Hoover 455 (A3072) Washer Overhaul Pt 1

[crouzet951]

The door is terrible.

I repainted the inner and outer door panels many years ago when rust appeared at the bottom. I do have a new front door panel and aluminium trim ring.

 

[crouzet951]

Basically, three main problems need to be fixed:

the outer drum,

the spider and shaft, and

the motor bearings.

As mentioned at the beginning of this thread, the machine is now up and running, so all were fixed with varying degrees of threat to my sanity. I'll post again tomorrow.

Cheers all.

P.S. The image has nothing to do with the washer. A sun shower had started and one of my avian friends was visiting. Things like this keep me sane. Hehe.

 

[fido]

I would have re-used the spider with some Loctite to glue the new bearing to the shaft.
What detergent do you use? Liquids tend to cause more rot than powder.

 

[sesteve]

Fantastic thread and great pictures. Well done on getting this stripped down and back up and working. I need to spend some time like this on my machines instead of buying more lol!

Can't wait for the next instalment

Steve

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hoover

Glad to see you are cracking on with the full restore, my 3008 keymatic tub needed a hole filling and some good coats of rustoleum and enamel paint, Fab washers to work on, nothing much that cant be adapted...

Nice to see a Dial-a-mat or convertible in use for all the vintage paint flakes and dust!!

 

[crouzet951]

Hi guys

fido

I was going to do something like that with the shaft as a last resort if a new one couldn't be located.

Liquid is used for my clothes and powder for sheets and towels, so it might be a good idea to stick only with the powder from now on. I'll also run a decalcifier through it once a month.

sesteve

They're getting few and far between in Aus these days, though new (Candy) Hoovers appeared again on the Aus market a couple of years ago.

chestermike

They are great to work on, and so many parts are interchangeable.

The vacuum's a Power Drive model which used to belong to my parents. It's beautiful to use, but not when lifting it.