Thread Number: 3039
Frigidaire FL Failed Bearing Issue: Related to too much suds? |
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Post# 79429 , Reply# 2   8/21/2005 at 05:45 (6,795 days old) by Spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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Hi Folks, I would question that somewhat. I will bring your attention to the wheels on any car; they use bearings and a seal just as a front load washer does, except in a car the stresses involved are many times greater than in any washing machine. So why do car wheel bearings not fail constantly? Take for example driving for an hour in the rain your cars wheel bearings are subjected to an hour of high speed running in a wet environment, if the seal failed the bearings would eventually fail and well within the warranty period of any new car. I honestly believe that washing machine manufacturers design the bearings to fail simply to get you to buy a new machine or pay their repair man to fix the machine. All the best. Hugh |
Post# 79430 , Reply# 3   8/21/2005 at 06:27 (6,795 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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Good point, Hugh. So basically, it could mean that the my old Westy just may have had a superior design. |
Post# 79432 , Reply# 4   8/21/2005 at 07:06 (6,795 days old) by Spiraclean (UK)   |   | |
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Post# 79806 , Reply# 7   8/23/2005 at 17:10 (6,792 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Yikes...that's not a good sign as far as my Dual-Tumble is concerned... |
Post# 80223 , Reply# 14   8/25/2005 at 08:37 (6,791 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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I think your repair guy may have something there on the heat dissapation around the bearing housing as the tub shaft would expand and push off the seal around it. I have yet to see a 1950's Westinghouse with bearing failure, that was a solid design with quality parts. Bearings fail when dust or water get by the seals and when the bearing begins to fail it lets the shaft wobble. As the shaft wobbles that lets in more water/dust and also stretches the seal beyond its tolerance which lets even more gunk into the bearings. Seals on the bearings ( not the tub shaft) are expensive and I was told by my bearing guy that most bearing manufacturers today have gone and cheapend their bearing shields in order to stay price comepetitive. He told me the only bearing to buy now is MRC and you will pay double what you would for any other bearing. I put new bearings into my 1970 GE Combo two years ago they were not MRC and guess what they failed last winter miserably! Think about that, GE put in low cost bearings in 1970 which lasted to 1994 and I put in low cost bearings in 2002 which failed by 2004! I think by bearing guy is right seals are alot cheaper than they used to be. Now I have to tear it all down again and put in MRC's. If the shield on the bearing can hold up then the tub seal really is secondary. But that overheating is a very interesting issue that should be looked at further! Now my 1994 Neptune has not failed but I will go look and see what kind of housing they are in, wether it is all plastic or metal bracing molded in plastic. jet |