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Aluminum and detergent To sudsmaster, Thank you for your input. In response to your item 3). In this regard all I can do is refer you to a sample MSDS for sodium carbonate, in this case anhydrous, at: - http://www.hillbrothers.com/msds/pdf/n/soda-ash-lite-100.pdf which shows that, at Page 5...

To pingmeep Thank you for your input. I believe I have seen two posts, on different sites, concerning inhibitors being present in detergents. The subject did not come up in my conversation with P&G re ‘Tide’. Should detergent manufacturers’ be including it/them in their products I would expect...

Number Of Appliances Serviced To COMBO52, Thank you for your response. Should you have been solely, or almost solely, employed in reassembly the numbers quoted above are, in my view, entirely ‘doable’ particularly should you be employed, or largely employed, in a workshop, or even, as pingmeep...

Spider Corrosion And Foul Odours COMBO52 I don’t know if anyone else except me does the maths on your claims of experience but 30, 000 over 40 years equates to 750 per year. That equates to just over 2 for every day of the year. Take out the weekends (104 days) and this increases the daily rate...

Spider Corrosion And Foul Odours In Front Load Washers To pingmeep and COMBO52 A major constituent of powdered detergents is sodium carbonate (washing soda); it is also a major constituent of the powdered ‘Oxi’ products and ‘Affresh’. Further, should the correct concentration be reached, it is...

And The Moral Of The Tale Appears To Be: Don't buy a Miele in North America unless you really know what you may be letting yourself in for.

Possible Source Of Foul Odours In FL Machines I have explained my experiences with these and explained, what I believe is one possible source, in the thread: - http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?29110 I do not think it is necessary to repeat it all again here. Please...

Spider Construction Having seen Graham’s last photograph, in post 498433, I have to revise my idea of the number of pieces that constitute the spider. The hub and arms are obviously one piece, not the four I previously thought. The welding close to the edge of the hub appeared to run down the...

Spider Defects OK Graham. Thanks for the clarification above. From what you say, and looking at the photograph in post 498192 it now seems that the spider is steel (cast or forged) [cast iron would be a real female dog to weld] and that it has been coated (galvanised) by the look of it. It also...

Spider Defects? Now I am doing an awful lot of guessing here. 1. The seal landing looks like stainless steel. If it were mild steel like the shaft it would have corroded where it is in contact with the water. 2. I agree with 3beltwesty the grooves in the landing sleeve are likely made by the...

Scale To grahamW I have to agree the seal landing sleeve may be the item show as #5 in the diagram early in the thread. The question that springs to my mind is: “should it be replaceable how on earth are you supposed to be able to get it off the shaft of the spider”. I know it could be ‘turned...

Seal Landing I hate to say it but it looks like the brass sleeve for the seal landing is grooved in a couple of places. I doubt that it is supposed to be like that. As for the deposit on the drum that does not look like the products of corrosion to me. Additionally, it appears that it is the...

White Deposits On Spider I too would be interested to know what the ‘white stuff’ at the centre of the spider is. I asked the same question on another thread on this site but received no response. I suspect it is products of corrosion between the aluminium of the spider hub and the alkaline...

Bearings To 3beltwesty Thank you for a very informative post. I believe you will find, should you ever be able to obtain the relevant details, that the out of balance loads in FL washers are greater than the much reduced out of balance load in vehicle wheels, added to which the fulcrum for a...

Bearing and Seal Failure To 3beltwesty, I agree with almost everything you say. There are a few references 'on the web' where people state that their front load washers have suffered bearing failures with no apparent failure of the seal. Whilst I did not/do not own the machine where I have...

Bearing failures and causes Graham, I have forwarded a booklet put out by SKF on the above subject to your email. Regards

Fitting bearings I have said it before but I believe it will not go amiss here. When fitting new bearings only apply force to the race which has to be forced into its housing (outer race) or onto a shaft (inner race). Pressing or tapping the 'other' race, or even worse the cage, could, and...

Spiders and Bearings Whilst I have not dismantled a Miele machine from what I understand the ‘spider’, item # 2 from the above diagram, is a heavy cast iron or steel ‘spider’ fitted to the back of the outer drum to stiffen it. It holds the bearings and seal items 3, 4, 6 and 7 from the subject...

Spider Corrosion To cfz2882 I would remind you that aluminium and its alloys are corroded when immersed in an aqueous solution with a pH value above about 8.0 and most laundry aids currently in use, including detergent, HE detergent, borax, sodium carbonate (washing soda), sodium hypochlorite...

Possible Cause Possible failed spider. Very often a cause of vibration. Unusual on a Bosch but you never know.