Recent content by gingebot

Yep quite sure, I tried at multiple angles (guessing at 22.5 degree intervals-ish) and the is no play and the drum spins smoothly. The new arms should arrive tomorrow, hopefully saturday morning I'll have a crack at it and report back.

So consulting with a friend of a friend, it seems the most likely cause is suspension arms (the hydraulic arms I describe in the OP). Apparently it is very common with hotpoint machines for these to go, they look fine but no long do the job of stabilising the drum. I have ordered a new set of...

Forgot to mention, I have also made sure the feet are set at the correct height so the machine is level and all feet are firmly on the ground .

Hello all, I am trying to diagnose and hopefully repair my Hotpoint WMD960 Washing Machine, the drum shakes violently and makes a very loud rattle, it can be seen in these youtube videos: here and here I have checked the following so far: * The internal drum has no play in it if I try and...

Thanks Richard! Will do as you say!

Has anyone got any suggestions? I have been doing some research; the bed is too think for heat resistant tile adhesive (10mm seems like the max) fireproof cement only properly cures when heat is applied to it, so the rear portion of the tile will cure, but the part furthest away from...

I am about to reset the central hearth tile in my fireplace (see Picture). The back portion of the central tile is just about in the fire so I think it will get quite hot in places (possible why it came loose in the first place!?). As you can see it will be laid on top of the original...

so i've recently moved into a new place and after investigating the electrics i discovered the oven was wired into the ring main for the kitchen. at first i was shocked it wasn't wired with at least 6mm twin and earth via a double pole breaker to a dedicated mcb. I discovered modern ovens...