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thanks Don – there are 4 I think now i look more closely. It’s U shaped and they are only visible when the door is past 45 degrees

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Re: ISE10 1606W bearings

Thanks Bryan but the machine is gone now.

Jon

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Thanks Dave. Noted. And thanks for all the help on this thread too. I’ll be sorry to see the ISE go, but we have absolutely caned it for years so it’s been a good workhorse.

What would be a better bet – around £500 mark. Bosch/Siemens?

This seems OK (5 year guarantee too) https://www.johnlewis.com/siemens-wm14q … e/p1987342

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Well – I’ve been hammering away with a club hammer for 2 hours and the drum won’t move a mm. With mishits and so on the spline is now mangled so even if i got it out I think a new inner drum will be needed.

Mounting piles of laundry has me under pressure now. Wife is browsing John Lewis website! If I can get drum out is an inner tub available for purchase? I’d still rather spend the money on a new tub and bearings than buy a Samsung Bubblejet or whatever they’re called.

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So – I’ve whacked the nut, skidded of and bent the spline face quite badly :bang: . Got nut out but it won’t go back in and pulley won’t seat on the spline. And drum still stuck.

Looks like I’ve properly bent the spline. Will I have to get a whole new inner tub? Is that even possible?

Not my finest hour…….

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Thanks – it’s actually gone quite well so far in terms of getting it apart. Pulley nut is off. But drum won’t pull out. Is it ok to hammer on the bearings and splined wheel at the back to drive the drum out?

thanks

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Thanks Dave. It also indicates a special tool is needed to get the drum back in through the front and relocate the inner cover plate and front end plate. I’m guessing that the tool isn’t strictly necessary though – is that right?

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Thanks – I’m tempted to have go myself. Do you need a special tool to get the bearings on/off? I saw that kwatt posted a manual for the ASKO 600 series which seemed to indicate that one is needed.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/downloads … s{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}20EN.pdf

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thanks – Ken Bowman booked in! They knew all about ISE and UK Whitegoods

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:tools: I’ll see if there’s a local repair guy who is willing to take it on.

Thanks for all your help.

Jon

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Thanks for your help. I have removed the belt and spun by hand. It’s a bit noisy (not rumbling but definitely not silent) and i made a quick video of it here:

https://youtu.be/XMLvr3j_CeY

there is a tiny bit of play when pushing the drum as Dave suggested – probably a couple of mm.

cheers

Jon

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Re: ISE10 1606W bearings – Video added

Hi

I’ve added a video of the machine in action. I’d be grateful if any of you guys in the know could confirm whether you reckon it is a bearing problem

https://youtu.be/KrEPh-fD2tQ

many thanks

Jon

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Thanks – I’ve spun it with back off and full load and as you said, suspension is fine. I’m guessing it must be the bearings (although I’m surprised as its only 6 years old and I thought they were supposed to be bombproof Volvo truck bearings) as the element is tight and nothing came out from the lifters.

Is bearing replacement on these machines best left to an engineer?

cheers

Jon

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Thanks Dave

It runs quiet when empty but when it spins up to the full 1600 with a full load it makes an absolute racket.

Based on your post it sounds like suspension – is this something a DIY er can tackle on these ISE machines?

thanks

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Re: ISE10 1606W leak

Just a quick update if anyone else is having a problem with a leak around pump area.

I found a small pinhole in the rubber bellows hose that connects the main tank to the pump. Something sharp (probably an ear ring left in a pocket) had pierced the hose and over time the water had built up and overflowed.

Hole temporarily patched with a bike repair kit until new part arrives.

Opening up the machine I was really impressed with the sheer quality of the thing, and how easy it seems to work on. This is the first issue in 7 years (and that’s due to us not emptying pockets properly), and I’d fully expect to get another few years out of it at least. And we use it a lot – once or twice a day, every day.

Hopefully parts will continue to be available for a while yet: this seems to be a real throwback machine in terms of quality and fixability, with nothing else out there really that comes close. When you look inside you can really see what the ISE product vision was all about, even though the business model wasn’t quite as good as the product.

If you’ve got one and its playing up, do think about repair before binning it.

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