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Ohh yeahh. Really pleased with myself.
All assembled and first test done at 1200 rpm (1600 is max).
Just a 15min rinse and spin.

No leaks and smooth as silk.
Water pump is loud in comparison! Can I get a silent water pump? Lol

Saved myself 1000 usd! Minus the 30 usd for bearing and seal kit

Let’s hope I get several years out of the better quality bearings.

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Keeping the old bearings were very useful to hammer the new ones in without damaging the surface of the new ones for sure. Part of the process I was worried about.
But all went smoothly

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andyjawa wrote:“Bearings out. The inner needed soaking in wd 40 a little.
Visible water damage with rusted ball bearings! Only on the inner Bearing. Outer looked and felt perfect.
Looks like water damage and wore down.
Shaft looks good luckily.
We’ll see once I get the new bearings in”.

Yes, typically the way they all fail not because the bearings are mechanically naffly made but due to the obvious: water gets through the oil seal /shaft as the seal running face/lip gets worn 9 out of 10 due to no grease so the running lip gets friction worn prematurely – Kenwood is not alone so make sure you do grease is good advise.
NSK, KOYO and NBR take your pick as all 3 are ok and the last 2 are Japanese, NSK`s head office is in Japan too presume made there..
If the spider`s oil seal hub needs cleaning DO NOT USE EMERY CLOTH OR SANDPAPER just use a soft damp cloth with Jiff and dry it off before applying a bit of grease there as well as the actual oil seal.

Thanks! In contact with a supplier who has the koyo kit locally luckily!
Yes I just cleaned thee shaft with a microfibre cloth and wd40! Will apply grease beforehand.

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Got it apart!! Was a pain because of the dryer component

6306-2RZ
6307-2RZ
seal – 47,88,10/12

NBR bearings any good? Or toyo/koyo?

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electrofix wrote: bad news you have a chinese manufactured machine made by Midea. little or no information.
parts listed by one of my suppliers only list a tub rear half

if you continue using it you run the risk of damaging the spider which would need a complete inner drum raplacement as well

you will have to bite the bullet, The bearing should pose no problem as they will be a standard size, the water seal may be a standard size but you wont know till you split it. depending on the type of seal there is often a brass ring on the drum spider to allow the water seal to work. if this is scored it would leak and cause bearings to fail again

Dave

ohh not good news! Hope the spider is not damaged then – been ages running like this.

I’ll need to tear it apart as soon as possible then to see what bearing I need by the looks of it. Been searching online for cross references – nothing!
At least here in Uruguay there are loads of bearings/spiders available as here they are masters of fixing things – they don’t tend to throw things out like developed countries.

Just looking at this video showing the movement – I can feel a couple of mm of movement – possibility the spider is damaged. Fingers crossed it’s not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEUIzaNaHo&t=1s

Thanks

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