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Surprised you have a suspension problem on this thing. What type of floor have you? A post 1980s build on thin wooden raised floor or is the machine on a concrete floor? How old is it? Has the machine been moved from one house to another? If so are the transit bolts still attached. Is the machine Teressa May`d: strong and stable rather than ending-up wibbly wobbly? Might be a good idea to double check.
Ahh, but the 10 year freebee parts and labour warranty is surely for the promotional £1000 / £1200 models surely?
If I was in his shoes I would go for one of the 8kg Beko ( about £200 ) or a 8kg Zanussi Lindo 300 @ £300ish.
Would not touch Miele and would not touch Bosch. To be very frank it is a throwaway industry like it or not. The best you can do is just to go after value for money because there are better makes than these 2 suggested out there but the problem is a very poor spares supply and or often at a high price. With Beko and Zanussi you can easily get parts – hopefully you will not need any. These two have sealed tanks so that is a disadvantage BUT these two have better sealed tanks than Indesit and Hotpoint but equally you could say that Indesit and Hotpoint would have much more favorable programmes based on time to do a cycle than the Beko – you might reach pension age before the 60 degree cotton cycle finishes!. What I can say is Miele drum bearing official kits are a rip off and ditto Bosch bearing kits ( that fit a dwindling number of new models ) but just nowhere the high price Miele charge.
Whatever you buy it will be an impaired purchase one way or the other; I do think anyone actually ever wins in the game.Yes you are spot on. Thanks for your excellent input. The latest RH`s are rebadged Hoovers as far as I can tell
POWER OFF Lid off back panel remove. Check filter that it can be removed and it is clean. You can try the following dismantling the minimum as possible. I would first try as follows: looking from the front of the machine you want to remove the ventilator fan – rear r/h/side the thing with the little belt attached – with its motor attached ( so as 1 2 piece unit ) first so you will need a 7mm socket and an 8mm socket to remove its screws from the chassis, disconnect the 2 fan motor wires remove 7mm screw that holds fan assembly to heater box and using a screwdriver prise to two parts separate. You then might have the problem of room, to remove this fan unit, loosen and remove the 2 7mm screws that holds the heater box to the X piece of metal I MARK THE HOLES WITH A MARKER PEN – – if you have to remove the heater wires MARK THEY GO FIRST ( otherwise something will go bang and write the board off if you cock it up on reassemble ) also remove the 7mm screw that holds the heater box to the manifold ( near the front of the machine ) and prise the two separate parts apart. Move the whole heater box as much as you can under the rear of the soap box area this then allows you to get at the rubber hose`s 7mm hose clip under the fan, loosen and then remove the whole ventilator fan and its motor assembly.
Check for fluff in ventilator fan, Remove AS MUCH SOGGY FLUFF as is possible from the top of the white condenser unit. Shine torch to assist, use old type hooked coat hanger to flip out as much stuff as possible.
Open machines door. Turn off machines fill tap, disconnect inlet hose machine end and using that blast aload of water down into the condenser – the machine should fill and with luck clear the remaining lint. Do not over do this otherwise you`ll get wet feet!!!
Reassemble the machine, use washing up liquid ONLY on the 2 O rings DO NOT use on the fan to condenser hose – makes your life difficult when refitting. Make sure everything is refitted properly and that all wires have been refitted correctly.Switch the machine back on and set to pump the water away.
Set machine up on a rinse and let machine do its thing for a rinse or two then pump out. Then check filter again.One of their narrow depth models. You could do a great deal worse for more than twice the price at 199 quid. Sealed tank of course but at that price that is not a great surprise though the Beko sealed tank is pretty good, better than Indesit and Hotpoints in my opinion ( came across 600 quid retail priced Bosch with a sealed tank that failed on bearings at 4 years old, young couple no kids, so that is bad ). Check this, but although it gets 1 year warranty, if it is registered within 90 days (?) you get a free year = 2 year warranty on a 200 quid machine so that is a good deal. Check programme length times too. All things considered if I was in your situation I would go for it.
Could be wrong but isn`t this thing a Chinese made Haier? 11 so called parts only listed on Partmaster so it all seems likely it is Chinese. Could be drum pulley but doubtful as if the center hole or bolt goes loose it`ll make a clicking noise when revolving the drum. More likely that you have a sock caught under the drum which pinged off the belt, is the drum is stiff to turn? Are the drum bearings still ok.
As far as I remember bearings are 6205 and 6206 and oil seal is 35x62x10 BUT THIS COULD BE WRONG as I can`t find my damn list. You can get the rear half tank as you already know BUT the drum which comes with the spider as far as I know is now obsolete. Dismantle the contraption 1st BEFORE you order or try to order anything. The spider arm/s will be obviously cracked if that is the issue, ya can`t miss it. Check the bearings remove the oil seal only if the bearings are nuked for the time being ( the oil seal will have the sizes on it ). I did have a look alike model to yours where everything appeared perfect but it was the bearing housing of the plastic tank – the bearing tube area set into the plastic moulding – that had cracked, it was not overly obvious so watch out for that one. In other words there is no point buying anything for this thing until you know whether it is just the bearings only or the rear tank is nuked or the drum /spider is nuked. Best of luck.
Uhh! You have just answered your own question!! Read the Calgon box and all shall be revealed. On a tangent note: unless your water is near soft I do not, in my expeience, think Calgon makes much difference. I have been to houses over 36 years in the trade and people tell me they use this stuff religiously but still have limescale issues. The way of preventing lime build-up, given the modern washing machine water levels are pathetically too low, is to descale using 1 box of `Aqua Softna` crystals every 6 weeks in hard water areas such as my neck of the woods – Caversham. My machine is 18 years old owned by me for 16 years and is 90{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} spotless.
If you have no domestic softener fitted I would try: 4 CAP fulls of liquid lemon Flash with 1 box of Aqua Softna descaling crystals on 60 degrees or higher wash programme.
Well depends upon the model but clothes..socks, a sock, disappears between the gap between the door seal and the front of the drum. It then rolls up like a sausage(!) and when you revolve the drum initially gives you the impression the drum bearings have snuffed it ( which even for a Hotpoint at that young age is not likely ) but it souds like a droning noise rather than a rattle. Usually the offending sock(?) is trapped at the front of the drum and very often get caught at 9 o/clock position where the dispenser hose is. Have a look with a torch if necessary, once seen fish it out with a cut up old type coat hanger with a bend at one end. Bra wires make a loud scrappy noise.
