Motor bracket on washing machine broken
A plastic motor bracket on a washing machine’s drum can break. This will cause the motor to come loose, and the drive belt may come off. If you look at the photo, you can see that this kind of break […]
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Right to Repair White Goods
There’s been a lot of publicity in the media about the EU Directive giving consumers a right to repair white goods appliances. As someone with over 45 years in the white goods industry, who has spent the last 21 years
How to Remove & Replace Drum Paddle
Inside a washing machine drum there are three paddles. They are usually (though not always) made of plastic, and they sometimes break or come loose. Their job is to lift up the laundry and move it around as the drum
Can’t Get Drum Bearings Out
This article is part of my Washing machine repair question archives. Carefully selected topics from Washerhelp’s Forums are abridged into an easier to read article. Drum Bearing Repair Question “I was trying to replace the drum bearings in my washing
Cleaned pump filter now it leaks
It’s remarkable how many times someone has contacted me to say that they have cleaned the pump filter on their washing machine and now it is leaking. If it wasn’t leaking before then it should just be something simple to
Rattling tapping and grinding noise on spin
There are so many potential sources of a noise on a washing machine that it can be difficult to find the cause. This one is about when the drum is turning on wash and it makes a strange tapping noise.