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| Meldonmech:
Hi I agree Delrin or polyacetal is the way to go. I was shocked when I came to replace the bearings in my washing machine, and after spending a morning dissembling found the three legged spider had rotted away. At this stage I admitted defeat, and ordered a new one. Cheers David |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: Meldonmech on December 03, 2013, 12:29:16 PM ---Hi I agree Delrin or polyacetal is the way to go. I was shocked when I came to replace the bearings in my washing machine, and after spending a morning dissembling found the three legged spider had rotted away. At this stage I admitted defeat, and ordered a new one. Cheers David --- End quote --- I've taken apart a few washing machines (for their bearings!) but that part is always real ugly and makes a mess with all the sludge and flakes. I wonder if it's an engineered failure or maybe some sort of galvanic protection for elsewhere. I've never been able to remove the screws holding it to the drum either, using heat, wax, penetrating oils, and everything. It's also amazing how many missing keys and lost change you find in the coarse waste water filter in a washing machine. I bet that's the first place the scrap men look when they get them. |
| Its Me:
ibuildstuff4u, nice work its better than giving them the money, I think we are suppose throw the machine away and buy another one, guess we are still of the wrong thinking, my wife washing machine would not unload took the water pump apart and it was the impeller, Sears said the whole pump had to be bought, 2 week on the order, I made one out of Brass that is all I had, its still in there, its me |
| superc:
Yuh that. I did my own part to destroy the economy of Asia about 13 years ago when the door latch went out on my own el cheapo dishwasher after only 4 years of use. Taking the door apart I learned the latch guts were some kind of nylon feels like and what feels like a soft zinc part. So I made a new one of brass scrap with a file. Since then the door latch works just fine. Closes with a nice 'snick' and has given no more problem. |
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