How to remove the drum on the washing machine : with vertical and front-loading , remove the bearing and the elastic drum

During operation of the washing machine it can happen.If there is any malfunction of the device you have two choices: ask for help from a master repairman or try to solve the problem yourself.In the first case, you trust his faithful au pair professionals, but the part with a few thousand rubles.In the second - trying to solve the problem with minimal loss for the family budget, but the risk to unwholesome actions damage the complex mechanism.

Which way to go, choose only to you.Those who decided to cope on their own, will help guide our disassembly of the washing machine drum and recovery.This information is current for household appliances LG, Indesit, Bosch, Ardo, Electrolux, Candy, Zanussi, Whirpool, Hansa and other popular manufacturers.

Before you get started, make sure that you have at hand all the necessary tools and materials.

you may need:

• set of screwdrivers, including Phillips and standard slot;
• set of stars and hexagons;
• screwdriver;
• hammer;
• wire cutters and pliers;
• Socket set with ratchet;
• hacksaw.

For washing machines with different types of loading drum disconnection procedure may differ materially.Consider the sequence of actions for devices with front and top-loading.Remember that for any model stiralki work on the removal of the drum must start with the trip unit from the electrical outlet and disconnect the hose kit and drain the water.

• Armed with a screwdriver, remove the top and bottom panel of the washing machine.
• unscrew fasteners that hold the feeder washing powder and a control unit.
• Carefully disconnect the data elements.
• Do not forget to take pictures of each stage of the work to then assemble everything in reverse order with no errors.
• Now remove the front panel rubber cuff that seals the door hatch.For this weaken a collar, which is fixed a spring small metal or plastic clip.
• Releasing the front panel of the seal, remove it.It needs to unscrew the bolts at the top and bottom of the machine.
• now undertake the front panel with both hands and disconnect it by pulling forward and up.
• next stage - a drum liberation from wires that connect it with other elements of the washing machine.Disconnect the heater wire, a pump, valves and various pipes.
• vacated wire is put aside and gently fasten so that they are not confused and do not interfere.
• To make it easier to pull out the tank, remove the counterweights.They are at the top and bottom parts thereof.
• Next comes the turn of the shock absorbers and springs that hold the tank.Remove them one by one.
• Finally, gently pull out the tank and disconnect it from the engine.

Visually, tank removal process, see the following video.

Most of the work is over and we can only learn from the tank drum.Our further steps depend on the species of the tank.It can be collapsible or folding.

If collapsible tank , just decompress the bracket connecting the two halves of the tank.

If the tank is not collapsible , will have to cut it.This is why we need a hacksaw, which we stocked up at the beginning of the work.Place the cut is easy to determine - to focus on the need to weld.Sawn in half tank can "revive", combining half clamps or bolts (and be sure to treat the sealant compounds).

now split in two from the tank is necessary to pull out the drum.First, simply remove the front part of the tank.Then disconnect the pulley.It is mounted on a bolt, which is necessary to unscrew and then screw the back.After that, take a hammer and beat them carefully on the shaft.After several strokes, the drum is usually possible to knock out pot.

• Using a screwdriver, unscrew the fasteners that hold the rear panel of the washing machine and remove it.
• Move the sidebar to the side, then shoot her.
• Carefully disconnect the wires, pre-photographing position of each of them.
• unscrew the screw that holds the shaft.Close the washing machine door and carefully pull out the tank.
• then sever two of the tank and extract the drum (in the same way as for the front-loading models).

In the video below you can clearly see how the drum is removed (for example, Whirlpool washing machine).

Pulling out of the washing machine tank and disassembled into two parts as described in the instructions above, you need to hold the drum cleaning.Remove accumulated dirt and foreign matter getting inside.Then beat out the bearing toolbox, trying not to damage the socket.In addition to the bearing, and remove the worn seals - these details, we also will change with the new.Place the bearing mounting process the lithologic, then put new seals and bearings.To secure the bearing, we need a hammer or vyboynik.

To remove and replace the sealing rubber sleeve on the boot hatchno need to dismantle the washing machine and pull out the drum.

• To start, you need to remove the clamp that fixes the outer part of the cuff.If the plastic clamp, it is attached by means of latches, and if the metal - by the spring.
• removing the first clamp, carefully disconnect the second, inner.Place it locks mark the token.
• Pulling cuff - first remove the upper part of it, then the bottom.
• Clear the edge of the tank, which was installed cuff against dirt and treat it with soapy water.
• Putting on the edge of the new seal, moving in a circle.After that, we return to the place of the two clamps.