Recent content by paltibine

That does seem to fit the symptoms! I have tried pushing the drum but didn't find any one different from the others. I think I'm gonna have to split the drum and see if it's spider arm or bearings and then get the parts. Although I might have to wait until it misbehaves again as it seems to be...

This one is over 7 years old and had a 5 year warranty. It was repaired once within the warranty and I've no complaints about the warranty repair process although it was a bit long winded.

OK thanks for that - I didn't know that damaged bearings could show as an intermittent fault, I thought if the bearings wore out or broke it would be faulty all the time. The outer drum can be split so is it a viable DIY fix?

But can it be the bearings if it's intermittent? The last time I ran it, it was spinning at 1400rpm with clothes in and it was quiet and looked as smooth as it ever was.

It looked and sounded like an unbalanced load but it shouldn't have been as it wasn't anything big. The machine is supposed to sense an unbalanced load, stop and throw an error code. It's the bang that preceeded the problem that I think is the key to this but I may be wrong.

So I took the machine apart - removing front and back panels but not going into the drum assembly - looking for anything that might be wrong but found nothing. However the machine has run flawlessly 3 times since with no problems at all. Can it be the bearings or the spider arm if it's an...

I thought that if it's the spider arm then you can hear and/or feel it moving but it seems to be smooth and quiet when turning and rocking the drum manually?

Samsung WW90J5456MWEU The door seal was getting torn up and bits of the seal appearing both in the seal lip and in the filter. So I changed the seal last week and it seemed fine until today having been used about 6 or 7 times since. I was in the house while the machine was on and while it was...

You were right of course! It took a lot of force and a lot of wriggling and a big flat blade screwdriver but it came off in the end! I don't know why it didn't just pop off like on the videos. Theres always one step that holds you up, the rest of the job went fine.

Thanks for the input but I've pulled, pushed, thumped etc. and I'm convinced it's held on at the front.

I need to replace the seal on this Samsung washing machine and so I need to remove the top lid to get at the retainer. All the videos online show two screws at the rear and then push the lid back to remove. So I've taken out the 2 screws at the rear but it seems like the top is still being held...

Regarding a replacement, I was given an old henry which works well enough to mean fixing the Miele isn't a priority, hence the Miele is still in the attic awaiting attention......

Thanks for all your input folks! I'm feeling very pleased with myself as I managed to fix it at zero cost (but a lot of time). I finally got the locking strip off having got my manual impact driver out and removed the gearbox. As soon as I removed it a bit of curved metal fell out which turned...

It's quite likely you're right. I haven't been able to get the mechanism out yet as the screws are so tight. They are definitely some sort of cross head drive but I can't really get either a Pozi or Phillips driver not to cam out. I guess it could be the Japanese one but I've only ever come...

Does anyone have any ideas on this? Isn't it quite rare for a post to go months without any responses?