Stress fractures indesit innex xwde751480

[richard RYDER]

Hiya I hope you are all keeping safe. Our indesit washer dryer is just under 3 years old. It’s started to make a cracking noise when in use. Well I thought I would have a look at was causing the noise. And this is what I found. There are cracks in the body of the chassis around where the shock absorbers fit. On doing an internet search I found that this problem as come up before and there is a kit you can buy to help fix this problem. However the cracks in our machine seem larger than the parts in the kit are meant to fix. Surely a machine that is less than 3 years old should not have this problem

[electrofix]

its not uncommon

caused by cutting costs to make cheaper machines as demanded by a cost driven customer base

Dave

[andyjawa]

Crap metal- “thin brittle modern mild steel ya can`t trust it Jim”. Mind you this used to happen to 1990`s Hotpoint 95 5kg series and the suspension legs were on rubber mounts back then and the metal still fractured – common too at the time. I would say based on my own experience this is commonly seen on this modern stuff too – usually or ,rather worse, on the now commonly seen larger capacity machines but the for the price you pay most people would be buying those size models anyway so that is a poor guide. Anyway, whatever and however anyone would want to argue over this it boils down to poor materials and poor design but still no body ever learns from the mistakes of the past.

[electrofix]

andyjawa wrote:Crap metal- “thin brittle modern mild steel ya can`t trust it Jim”. Mind you this used to happen to 1990`s Hotpoint 95 5kg series and the suspension legs were on rubber mounts back then and the metal still fractured – common too at the time. I would say based on my own experience this is commonly seen on this modern stuff too – usually or ,rather worse, on the now commonly seen larger capacity machines but the for the price you pay most people would be buying those size models anyway so that is a poor guide. Anyway, whatever and however anyone would want to argue over this it boils down to poor materials and poor design but still no body ever learns from the mistakes of the past.

they dont care as long as it lives long enough to get out of warranty with a bit extra. so if it will last 2 years its ok

Dave

[Bad_81]

andyjawa wrote:Crap metal- “thin brittle modern mild steel ya can`t trust it Jim”. Mind you this used to happen to 1990`s Hotpoint 95 5kg series and the suspension legs were on rubber mounts back then and the metal still fractured – common too at the time. I would say based on my own experience this is commonly seen on this modern stuff too – usually or ,rather worse, on the now commonly seen larger capacity machines but the for the price you pay most people would be buying those size models anyway so that is a poor guide. Anyway, whatever and however anyone would want to argue over this it boils down to poor materials and poor design but still no body ever learns from the mistakes of the past.

IF, not saying is easy or possible, as I see only fragments not the whole thing, if you drill the solid part and use (depending your options) L shaped profile to reinforce it, is it not going to last?
Aluminium or steel depending what you can find. In order to stop the cracks, take your best 3mm drill bit and make a hole just on the end of the crack. There will be no extensions beyond the hole, but depending the tin, might weaken it more…

[andyjawa]

Well you can drill all the holes you like but you are still stuck with a ticking noise that you are stuck with.. The trouble is the thread at the bottom of each suspension leg is not very long so gluing a washer over the cracks or more ideally tig welded could work but you would not have many threads to play with and the threads with the nut relative to the depth between terra firma and the nut could/ might mean when you push the west European contraption back in that it now rips the lino or scratches the wooden floor.with less than happy results. The too brittle metal is the problem no matter which way you look at the problem.

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