Hi, great forum, just joined today.
I'm replacing the dampers / shock absorbers on my Miele W2888 and I notice the originals are made by Stabilus and are like miniature car shocks - all metal. The replacement parts I've ordered are from Suspa Italy and use plastic and metal and look a lot less fancy.
Just wondering if anyone knows if there's any functional difference.
The last miele I replaced shocks on used the plastic & metal shock already so I'm a bit concerned I've ordered the wrong part as this was different. The minimum and max length match up though when I look at the replacement shock speca.
Is there any need to worry at all? Check the photo of the one I removed and the one online I'm waiting on. The old shocks are completely worn out.
A bit about the machine.
I bought the Miele second hand for a really good price, shipped interstate since they're petty hard to find in Sydney for a decent price. It has great features like the honeycomb drum with light, washes down the front seal at the start of a cycle, weighs the load and you only hear the water, it's so quiet. The digital display is also pretty cool. It had some surprises though. Smelt a bit funny so after opening it up I found the pipes all clogged with gunk, had to strip the machine and clean everything manually. The previous owner should be arrested for crimes against washers. Inside the sump filter were tree leaves, rusting bobby pins, rocks etc. Smelt like a swamp. Today when I pulled the dampers out I also pulled the sump rubber pipe and it was full of around 20 fancy brass collar stiffeners and more bobby pins.
I think they used a lot of liquid detergent which caused the gunk and spilled something on the perspex controls which cracked the plastic. I suppose that explains the fuzzy single photo in the ad listing
Anyhow, new parts are on order so it should look and work like new shortly. Bicarb soda, elbow grease, many hot washes and some washer cleaner and it's looking good.
In an unhealthy obsession for fixing things.
I'm replacing the dampers / shock absorbers on my Miele W2888 and I notice the originals are made by Stabilus and are like miniature car shocks - all metal. The replacement parts I've ordered are from Suspa Italy and use plastic and metal and look a lot less fancy.
Just wondering if anyone knows if there's any functional difference.
The last miele I replaced shocks on used the plastic & metal shock already so I'm a bit concerned I've ordered the wrong part as this was different. The minimum and max length match up though when I look at the replacement shock speca.
Is there any need to worry at all? Check the photo of the one I removed and the one online I'm waiting on. The old shocks are completely worn out.
A bit about the machine.
I bought the Miele second hand for a really good price, shipped interstate since they're petty hard to find in Sydney for a decent price. It has great features like the honeycomb drum with light, washes down the front seal at the start of a cycle, weighs the load and you only hear the water, it's so quiet. The digital display is also pretty cool. It had some surprises though. Smelt a bit funny so after opening it up I found the pipes all clogged with gunk, had to strip the machine and clean everything manually. The previous owner should be arrested for crimes against washers. Inside the sump filter were tree leaves, rusting bobby pins, rocks etc. Smelt like a swamp. Today when I pulled the dampers out I also pulled the sump rubber pipe and it was full of around 20 fancy brass collar stiffeners and more bobby pins.
I think they used a lot of liquid detergent which caused the gunk and spilled something on the perspex controls which cracked the plastic. I suppose that explains the fuzzy single photo in the ad listing
Anyhow, new parts are on order so it should look and work like new shortly. Bicarb soda, elbow grease, many hot washes and some washer cleaner and it's looking good. In an unhealthy obsession for fixing things.
