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Ah! Can’t remember what grease I would have used last time. But I’m sure I didn’t use a made-for-purpose one like this: https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/universal-bearing-seal-sealant-grease.
Thanks. I guess I need to just open it up to inspect for clues. I’ll buy the bearings, bearing seal and grease ahead of time to minimise downtime. Hopefully the tub seal won’t show any signs of failure.
Thanks [USER=”19014″]andyjawa[/USER]. Yes, the failing bearings are a major alarm bell for me. My assumption is that water ingress has made these replacments fail after just a couple of years. (They replaced what is thought to have been the originals, which had been working fine for many many years).
What signs of damage to the shaft and oil seal hub should I look for?
Hi Dave,
Thanks for checking it out.
I don’t know if the tub seal is failing, but there seems to be a very small amount of water that escapes the machine – sometimes.
The (albeit shakey) evidence:
* Very occasionally the tiled floor appears to be damp or to have been damp. Perhaps the amount of water is so small that it just collects in the bottom of the machine and then evaporates.
* The other day I did a load of washes back to back and the last wash caused the power to trip (multiple times until I left the machine off for an hour or so).
* The bearings were replaced 2 years ago and are already starting to make a loud noise.So I was going to replace the bearings and I was hoping to replace the tub seal while I was at it – belt and braces. Not only would be a right pain to change the bearings and the bearing seal only to find that water continues to escape, but even worse I fear that cracking open the tub to replace the bearings might make any problem with the tub gasket worse than it currently is, basically sealing my fate to buying a new machine.
I was hoping you might say that a tub gasket is a tub gasket is a tub gasket. As long as it goes all the way around, any one will do. But I guess they are made to specific dimensions?
