matchboxpaul
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and the old spider in bits, along with the removed additional bolts and plates from the front of the old drum...
Getting All Modern - Hotpoint 9560
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matchboxpaul
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Here is the reason why the old drum cant be used again!
the unbalanced forces and lack of support had torn the drum, where one of the spider legs attached...
the unbalanced forces and lack of support had torn the drum, where one of the spider legs attached...
matchboxpaul
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and from the other side...
matchboxpaul
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replacement bearings inserted...
matchboxpaul
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the hopefully temporary drum...
...with a brand new spider attached.
The machine has been equipped with a replacement drum but unfortunately one that is not entirely suitable for this machine.
It is the right period (i.e with the wide metal rim at the front), but is from a 1000rpm machine.
As such it is the wrong grade of steel and lacks the bolts and plates at the front.
As such, when the machine receives a replacement motor, it will be restricted to 1000rpm with a load in the drum. Thankfully 1000rpm is a speed option - the Slow Spin option!
If 1300/1400rpm is to be employed, it will just be for show purposes and will be conducted ONLY when the machine is empty!
if anyone stumbles across a suitable microprofile drum - please get in touch....
...with a brand new spider attached.
The machine has been equipped with a replacement drum but unfortunately one that is not entirely suitable for this machine.
It is the right period (i.e with the wide metal rim at the front), but is from a 1000rpm machine.
As such it is the wrong grade of steel and lacks the bolts and plates at the front.
As such, when the machine receives a replacement motor, it will be restricted to 1000rpm with a load in the drum. Thankfully 1000rpm is a speed option - the Slow Spin option!
If 1300/1400rpm is to be employed, it will just be for show purposes and will be conducted ONLY when the machine is empty!
if anyone stumbles across a suitable microprofile drum - please get in touch....
matchboxpaul
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replacement drum added - sits nice and centred...
matchboxpaul
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held on at the back...
matchboxpaul
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drum front back on and door seal reapplied...
matchboxpaul
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front panel waiting to be reattached - cleaned up really well, with pretty much perfect enamelling...
matchboxpaul
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and the back...of the front.....
matchboxpaul
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and the extended top, with an extra 15ish centimetres of depth to cater for machines not kept under a worksurface...
matchboxpaul
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and finally for tonight...
the ratings plate on the back.
Some more piccies tomorrow.
Cheers
Paul
the ratings plate on the back.
Some more piccies tomorrow.
Cheers
Paul
dj-gabriele
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WOW! A machine I'd love to have 
What a shame that you needed to replace the drum! Anyway, really an interesting reading&watching!
What a shame that you needed to replace the drum! Anyway, really an interesting reading&watching!vivalalavatrice
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GREAT Job guys!
I did the same on a Zoppas model (Zanussi group) just few weeks ago and was not a soft job!!
Then, my dears, the satisfaction is higher than the wearying!!
COMPLIMENTS!!!
Diomede
I did the same on a Zoppas model (Zanussi group) just few weeks ago and was not a soft job!!
Then, my dears, the satisfaction is higher than the wearying!!
COMPLIMENTS!!!
Diomede
hotpoint9534
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Ahh such a pity that the drum was allowed to get into that state. It saddens me that someone obviously paid good money for a top of the range machine and yet was prepared to run it into the ground in such a way.
Replacing a broken drum spider is not an expensive job if done early enough. Unfortunately, if left too long, all kinds of damage can occur.
Of course the lesson is to use a good quality detergent and run the occasional boil wash. This is far cheaper in the long run than trying to save a few pence on electricity/shopping bills.
Tom.
Replacing a broken drum spider is not an expensive job if done early enough. Unfortunately, if left too long, all kinds of damage can occur.
Of course the lesson is to use a good quality detergent and run the occasional boil wash. This is far cheaper in the long run than trying to save a few pence on electricity/shopping bills.
Tom.
You guys are bringing back memories for me. When I first got my machine, it had a broken heater element mount at the back, where it goes over the drain hole at the back of the drum. I suspect it was coin damage - there was a coin in the sump. On spin (with a load, it worked perfect when empty) the heating element vibrated up and down really hard, banging against the spinning drum. I fixed that by making up a stud-type mount in the floor of the drum, just in front of the drain hole. It is a stainless steel bolt, with washers and extra nuts as spacers, so that when I re-fitted the front of the drum with the element attached, the element went around the stud, with the inner "U" of the element trapped between two washers of the mount. It sounds dodgy but it worked for years.
After the catastrophic failure in your machine, you might want to double check that the element is engaging properly with the rear mount, and that the element hasn't been damaged.
That drum looks a pretty good match you know. As the fast spin only lasts a few seconds, I wouldn't be too worried about it. Those weights at the front of the drum bolt into place, you are probably supposed to unbolt them from your old drum and carry them across. the mounting holes are there on your new drum.
