Drum springs
So my washer was on other night heard a big bang flooded kitchen took back off to investigate looks like the spring that holds the drum up has ripped through plastic support is this fixable
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Spring mounting on outer drum has broken
- The problem
- The washing machine made a loud bang and flooded the kitchen. On inspection from the back, the drum support spring appeared to have ripped through the plastic support that holds the drum up.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply says the damage is likely to be to the main outer drum fixing where the suspension spring attaches. If so, the outer drum assembly would need replacing. The exact reason it failed was not confirmed, though violent drum movement was raised as a concern.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that if the spring has torn out of the main outer drum fixing, the repair would require a complete new drum, which was described as costly. No confirmed repair was documented in the thread.
- Checks to try
- Rear of machine removed for inspection
- Visual check found the drum support spring had ripped through the plastic support
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Complete new drum
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
If it's part of the main outer drum fixing that the spring attaches to you'd need a complete new drum at great cost. Plus there's the concern of exactly how that has happened. Did the drum bounce and thump around violently? You can search for spare parts here appliance spare parts
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