Thread Number: 93189
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
What happens if you don't replace a bad bearing? |
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Post# 1178310 , Reply# 1   4/16/2023 at 16:57 (347 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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It eventually will probably start leaking again, and the water may damage some thing else or the bearings will get so badly worn that they will lock up.
Nothing really bad is likely to happen. The worst thing that will happen is it may leak more. Let us know how long it lasts, we can always move it outside if it starts leaking a lot lol. John |
Post# 1178322 , Reply# 2   4/16/2023 at 21:06 (346 days old) by Thatwasherguy (Kentucky)   |   | |
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They will usually just lock up and won’t do anything, or will start leaking so badly that the machine is unusable. My Aunt had bad bearings in her washer, and she ran it for over a year before the bearings seized, and a family friend used theirs for about the same amount of time before it started leaking so badly that it became inoperable, so it takes a while. That said, it would theoretically be possible for other damage to occur, especially if it locked up while it was spinning, but I can’t imagine it being enough to trigger an explosion. We used a washer with bad bearings for about 9 months, and other than an intermittent leak, it didn’t really do anything.
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