So the miele needed stripping down

[robliverpool]

As some of you know I bought a miele washer off ebay that just had a water inlet fault. Got the machine home and the drum would not turn at all it was solid. So I thought here we go. Bearing change. Stripped the machine down and it was covered in soap powder inside

 

[robliverpool]

Pic two

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[robliverpool]

So while it's in bits I'm going to give all the pipes door seal etc a good bleach soak as I don't think this machine has ever seen a hot wash. Now the fun part putting it back together

 

[logixx]

Soap powder?

Looks like the spider is deteriorating.

 

[robliverpool]

Belive it or not it's washing powder stuck to it. I've had a screw driver and literally sat there for an hour just scraping powder off. Think it's only ever done cold washer as I've never seen a build up like that before. In my eagerness to get the machine fired up I put a wrong connecter on the board and heard a pop. I'm hoping it's just the capacitor as there's no power at all going into the machine. I'll replace it tomorrow

 

[richnz]

Is there a fuse in the small board holding

the on-off/door button?

Also check that this crud hasn't filled up the pressure tube (Left of your foot in first photo).

 

[combo52]

Build-Up in the outer tub

That is not soap power, it is mineral build-up and a corroded spider, if it were soap power it would just rinse away. You my be correct about to many cold washes but the likely problem is they used way too little detergent for the water conditions where the washer lived.

 

[logixx]

Never seen something like that - wow

Why did the detergent only stick to thw drum spider, though?

 

[adamthemieleman]

I do admit Rob, it does look like corrosion rather than powder. I hope it isn't but I agree with Logixx.

 

[henene4]

What are these spiders made of again? Isn't it the same material they use for the bearing support?

 

[robliverpool]

Hi guys. If you zoom in my first pic you can see just how much powder was in the machine. I could of filled a couple of boxes. The spider is a mixture of a lot of powder and some corrosion. Plans on hold for it for now as I keep out for a replacement spider. All the other parts have had a deep clean and no black gunk left.

 

[combo52]

Build-Up in the outer tub

If you think that stuff is detergent try washing a load of clothing with it, and see how fast it dissolves and how slippery it makes the water and how clean your load of clothing comes out, LOL.

 

[robliverpool]

No thanks lol. Over 18 years of repairing washers and hundreds of bearing changes I've never seen one this bad. I've seen a lol with loads of black gel mouldy stuff when people have used liquid
The miele came from a soft water area and the owner admitted it's main use was quick washes. Surprise surprise.
The bearings on this machine were actually fine and didn't need replacing. I would rather work on the old hotpoints. That's what I trained on back in the day. So much easier

 

[iheartmaytag]

Looks like it could have

benefited from a clean washer cycle now and again.