Samsung ecobubble drum front casing spare part
Eco bubble washing machine. Rubbers holding bolts had disintegrated and caused excessive movement of drum meaning the plastic pegs holding the motor have sheared off the front part of the drum casing. Can the front part be replaced by a reasonably competent DIYer and at a reasonable cost or is it the case of a new washing machine?
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Samsung Ecobubble outer drum front casing damage from failed bolt rubbers
- The problem
- A Samsung Ecobubble washing machine had excessive drum movement after the rubbers holding the bolts disintegrated. The movement reportedly caused the plastic pegs holding the motor to shear off the front part of the drum casing. The user asked whether the front drum section could be replaced by a competent DIYer or whether replacement of the machine would be more sensible.
- Likely cause
- The strongest supported diagnosis is failure of the rubbers holding the bolts, leading to excessive movement and subsequent damage to the front section of the outer drum casing and motor mounting pegs.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that replacing the drum/front outer drum section is a very large job suitable only for someone extremely determined and experienced. Although the poster found that the outer drum appeared to be sold in separate parts, the forum advice was that paying for repair was likely not worthwhile, with engineer labour said to be at least £150 plus. Replacement of the machine was therefore the more strongly supported option.
- Checks to try
- Confirmed that the rubbers holding the bolts had disintegrated
- Observed excessive drum movement
- Observed that the plastic pegs holding the motor had sheared off the front part of the drum casing
- Checked that the outer drum appeared to be available in separate parts
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Front part of the drum casing / outer drum front section
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
3 Answers
Hello. Unfortunately replacing the drum is a very big job. For the extremely determined and experienced only I would say. Also it is possible that they sell the outer drum in two parts but some manufacturers only sell the complete drum so you would have to double check that on a spares site too.
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Thanks, they seem to sell them in separate parts. May be a silly question but any idea whether it is worth getting somebody out to do it or would it not be worth the cost? Also interesting to note that the whole time we were looking on forums (didn’t come across this one) at what was causing knocking noise nowhere mentioned the rubber holding the bolts in potentially causing the issue.
Hi Branco. I mention a loose drum weight in part 2 of my causes of a noisy washing machine where I would expect you would notice a loose motor whilst checking for it but I'll update my article to mention a loose motor.
I would say it's not worth doing tbh. It would probably be at least £150 + for an engineer to do it.
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