Hotpoint Washing Machine Bearing And Seal Kit Stock Number: ES487850

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• Jim the Engineeer
  3.0 out of 5

  The Washing Machine bearings are working well but are a struggle to fit. 14 August 2015

  I knew that my washing machine bearings were failing due to the noise and radial the movement in the drum. eSpares had the bearings and I watched their video of how to fit them. As I have fitted ball bearings before I was not pleased to see a cold chisel used to both remove the old bearings and fit the new ones. Using a chisel can result in damage to the housing and bearings so a brass or mild steel punch or drift should be used. It also showed the bearings being removed from the housing fairly easily but in practice it seems that the bearings fail because water gets past the seal and rusts them. They also get rusted into the housing and to get them out you need more professional kit than shown on the video and lots of WD40! If you have changed rusty bearings before then go ahead, but if you haven't and you only have the usual household tools then you should think about a new washing machine!

  Ease of fitting	1.0 out of 5
  Quality	4.0 out of 5
  Value	4.0 out of 5

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