How to remove and disassemble the washing machine tank?

Washing machine tank Many owners of household appliances are familiar with such problems with their washing machines as extraneous noise and very high vibration. One of the reasons for the appearance of such a problem may be the ingress of various foreign objects into individual components of the machine. For example, you can detect a hit:

metal money,
all kinds of buttons,
metal button,
underwire from women's bra
and etc.

And then we may be faced with the question:

How to remove the drum of a washing machine and at the same time leave other parts unharmed?

Of course, it is best to understand this issue with the help of professionals. But if you are going to solve the problem yourself, then you should study this article and follow the advice written in it.

Getting ready for the process

How can we remove our house helper's drum? The initial task is to twist the disposable tank. In this situation, after completing all the work, you will need to replace the tank if it is disposable. It is also possible to assemble a disposable tank using sealant, bolts and ingenuity. However, we cannot recommend this method, as it may not be reliable enough.

How the washing machine drum is disassembled will become known very soon. This work will only need to be done when the drum cross needs to be removed. When the bronze bushing wears out, the crosspiece will require mandatory replacement.

Video of replacing bearings with removing and disassembling the tank

In the entry that we have added below, you will see the entire process of disassembling the washing machine, as well as removing and disassembling its tank. And replacing bearings.

Despite the fact that the recording is made in English, the wizard’s actions will be clear. And simply by repeating after him, you will accomplish everything that is necessary.

Let's get started

And so, you have already disassembled your machine. What to do next?

You only need to remove the tank of your machine when the need arises. That is, you need to replace damaged bearings or remove a foreign object from the tank.

The structure of the tank itself can be quite varied among different models. But the entire dismantling process is the same. And it begins with removing the fixing pulley of your machine. It is secured to the drum shaft using a special nut or bolt in the very center of this part. In our case, you need to unscrew this fixing element of the pulley not in a clockwise direction, but in the opposite direction. And before this, you will need to block the pulley with a block to prevent it from turning along with the drum shaft.

Washing machine pulley and belt In most cases, unscrewing the bolt is not very easy, this is due to the fact that it has a special composition poured inside and fixing this bolt, in order to prevent it from unscrewing on its own while the washing machine is running. So, if you suddenly encounter difficulties in the process of unscrewing the pulley bolt in the washing machine, then try to do this by preheating it with a gas burner. In this case, the metal expands and our bolt will eventually be able to be unscrewed. But it should be noted that using a gas burner requires maximum caution. And if you decide to use it, you will do so at your own peril and risk.

After we have tightened the bolt, we need to carefully remove the machine pulley. The process of pulling out the washing machine pulley is performed as follows: You need to pull it towards you and swing it in different directions. Then you will need to knock the shaft out of the machine bearing. A wooden block will again help us with this. Knockout must be done until the shaft is at the same level with the bearings. Or until the stage when the drum begins to rest against the front side of the washing machine tank.

We must unscrew the tank around the circumference. In some models of washing machines, it is considered appropriate to use latches or brackets, as an analogue to bolts, but the most important thing does not change. Once we have unscrewed the bolts along all the boundaries of the tank, we should definitely check if there are any fixing elements that connect the tank halves to each other. Now you have learned how to disassemble the drum of a washing machine - you just need to separate the two parts of the tank. And then the drum can be removed without much effort.