It just goes round and round

[N. Thornton]

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it (left
hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner, try
giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums intertia
alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

--

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[Bob Eager]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:50:49 UTC, bigcat@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton)
wrote:

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

Well, that's what I did both when removing and replacing the nut. It
didn't seem to be a problem, and still isn't, 3 years on!

--
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[jakdedert]

I once needed to get the chuck off a (Makita) drill. I had much the same
problem...couldn't keep the drill from spinning while I turned the chuck.

The advice from the Makita service center was to chuck up a long allen
wrench with the long side 'out' then set the drill on a bench with the chuck
over the edge and (here's the good part, I know you've been wondering what
this has to do with your washer) *whack the allen wrench with a hammer*! It
worked great. One whack broke the threads free, and the chuck spun off
easily.

I think it might work for you...take a box-end wrench (not a socket wrench),
put it on the end of the spindle; and *whack it with a hammer.*

jak

"N. Thornton" <bigcat@meeow.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a7076635.0401301150.6a6d8f77@posting.google.com...

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

 

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <COySb.7625$pk.3480@bignews3.bellsouth.net>,
"jakdedert" <jdedert@bellsouth.net> writes:

I once needed to get the chuck off a (Makita) drill. I had much the same
problem...couldn't keep the drill from spinning while I turned the chuck.

The advice from the Makita service center was to chuck up a long allen
wrench with the long side 'out' then set the drill on a bench with the chuck
over the edge and (here's the good part, I know you've been wondering what
this has to do with your washer) *whack the allen wrench with a hammer*! It
worked great. One whack broke the threads free, and the chuck spun off
easily.

That was how you were supposed to take the chuck off my old B&D
drill. After ~15 years, it eventually took the splines off the
drive shaft in the gearbox. It still looks perfectly functional,
and you can hold it in the air and operate it and it looks fine.
However with it running at full speed, you can stop the chuck
by touching it with your little finger, although the motor
carries on spinning at full speed. ;-)

--
Andrew Gabriel

 

[Lurch]

On 30 Jan 2004 11:50:49 -0800, bigcat@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton) wrote:

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Take the drum out.

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

 

[David Harris]

bigcat@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton) wrote in message news:<a7076635.0401301150.6a6d8f77@posting.google.com>...

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

You may need to heat the nut with a torch to break it loose. Also,
keep in mind that the shaft may have left-hand thread.

David, on the Illinois prairie.

 

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Harry Bloomfield retched It just goes round and round onto my recliner:

On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it (left
hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner, try
giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums intertia
alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

Or write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, always works.


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http://philkyle2003.reachme.at/

 

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On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it (left
hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner, try
giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums intertia
alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

Or write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, always works.

I really think he should complain to the iron ore mines, actually.

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tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord."
- Deuteronomy 23:2

 

[MrCheerful]

"N. Thornton" <bigcat@meeow.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a7076635.0401301150.6a6d8f77@posting.google.com...

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

Easiest I find is an impact wrench, but average mech. doesn't have one.
Usual method otherwise is to chock web of wheel with wood block. Because
the wood is placed at the outer edge of the wheel the forces are not as much
as you might imagine because of the extra leverage. If you have a good
fitting spanner then the whack with a piece of 4 by 2 on the spanner may
work.

MrCheerful

 

[BigWallop]

"N. Thornton" <bigcat@meeow.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a7076635.0401301150.6a6d8f77@posting.google.com...

Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

Have you made sure that you've released the locking lug on the nut first.
Most machines have a strap that fits under the nut and into a groove in the
wheel. The metal strap is then wrapped up at the edge around the side of
the nut and is there to stop vibration from shaking the nut loose. If you
forget about, it makes removing the nut a real pain in the proverbial.


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On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it (left
hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner, try
giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums intertia
alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

Or write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, always works.

I really think he should complain to the iron ore mines, actually.

Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron.

--

Phil K.

http://philkyle2003.reachme.at/

 

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"N. Thornton" <bigcat@meeow.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a7076635.0401301150.6a6d8f77@posting.google.com...
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the drum
just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo the nut.
How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of the
outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

Easiest I find is an impact wrench, and to bosh Harry Bloomfield over
the >head with it

Sound advice.


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http://philkyle2003.reachme.at/

 

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On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the
drum just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo
the nut. How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of
the outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it
(left hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner,
try giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums
intertia alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

Or write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, always works.

I really think he should complain to the iron ore mines, actually.

Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron.

Worst song ever.

--
The Reverend Parson Peter Parsnip
Smiting Sinful Usenet Users Since 1874

"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his
tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord."
- Deuteronomy 23:2

 

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On 30/01/2004 N. Thornton a wrote :
Hi

Been trying to undo the washing machine drum central nut, but the
drum just goes round. We couldnt stop it turning, so couldnt undo
the nut. How to stop the drum rotating??

I did think of jamming wood between a drum pulley rib and a rib of
the outer tub (drum's outer casing), but the pressure on it would be
enormous, many times the force put on the bar driving the nut, so i
didnt want to smash the tub doing that.

How do you folks do it?

Regards, NT

First be certain that you are turning it the right way to undo it
(left hand thread?). Instead of applying steady weight on the spanner,
try giving it a sharp clout with a hammer or mallet. The drums
intertia alone might be enough to allow you to loosen it.

Or write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, always works.

I really think he should complain to the iron ore mines, actually.

Any old iron, any old iron, any any any old iron.

Worst song ever.

Rabbit rabbit rabrabrabrab rabbit

--

Phil K.

http://philkyle2003.reachme.at/

 

[Ken G.]

Make sure to put some WD-40 or other penatrating oil on that first .

I cant believe no one has suggested this .

 

[Rob Griffiths]

Bearings gone?

Been there done that - in the end the spare parts cost me about Ł50,
took me about 4 hours and many cuts and bruises - in reality it would
have been more sensible (for me) to buy a new or second hand washing
machine ...

Rob

 

[Dave Plowman]

In article <COySb.7625$pk.3480@bignews3.bellsouth.net>,
jakdedert <jdedert@bellsouth.net> wrote:

The advice from the Makita service center was to chuck up a long allen
wrench with the long side 'out' then set the drill on a bench with the
chuck over the edge and (here's the good part, I know you've been
wondering what this has to do with your washer) *whack the allen wrench
with a hammer*! It worked great. One whack broke the threads free, and
the chuck spun off easily.

In the days when you regularly did this to use your circular saw
attachment etc, B&D said to insert the chuck key and whack that with a
hammer.

Be careful with a reversing screw driving drill, though, these have
usually a left hand thread locking screw which needs to be removed first.

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Dave Plowman dave.sound@argonet.co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn

 

[Lurch]

Be careful with a reversing screw driving drill, though, these have
usually a left hand thread locking screw which needs to be removed first.

I thought all chucks had this LH threaded screw, or am I wrong?

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

 

[William R. Walsh]

Hi!

If it's an old Maytag machine, you can simply block the transmission
underneath the drum to stop it from turning. I had to do this when I
replaced a tub seal in a 70s-something Maytag washer...

I suppose it might work for other machines as well where the transmission
seems to "ride around" the power shaft.

William