in good condition or you might find the repair may only last a short while!

😳 cab

[matkins]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

Level of difficulty of this repair is “Way beyond basic DIY” I would suspect that corrosion on the shaft will prevent an efficient water seal and the repair may not last long. I rarely change bearings without replacing the shaft but who knows? you may be lucky 😀

[cwilso]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

“You may be lucky” “Who knows” clearly you don’t as you had not seen the shaft. The bearing had not got to the stage where it had damaged the bearing housing or shaft. The shaft was fine and had no corrosion as no water had got passed the original seal. With a brand new seal fitted properly no water will get through either. I would hope that you are not a professional who charges for this insight as putting on new parts which are not needed makes the repair costly.
I appreciate that there are some things, which can’t be attempted without costly equipment especially on the electrical control side, and so a specialist is required.

Also I might add that there are people who would never dream off getting under the bonnet of their car and so they would never change a wheel bearing on a car and so no matter if you told them that its easy they would take it to a garage but there are a lot of people who do this repair and they are ones who will search the net for the information on how to do it and It is to these like minded practically people who I say give it ago. Just because you wouldn’t attempt something doesn’t mean you couldn’t

[Martin]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

cwilso wrote:I would hope that you are not a professional who charges for this insight as putting on new parts which are not needed makes the repair costly.

Perhaps our friend cwilso may like to read the experiences of CambridgeDave who found that his bearing failure problem was indeed associated to a faulty drum shaft :rolls:

Using his quote “Perhaps the shaft was also damaged?”

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … 899#100899

[cwilso]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

at least his lasted a year so thats doesn’t prove anything “perhaps” is not a definative conclusion however I take notice of the article. and i would be quite happy with an extra six months.

I also notice the estimates of time that the job would take and the time involved and I agree with the fact it is easier to do in the garage rather than a small kitchen and that really does make the difference between a long and short job.

I repeat again the shaft wasn’t damaged 😀

[CambridgeDave]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

To be fair, when I wrote that I was just guessing at a reason that might explain why my bearings had lasted only a year.

However, I have now dismantled the machine, and the shaft does look awful:

I don’t suppose the centre section matters too much, but that bronze collar is scored, and, I imagine, let water in. The inner bearing was pretty rusty.

New spider on order…

—
Dave

[Martin]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

cwilso wrote:I repeat again the shaft wasn’t damaged 😀

A fitting epitaph in a Zanussi graveyard…..

[SpudULike]

Re: New Bearing on Zanussi WDJ1294

I would like to thank CambridgeDave, cwilso and the other participants on this site as it is after viewing the posts here that I attempted replacing the bearings on my Zanussi FL 1085.

I have posted on another thread, (viewtopic.php?f=34&t=7403) my experience and would like to agree with cwilso that this job can be done with a moderate DIY knowledge, as I am no expert, and some gumption to attempt the job in the first place.

So far I have spent under £40 to replace the bearings and shaft (spider) and wouldn’t dream of calling in someone for £155 (turbo) to do the same job.

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