Where Can I Get A Outer Drum

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Hotpoint Aquarius WMA56 outer drum rear mounting lug broken

The problem

After a main bearing change on a Hotpoint Aquarius WMA56, one of the three rear motor-mounting lugs on the outer drum was snapped off during reassembly. The machine would wash and spin, but produced an increasingly loud noise at the highest spin speed with heavier loads, so the fast spin was being stopped manually.

Likely cause

The broken motor mounting lug on the rear outer drum was likely allowing excess motor movement during high-speed spin. The accepted reply said this movement could cause the motor to flex and potentially throw the belt off.

What fixed it

The accepted advice was to check for availability of an outer drum/rear drum section as a spare and to avoid fast spins. The original poster then confirmed they had found and ordered a genuine Hotpoint rear drum section complete with bearings, heater element and drum seal. The exact completed repair was not confirmed in the thread.

Checks to try

• Machine washed and spun despite the damage
• Noise became louder at the fastest spin speed with a fairly heavy load
• Some light loads completed the full cycle without issue
• Fast spin was being stopped when the noise started

Parts or tools mentioned

• Genuine Hotpoint rear of drum complete with bearings, heater element and drum seal