With it been so easy it's worth it. I had mental grinding so took bearing out and one side was eaten away. Cleaned away all filings and Flipped it around other way until part lands on monday and gave it a good dollop of castrol high heat grease that I have for cars and machines. Been going fine since but soon as new one drops in post on Monday il spend the 3 mins to fix it
With the heater element been close to it and heat it puts off I think most grease dries out easy that's why high heat one might be better for it. It's designed for higher heats than tumble drier.
Yep. It's very cheap and they know it's the first bit that wears out. They riveted it on to stop people fixing it themselves. Just hoping people won't know what to do and just buy a new machine.
Great video, straight to the point and the exact same issue as mine has had.
Cheers. I should check mine, it’ll probably need doing again soon.
With it been so easy it's worth it. I had mental grinding so took bearing out and one side was eaten away. Cleaned away all filings and Flipped it around other way until part lands on monday and gave it a good dollop of castrol high heat grease that I have for cars and machines. Been going fine since but soon as new one drops in post on Monday il spend the 3 mins to fix it
With the heater element been close to it and heat it puts off I think most grease dries out easy that's why high heat one might be better for it. It's designed for higher heats than tumble drier.
@@shanehall3794 good tip, thanks.
Think im going to set reminder to replace it every year as yet again i have left it to long and now need to replace the shaft as well.
Yes, mine is getting thin. Is the shaft replacement easy?
@DeveloperDIY yes but mine is riveted on so I'm gonna drill the rivets and replace with nuts and bolts.
What causes it wear like this, to much weight of clothes in the tumble dryer on the cycle run?
I think so. Also the belt is always pulling it down. The machine claims it can take 9kg which is a lot of clothes even wet.
@Swindondrive Should of been a proper housed bearing inside its on mounted plate personally
Yep. It's very cheap and they know it's the first bit that wears out. They riveted it on to stop people fixing it themselves. Just hoping people won't know what to do and just buy a new machine.
It must be coming up to that time of year again. No, not Christmas, bearing replacement time.