a3620
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Hello folks, hope everyone is well.
Sorry to bother you again.
You were very kind in helping me fix my beloved Hoover logic a3620 1300 last January and I'm happy to report that it has been working well thanks to your advice.
However, I need your help again.
Cut a long story short, the suspension is playing up and just before it spins, the drum wants to bash through the side of the machine. It's terrifying!
I should add, it has stood on the same concrete floor with the same person loading/using it for decades, so its not "user error"
Back in Jan, I fitted a genuine Hoover new old stock suspension kit which had the lower 2 piece Nylon/plastic bushes and the top rubber mountings, plus washers etc. This was fitted ok and the drum still sits nice and straight.
When fitting the suspension kit, I noticed there was also a plastic spring locator/top mounting cup "thingy" sitting in the top of each spring; these were/still-are damaged, but replacements were not included with the repair kit.
I assumed the top "cups?" were not relevant, otherwise they would have been included in the kit? It appears they simply centre the spring, so I improvised a repair and the machine worked OK ..till now.
I have investigated and can see the Suspension kit still looks good as new, with no obvious issues to the drum mountings, frame, concrete-block, springs etc, etc. The drum almost seems to wagg side to side hitting the side of the cabinet.
I have fiddled about but reckon a suspension strip-down is needed. This is obviously a pain to do, so I would like to try and pinpoint the fault and source parts before starting.
So my questions/thoughts are:
1: I'll get a silly question out of the way first - There is plenty of grease on the suspension shafts. Could this be causing too much movement of the springs/shafts, in other words, should there be some friction to act as a damper, and all that grease is making it too loose?
2: Could it simply be the springs have gone weak with age?
3: Do you think the broken top plastic spring mount/locator cup/s is causing the issue by allowing the top of the springs to move about too much, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
4: Assuming the top mounting cup is the issue and replacements are unavailable, can you recommend a DIY repair? E.g I thought maybe cut/weld a piece of tube to form a metal version, or simply use some rubber pipe to locate the spring top etc?
Maybe something from another machine will do?
5: Could it be anything other than the mountings? It works perfectly well in all other ways, it only tries to take-off immediately before the spin.
Thank you so much in advance, any thoughts, help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Chris.
Sorry to bother you again.
You were very kind in helping me fix my beloved Hoover logic a3620 1300 last January and I'm happy to report that it has been working well thanks to your advice.
However, I need your help again.
Cut a long story short, the suspension is playing up and just before it spins, the drum wants to bash through the side of the machine. It's terrifying!
I should add, it has stood on the same concrete floor with the same person loading/using it for decades, so its not "user error"
Back in Jan, I fitted a genuine Hoover new old stock suspension kit which had the lower 2 piece Nylon/plastic bushes and the top rubber mountings, plus washers etc. This was fitted ok and the drum still sits nice and straight.
When fitting the suspension kit, I noticed there was also a plastic spring locator/top mounting cup "thingy" sitting in the top of each spring; these were/still-are damaged, but replacements were not included with the repair kit.
I assumed the top "cups?" were not relevant, otherwise they would have been included in the kit? It appears they simply centre the spring, so I improvised a repair and the machine worked OK ..till now.
I have investigated and can see the Suspension kit still looks good as new, with no obvious issues to the drum mountings, frame, concrete-block, springs etc, etc. The drum almost seems to wagg side to side hitting the side of the cabinet.
I have fiddled about but reckon a suspension strip-down is needed. This is obviously a pain to do, so I would like to try and pinpoint the fault and source parts before starting.
So my questions/thoughts are:
1: I'll get a silly question out of the way first - There is plenty of grease on the suspension shafts. Could this be causing too much movement of the springs/shafts, in other words, should there be some friction to act as a damper, and all that grease is making it too loose?
2: Could it simply be the springs have gone weak with age?
3: Do you think the broken top plastic spring mount/locator cup/s is causing the issue by allowing the top of the springs to move about too much, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
4: Assuming the top mounting cup is the issue and replacements are unavailable, can you recommend a DIY repair? E.g I thought maybe cut/weld a piece of tube to form a metal version, or simply use some rubber pipe to locate the spring top etc?
Maybe something from another machine will do?
5: Could it be anything other than the mountings? It works perfectly well in all other ways, it only tries to take-off immediately before the spin.
Thank you so much in advance, any thoughts, help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Chris.