Hi Smartdrive1100

Epoxy repair - I use Selleys Knead-It Aqua - Selleys have a range of 2-part epoxy putties for similar repairs, if it will regularly be below water, they say to use the "aqua" version.

Since typing the above, I have now looked at your photos and I agree the hole is small and probably won't be a problem. It looks like a neat round hole - do you know what happened? The marks look like burn marks, it's quite odd. I'd be tempted to use a paste cleaner like Gumption to clean around the hole, much of that brown mark should clean off. Depending on the size of the hole and if it really is as neat and round as it looks in the photo - I'd clean it up, paint it with a good paint like Rustoleum, when the paint is dry fit a plastic chair tip into the hole. Bunnings have a reasonable selection of chair tips in packs of 4, Clark Rubber have a better selection and sell them singly, I'd guess it would be under $1. Smallest they have fits 9 mm hole.

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O-ring - go to any bearing supplier with the old o-ring or the remains of it, they will measure it and give you an equivalent. Not all of them are very helpful with these small items, but most are. If you email me your suburb, I might be able to recommend a place or two.

Bronze bushes AKA sleeve bearings are available at any bearing supplier - CBC, SKF, Bearing Service, Southern Bearings to name a few. Take the old bearing, they will measure it with a micrometer/caliper, check inner diameter (ID) outer diameter (OD) and length. If it has a flanged end, they measure that too. A lot of this stuff is generic, it doesn't have to come from the appliance manufacturer.

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be aware there are (at least) two main types of these bearings - solid bronze, and sintered bronze. Solid bronze bushes are machined from l piece of bronze, sintered bearings are made from "crumbs" of bronze pressed together under great force to form the bearing. Sintered bearings are more porous and can be soaked in a lubricant before installing, or are sometimes made with a lubricant in the mixture (called self-lubricating or shorelube bearings.) Washing machines can use either, you need to look at the original bearing - if it has a slight "texture" it is probably sintered. The worn parts lose the texture. Solid bronze bushes can be machined down to fit if the size you need isn't available off the shelf. I've had that done in the past, it isn't expensive, the bearing supplier can sometimes advise you of a workshop nearby that could do the job. This might be a dying art in the big cities but it is still easy to find in country towns and regional cities. Geelong and Ballarat would be good places if you can't find someone in Melbourne. My favourite bearing suppliers are Rob Hamilton bearings and Des Munday, both in Geelong. Ballarat Bearing Supplies are good too.

I've never been inside one of these washers.

I imagine it is a similar job to doing the same on a Simpson or Hoover of the same era.

It would be helpful if an American experienced in these Maytags could advise you.