Wash Machine Bearing Took a Dump

[MrkofXcellence]

Two weeks ago I was at my moms house when washer was on spin. I told her the bearings were on the way out and to get someone out. Today she called me and said it was throwing oil on the floor. I went over there tonight to see what was up. Took tub out of washer (top loader HE, Maytag Bravos) and took motor off the bottom. That process was technically easy, but annoying. The bearing in question is pressed into the plastic tub where the shaft for the agitator disc goes through the bottom. So much for that. Washer out in the yard, new one coming on Wednesday. 2007 vintage, I guess no complaints. I feel like 20 years out of an appliance was pretty good even back in the day.

 

[dishdude]

Yep 20 years is a good run, mom got her money's worth out of it.

 

[UncleDave]

Two weeks ago I was at my moms house when washer was on spin. I told her the bearings were on the way out and to get someone out. Today she called me and said it was throwing oil on the floor. I went over there tonight to see what was up. Took tub out of washer (top loader HE, Maytag Bravos) and took motor off the bottom. That process was technically easy, but annoying. The bearing in question is pressed into the plastic tub where the shaft for the agitator disc goes through the bottom. So much for that. Washer out in the yard, new one coming on Wednesday. 2007 vintage, I guess no complaints. I feel like 20 years out of an appliance was pretty good even back in the day.

Sounds like a decent run and probably was.

I vastly prefer cycles as a metric of lifespan over years.

20 years could be a great run or it could be an early end of life, without a cycle count its hard to tell.

 

[Lubener]

The new one likely will not get that far.