***FIRST OF ALL, I'M FROM EU (SPAIN) SO EXCUSE MY ENGLISH***
Hi! I wanted to create this thread because I've been looking for something like this for a long time and I didn't find it. So I'm going to create my own thread.
For a long, long time, I wanted a spin dryer for my washing appliances collection, but in Spain, it is very difficult to find one of these.
But recently, a friend of mine gave me a spin dryer in really bad shape, but it was a spin dryer after all! So I decided to restore the spin dryer for my own.
It had all the paint peeled off and there was no label or brand name anywhere. So I dont know even yet what model/brand of spin dryer it is.
First of all I noticed that the drum was tilted sideways, so I looked all the parts that could cause that, and I found that one of the rubber pieces that work as suspension was missing, one out of three.
So I disasembled the bottom of the spin dryer and I looked inside for some more fails, but the rubber suspension seemed to be the only fail.
Also the spin dryer was very dirty, so I had to clean it out, and some plastic parts (the lid and the bottom parts) were with big cracks, and I had to fix that too.
Then I took appart ALL of the spin dryer, the motor, the drum, the suspension, all the rods and switches for the motor, the motor brake, and the lid and switch lever assembly, so that I had only the metal chasis. My surprise was that also, all the inside was very rusty and all dirty, so I decided to repaint all the chasis.
I first sanded the chasis with a sandpaper, and then I painted it with a special rust protective paint. After 24 h, it was ready to work on it.
I tried a lot of suspension material that could work as a replacement of the one that didn't came with the dryer, but all the springs and else failed. My only succes was with a bicycle tire air chamber, cut in small pieces and I tryed that, but it was too loose in comparison of the original dampers.
So I put three air chamber parts in the same mount and It seemed to work well.
I used also the two original suspensions that came with the dryer, along with the homemade one.
I installed the motor and the drum for a test spin, but I found that the drum was tilted a little sideways, only a little but it was too much for the spin dryer to work normally. The 3 air chamber suspensions seemed to be too strong and too short, so I inserted a sprin between the 2 mounting parts of the suspension, and that puts exactly the exact force for the three suspensions to be balanced.
After this, I mounted the motor on the suspensions and inserted a rubber plug in the switch/brake rod to avoid water to go inside the motor and the electric part.
Then I installed the rod and the rod tube that goes from top to bottom to activate the switch, and I inserted the drum after this.
I connected a new power cable to the switch, and adjusted the brake because it was too loose.
The spin dryer also needed a new foot cover, because the original one was broken and very cracky, so I made one from a piece of wood, cut it in a circle and attached the rubber feet.
Made a few holes to let the air pass through and It was ready to be attached to the spin dryer.
As a final step, I attached the lid to the spin dryer and also the switch lever, to turn on /off the spin dryer.
I made a test on dry clothes to see if it spun correctly and if it was balanced, and all seemed ok.
So I attached the water exit port to the chasis, and I made a test on a full load of wet clothes, and it spun off all the water, so it worked OK.
I repaired the cracks of the lid and it was working like brand new!!
I only have to repaint it white, because now it's painted the color of the protective paint, and it's kinda ugly.
So that is how I restored a spin dryer in very bad shape.
Also, if someone could help me identify that spin dryer, I would be very pleased, I only know that the motor is branded AEG. Thanks!!
Hope you like it
Hi! I wanted to create this thread because I've been looking for something like this for a long time and I didn't find it. So I'm going to create my own thread.
For a long, long time, I wanted a spin dryer for my washing appliances collection, but in Spain, it is very difficult to find one of these.
But recently, a friend of mine gave me a spin dryer in really bad shape, but it was a spin dryer after all! So I decided to restore the spin dryer for my own.
It had all the paint peeled off and there was no label or brand name anywhere. So I dont know even yet what model/brand of spin dryer it is.
First of all I noticed that the drum was tilted sideways, so I looked all the parts that could cause that, and I found that one of the rubber pieces that work as suspension was missing, one out of three.
So I disasembled the bottom of the spin dryer and I looked inside for some more fails, but the rubber suspension seemed to be the only fail.
Also the spin dryer was very dirty, so I had to clean it out, and some plastic parts (the lid and the bottom parts) were with big cracks, and I had to fix that too.
Then I took appart ALL of the spin dryer, the motor, the drum, the suspension, all the rods and switches for the motor, the motor brake, and the lid and switch lever assembly, so that I had only the metal chasis. My surprise was that also, all the inside was very rusty and all dirty, so I decided to repaint all the chasis.
I first sanded the chasis with a sandpaper, and then I painted it with a special rust protective paint. After 24 h, it was ready to work on it.
I tried a lot of suspension material that could work as a replacement of the one that didn't came with the dryer, but all the springs and else failed. My only succes was with a bicycle tire air chamber, cut in small pieces and I tryed that, but it was too loose in comparison of the original dampers.
So I put three air chamber parts in the same mount and It seemed to work well.
I used also the two original suspensions that came with the dryer, along with the homemade one.
I installed the motor and the drum for a test spin, but I found that the drum was tilted a little sideways, only a little but it was too much for the spin dryer to work normally. The 3 air chamber suspensions seemed to be too strong and too short, so I inserted a sprin between the 2 mounting parts of the suspension, and that puts exactly the exact force for the three suspensions to be balanced.
After this, I mounted the motor on the suspensions and inserted a rubber plug in the switch/brake rod to avoid water to go inside the motor and the electric part.
Then I installed the rod and the rod tube that goes from top to bottom to activate the switch, and I inserted the drum after this.
I connected a new power cable to the switch, and adjusted the brake because it was too loose.
The spin dryer also needed a new foot cover, because the original one was broken and very cracky, so I made one from a piece of wood, cut it in a circle and attached the rubber feet.
Made a few holes to let the air pass through and It was ready to be attached to the spin dryer.
As a final step, I attached the lid to the spin dryer and also the switch lever, to turn on /off the spin dryer.
I made a test on dry clothes to see if it spun correctly and if it was balanced, and all seemed ok.
So I attached the water exit port to the chasis, and I made a test on a full load of wet clothes, and it spun off all the water, so it worked OK.
I repaired the cracks of the lid and it was working like brand new!!
I only have to repaint it white, because now it's painted the color of the protective paint, and it's kinda ugly.
So that is how I restored a spin dryer in very bad shape.
Also, if someone could help me identify that spin dryer, I would be very pleased, I only know that the motor is branded AEG. Thanks!!
Hope you like it
