Hi I have fitted new bearings and spider but whitch way around should the seal go when looking down into the plastic drum should the spring in the seal face the bearing or face out into the drum?.
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Hotpoint WM52 drum bearing seal orientation confirmed
- The problem
- After fitting new bearings and a spider on a Hotpoint WM52 washing machine, the poster needed to know which way round the drum bearing seal should be fitted.
- Likely cause
- Uncertainty over correct bearing seal orientation during reassembly. The accepted reply stated the seal should be fitted with the flat side facing the drum and the spring facing the bearings.
- What fixed it
- The seal was fitted with the spring facing the bearings and the flat side facing the drum, as advised in the accepted solution.
- Checks to try
- Accepted reply advised the seal spring should face the bearings
- Original poster confirmed they fitted it that way
- Original poster reported that all seemed fine afterwards
- Parts or tools mentioned
- new bearings
- spider
- bearing seal
3 Answers
I'm assuming you mean the seal that protects the drum bearings? It's a long time since I did one but I think it fits with the flat side facing the drum so the spring faces the bearings. I would think it would be difficult to fit it the wrong way around as there's nothing to knock against to force it down flat on top of the front bearing the wrong way around.
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To be honest it's so long since I manually replaced drum bearings I'm no longer sure. It's well over 10 years since I did one as people always preferred to buy a new machine rather than pay to have them replaced.
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