Re: Repairability at reasonable standards and costs
Daughter in law changed her washing machine this week after the previous eight-year-old unit developed a noise like a barrel of bricks going down a flight of stairs - but only on spin... Having the back off, it was clear that the main bearing had died (and given the noise, perhaps let go a chunk of metal into the drum) but she ordered a new one same day, rather than fight with it. Probably a sane decision.
To change the bearing would have required the drum inner removing from the outer; that would have required the whole drum assembly to be removed from the back via all the mounting hardware and including the bloody great lump of concrete that sits on top of it... doable, but too much hassle by far in a small space!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
