Grrr! Flaming Bosch Washing Machine

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Machine not even 3 years old and now it sounds like an aircraft taking off in my kitchen everytime it spins.

Its bearing failure and its a sealed tub so not much I can do but to replace the whole tub assembly @ £220!! Don't fancy that much.

My old Bosch machine only needed 2 x motor brushes and a door seal in 10 years!!

Thanks Bosch and what wonderful German engineering!!

Rant over sorry.
 
That's what happens when you put your Arsenal shirt with Ozil's name on the back in it, the wheels fall off and you don't get any value for money :rofl:
 
We went through 2 washing machines in quick succession, both just outside of warranty. When we got the next one we bought a separate extended warranty from a stand alone company. They will repair or replace the machine if anything happens to it within a period, can't remember if it was 3 or 5 years. It wasn't much and now I don't mind hammering the machine. I was initially reluctant but it does give piece of mind.
 
sawtooth said:
Machine not even 3 years old and now it sounds like an aircraft taking off in my kitchen everytime it spins.

Its bearing failure and its a sealed tub so not much I can do but to replace the whole tub assembly @ £220!! Don't fancy that much.

My old Bosch machine only needed 2 x motor brushes and a door seal in 10 years!!

Thanks Bosch and what wonderful German engineering!!

Rant over sorry.
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Sure that not all Bosch machines are made in Germany now. We bought a Miele when our Bosch died because of that reason.
 
phone up Bosch and ask to speak to customer liaison, they will either repair at a discounted rate or offer you a new one at a hugely discounted price :)
 
chellie said:
Sure that not all Bosch machines are made in Germany now. We bought a Miele when our Bosch died because of that reason.
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Bosch have plants all over now. We supply to a Bosch auto electric plant in Portugal. The buyers get 10% commission on any savings they make. Anyone else see where that is leading 😟?

Miele have a legendary reputation and I have never heard a bad word about their products.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Bosch have plants all over now. We supply to a Bosch auto electric plant in Portugal. The buyers get 10% commission on any savings they make. Anyone else see where that is leading ?

Miele have a legendary reputation and I have never heard a bad word about their products.
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My Miele vac is over 20 years old and still sucks like new. Miele dishwasher 14 years old and my Liebherr(Miele) fridge freezer is around the same. Pretty sure I also got free 10 years warranty on them as well even though none of them were the top of the range.
 
Sadly the current produce from the Bosch group factories is nothing like the quality of years back. Miele are the only quality made machines.
 
sawtooth said:
Machine not even 3 years old and now it sounds like an aircraft taking off in my kitchen everytime it spins.

Its bearing failure and its a sealed tub so not much I can do but to replace the whole tub assembly @ £220!! Don't fancy that much.

My old Bosch machine only needed 2 x motor brushes and a door seal in 10 years!!

Thanks Bosch and what wonderful German engineering!!

Rant over sorry.
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That could have been me who wrote that, pretty much the same time scale. Looked into replacing the bearings myself, there's some good videos on YouTube but decided against it. Ended up buying a Samsung which had a 5 year guarantee.
 
bearing failure is still a common problem across all brands, including Miele, believe it or not its all the soaps fault :)

the soap residue left in the machines corrodes the rubber bearing seal which lets water in to flush out all the bearing grease

top tip do at least a boil wash once a month, preferably with a washing machine cleaner or some soda crystals etc.
 
Slime said:
You can add Samsung to the list, my wife says it's fantastic and trouble free to date.
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No thanks, I won't.:)
What is it they say, "quality and class are permanent, form is temporary".
Having had to repair quite a few Samsungs, I wouldn't put them anywhere near Miele.

Most modern machines have reduced the diameter of both drum bearings and even worse some have opted for single bearings. The stresses on these smaller bearings is rediculous, and couple that with the move to plastic outer drums with the bearings pressed in place means that 1 of the water seals that would have been present is gone.

I should add that Miele despite what was said in the link, do not use sealed drums, and still have the bearings and seals in a bearing crosspiece, or spider as we called them. You can't seal a stainless steel drum.
 
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When I was looking for my current machine I was looking at an LG one. I seem to remember that drum was spun by magnets, no bearings required. Sounded very clever. I don't know how they work over time but is made sense to my non mechanical mind.
 
LG machine like every one on market has drum bearings tbh they are one of the worst for bearing failure, the magnets you speak off are whats known as direct drive induction motor, means no need for belt ;)

the motors are pretty much bullet proof :)
 
you used to be able to hammer bearings out and rehammer new ones in, nowadays if you go anywhere near a drum with a hammer you will have plastic flying all over place :D
 
jpxpro said:
LG machine like every one on market has drum bearings tbh they are one of the worst for bearing failure, the magnets you speak off are whats known as direct drive induction motor, means no need for belt ;)

the motors are pretty much bullet proof :)
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Thanks for that. I remember it removed some previously key part but obviously I got it wrong. They do look really sexy though, if a washing machine ever can be 😁
 
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