Bearings for Hoover Dynamic Next 9Kg

[merton69]

Again thank you Harry for helping out.

This is a learner for all of us!!.......

I finally, after much more wasted time, got hold of somebody kinda connected to Hoover, after being dealt with by a call centre dude who was incredibly rude and unhelpful. He just wanted me to be moved onto another dept.

Basically, their service is now that you have to call an Hoover engineer (£160) who will come out, diagnose the issue and fit parts.

I explained that I used to be a white goods engineer and just needed a part number for the bearing set. He then went on to say that they are not available as it needs to be a whole drum set. (which is what we thought ).

But he was unable to tell me if and when an engineer is available. Working in a school, it is impossible to get time off work.

It turns out I can get a replacement 'complete tub' for £146.77 https://www.hooverspares.co.uk/wash...53314&path=1056567,1056552&model_ref=11872832

Why has it become so hard just to order a part, get it delivered and fitted???

Like you Harry, I am not a 'greener' either and I loathe scrapping things just because.

Literally, this weekend I have repaired my clothes air dryer and fixed an electrical problem with my halogen cooker. Hate chucking things out without trying to repair, but this one is a little different as the old machine is 6 and about a year ago I replaced the control panel module. Soi eventhough it is old, the important parts are relatively new. It's a gamble, I know but......

To be fair, replacing the whole tub would be a lot easier than a bearing replacement, but the prices are hugely different as explained in a previous comment.

Thank you for all your help and advice, but need help on what decision to make? A replacement tub and fitted by an engineer, but don't know when, a repalcement tub and I fit it or scrap and buy a new washing machine?

 

[merton69]

Harry, thanks for the video. Very educational and something I could easily do.

Mind you, looking at his steel drum and the spider, I would have scrapped that, far too corroded!!

I like the backup/safety part of drilling holes and fixing the two case halfs with silicone backed up by nut and bolts!

Love 'beating the system', where I can.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thank you for all your help and advice, but need help on what decision to make? A replacement tub and fitted by an engineer, but don't know when, a repalcement tub and I fit it or scrap and buy a new washing machine?

It would be a simple decision for me - I would have a go, with a plan B to buy a replacement if the repair failed. Your only gambling your time, and maybe £30 on parts. With a little luck, you might get another 6 years out of it.

Our Hoover washer/drier is now around 12 years old. Just out of warranty, I had the pcb develop a fault and fixed that. At around 3, the drier safety stat, tripped, fixed that. A couple of years ago, the drum bearing went, but mine is a replaceable type, so I spent an afternoon fixing that. It is still plodding on.

 

[merton69]

Thanks for you advice Harry.

I feel your historic pain but also your celebration.

My only problem is that the machine is still working, though noisey. I will have to follow the video you attached and get to the bearings to find the part number, then order the bearings, wait for them to be delivered, all the while the machine is out of use.

If there was just some way, I could find the bearing part number without having to dismantle the whole machine, so I can order the bearings whilst still using the machine????

Further bearings numbers investigations tomorrow, I feel.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

My only problem is that the machine is still working, though noisey. I will have to follow the video you attached and get to the bearings to find the part number, then order the bearings, wait for them to be delivered, all the while the machine is out of use.

Get all the washing, out of the way, then take a big breath, and get stuck in!