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Warning bodger at work
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vtsteam:
He must have been out of soap solution himself and was too considerate to borrow some dish soap. At least they teach them manners!  :lol:
velocette:
Hi John
I too use the Term Bodger Alas how the english language is in a constant change had a bit of a look around the interweb for the term "Bodger"
and came up with this and many other refferences.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23011838@N00/

Eric
S. Heslop:
Honestly I have alot of respect for anyone who could repair a washing machine, regardless of the methods. I've only ever taken washing machines apart to keep anything useful, and they're never easy to dismantle even when you don't need to put it back together. Especially with the amount of corrosion and gunk the spiders usually accumulate.

On one machine I bought a set of torx drivers to try cleanly get the spider off the drum, and only two screws came out. The rest all deformed, even after trying penetrating oils, heat, tapping with a hammer, etc.
Jonny:
I would love to see that gas man change the bearings in a Miele.
For those that don't know theyre built like brick s..t houses, two man job just to skid it down the drive no joke. Drums are wrapped in thick concrete, I did have a look when new. Touch wood not a single problem in 11 years. Normally Hotpoints many, Hoovers, Zanusi and the like last 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years as a comparison.
Which leads me on to Hoover guarantee 7 months in greeted with repair bill by authorised repairer and never worked right after with two more callouts, until I had a go.




Arbalist:
Unlike most other washing machine manufacturers Miele don't use concrete in their machines, they have cast iron hoops at the front and back of the drum according to the Miele engineer who worked on ours a few weeks ago.

He said the biggest cause of problems (for other makes) is concrete dust getting into bearings etc. Some manufacturers apparently coat the concrete blocks in plastic now to help prevent this.
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