All that corrosion and breakage of the spider is pretty common over here - I reckon it is usually a combination of overdosing with cheap rubbish detergents, and using cold wash cycles - though that 9560w doesn't have a cold wash option, does it? I have just replaced the spider and bearings on an LG which was manufactured in 2003 so your Hotpoint hasn't done too bad.
you asked if I know the history of mine. I have no idea, but I'd bet it was brought out by an immigrant from the UK or an Aussie returning home from the UK. I have seen another one of these machines for sale here, it was at a company who imported second hand, ex-repair and factory second grade (B-class I think it is called in UK) appliances and TVs from the UK. They had a showroom full of unusual front loaders - Hoover Logics with a royal crest onthe dispenser drawer; an Electra brand machine with pink and grey plastic, the drum in that appeared jammed solid; Some Zanussi, Electrolux and Servis machines of 80s vintage (I saw them in the 1990s), and one or two Hotpoint 9560s with white plastic trim. Other lesser model 1980s Hotpoints too. I was like a kid in a lolly shop, I wanted them all. These machines would have no spares available and were sold to unsuspecting customers who would not have known they were orphans. Having said that, I bought a TV from them, a Tatung made in UK, and it has given me over ten years good service. Tatung TVs have never been sold here. The tuner has long since packed up but I use it with a digital set top box and satellite box so I don't need the tuner in the TV to work. (That second hand tv cost me over $400 in the mid nineties, I could buy a similar one brand new now for about $120.) Anyway, enough rambling.
Good luck with your Hotpoint.
Chris.
After the catastrophic failure in your machine, you might want to double check that the element is engaging properly with the rear mount, and that the element hasn't been damaged.
That drum looks a pretty good match you know. As the fast spin only lasts a few seconds, I wouldn't be too worried about it. Those weights at the front of the drum bolt into place, you are probably supposed to unbolt them from your old drum and carry them across. the mounting holes are there on your new drum.
All that corrosion and breakage of the spider is pretty common over here - I reckon it is usually a combination of overdosing with cheap rubbish detergents, and using cold wash cycles - though that 9560w doesn't have a cold wash option, does it? I have just replaced the spider and bearings on an LG which was manufactured in 2003 so your Hotpoint hasn't done too bad.
you asked if I know the history of mine. I have no idea, but I'd bet it was brought out by an immigrant from the UK or an Aussie returning home from the UK. I have seen another one of these machines for sale here, it was at a company who imported second hand, ex-repair and factory second grade (B-class I think it is called in UK) appliances and TVs from the UK. They had a showroom full of unusual front loaders - Hoover Logics with a royal crest onthe dispenser drawer; an Electra brand machine with pink and grey plastic, the drum in that appeared jammed solid; Some Zanussi, Electrolux and Servis machines of 80s vintage (I saw them in the 1990s), and one or two Hotpoint 9560s with white plastic trim. Other lesser model 1980s Hotpoints too. I was like a kid in a lolly shop, I wanted them all. These machines would have no spares available and were sold to unsuspecting customers who would not have known they were orphans. Having said that, I bought a TV from them, a Tatung made in UK, and it has given me over ten years good service. Tatung TVs have never been sold here. The tuner has long since packed up but I use it with a digital set top box and satellite box so I don't need the tuner in the TV to work. (That second hand tv cost me over $400 in the mid nineties, I could buy a similar one brand new now for about $120.) Anyway, enough rambling.
Good luck with your Hotpoint.
Chris.
matchboxpaul
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Too right with your comments Tom - Rob dont take this a permission for every other wash to be a boil wash!
I honestly dont think that the previous owners had full realisation of how damaged the machine was, them thinking it waas just getting noisy with age - 22 years old.
Although I never met them, I am assured that they are a very friendly couple who do take pride in their stuff.
Indeed the Microprofile has been replaced by a Miele!
Rather perversely, had they not persevered with this machine for so long (admittedly with it getting worse and worse) it would have been taken to an appointment with the council many many months ago.
Anyhow, it is safe now - has just taken money and time to get it back to the stage you see it now. By the time it has been fully repaired, we will probably have been able to buy a cheap new machine!
Hi Chris.
We checked the heating element when the front of the outer drum was removed. The actual elements have survived unscathed, although the sensor probe - the rod which runs straight up between the elements - has now got a slight groove in it. The first wash, when remotored, will show whether major damage has been done.
We have kept the bolts and metal plates, but did not repply them as they have been deemed too rusty. Something else to find!
Hi Bjorn. All I can say is keep hold of the 9545 for a while please (any chance of some piccies of it, or would it be too painful for us to see it, knowing its fate?).
I had wondered whether the 1200 spin machines were deemed worthy of special drums.
I will e-mail a friend and try find out what they were equipped with and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Cheers for thinking of us.
Paul
I honestly dont think that the previous owners had full realisation of how damaged the machine was, them thinking it waas just getting noisy with age - 22 years old.
Although I never met them, I am assured that they are a very friendly couple who do take pride in their stuff.
Indeed the Microprofile has been replaced by a Miele!
Rather perversely, had they not persevered with this machine for so long (admittedly with it getting worse and worse) it would have been taken to an appointment with the council many many months ago.
Anyhow, it is safe now - has just taken money and time to get it back to the stage you see it now. By the time it has been fully repaired, we will probably have been able to buy a cheap new machine!
Hi Chris.
We checked the heating element when the front of the outer drum was removed. The actual elements have survived unscathed, although the sensor probe - the rod which runs straight up between the elements - has now got a slight groove in it. The first wash, when remotored, will show whether major damage has been done.
We have kept the bolts and metal plates, but did not repply them as they have been deemed too rusty. Something else to find!
Hi Bjorn. All I can say is keep hold of the 9545 for a while please (any chance of some piccies of it, or would it be too painful for us to see it, knowing its fate?).
I had wondered whether the 1200 spin machines were deemed worthy of special drums.
I will e-mail a friend and try find out what they were equipped with and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Cheers for thinking of us.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Well - time for the final set of piccies...
there is only a few of them - I did think that there were more of them, but I was wrong.
front of the machine replaced - just awaiting the facia....
there is only a few of them - I did think that there were more of them, but I was wrong.
front of the machine replaced - just awaiting the facia....
matchboxpaul
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and facia reapplied...
