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Re: Hotpoint 800 de luxe 9520 – new bearings

Thank you everyone for your help. I got my big hammer on the spider shaft and got the inner drum out. Then, with the aid of a solid steel bar, used as a punch, I had quite a job getting the bearings out.
You were quite right that the inner one was very badly corroded the water seal having failed – this broke up as it came out.
Getting the new bearings in place was one hell of a job. It’s only the fact that I have access to a lathe and was able to make a tool to pull the bearings in that allowed me to do this. You were quite right with your advice that this is not really a DIY job. It took me hours and was really hard. I wouldn’t recommend anyone doing this job without the proper tools or the ability to fabricate them.
I don’t know if I could have got anyone to do this job. The parts (bearings seal and new spider) cost £40. The labour and callout would have been prohibitive I guess. Especially as the machine is now 21 years old.
But I think it is quite a good machine and hope it’ll go on now for a little while longer.

Anyway, it’s all back together now and is very, very much quieter on the spin cycle!

Thanks again, sites like this are such a help to us DIYers/amateurs and a brilliant source of information.

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