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The new shaft installed in the fan.

This is the new fan bearing assembly mounted in the fan housing. Rather then using aluminium rivets again, I used 3mm stainless steel (ss) set screws with washers and ss nyloc nuts.

The old and new shafts. There was already slight wear on the shaft and the bushes when the dryer was overhauled in 1991, and the shaft still looks much the same.

Once again, the bushings needed to soak up oil overnight. There is some fibre material between the inner and outer bushes which act as a reservoir. The new fan shaft is next to it.

Minor disaster 2. The new fan bushing housing has not been machined properly. I didn't think this would cause any trouble, but the hole in the fan housing that this passes through is quite a tight fit. The only thing I had to hand to remove this was a fret saw. It did the trick, but it wasn't...

Reinstalled in the cleaned up cabinet. The motor sits on rubber insulators to absorb vibration.

Looking much better cleaned up.

The cleaned up windings, rotor, and one of the endplates, ready to reassemble. End thrust of the rotor shaft is controlled by washers at the fan end of the motor. They can be seen on the shaft.

Hi to all again. I did get the model number correct this time. Sorry about that. This is the second part of the overhaul - fitting parts and reassembling. Regards John One of the motor end plates. The rotor bearings are sintered bronze which soak up oil for lubrication. Here I've blocked the...

I've just realised that the model number is incorrect in the thread title. It should be: Hoover 155 (D6028) Dryer Overhaul. Sorry guys. John

Jaw drops!!! Hi Creedy This is the only other 155 I've ever seen, and it looks to be in great condition. Could I ask around what sort of money you're after. I don't really want another, but hopefully someone local will want it. If all else fails, please let me know as I'd not like to see it...

Half the perished buffer has remained on the cabinet, which is also usual. The screw is one of the four retainers of the heating elements assembly. So, if you've ever wondered what those four small holes with plastic plugs around the drum opening on your matchbox washer were - that's what...

The small door buffers have perished, as is usual. I have new ones but they're black.

This is the door switch at closed position (power supplied to machine).

This is the door switch at open position (power cut off to machine).

An image of the rear of the door catch.

This is the back of the thermal cutout that protects the elements.

This is the rear of the heating elements assembly.

These later dryers have the cabinet closed up at the bottom by a pressing which is pop riveted in place.

A close up of the rear drum bearing post. The drum turns quite slowly, so this bearing is lightly stressed. There's virtually no wear on the shaft.