Kenmore Horizontal Washer 4174412400

[Tim M]

This washer is at my sister-in-law's work. It's 3 hours away, but I might drive up to fix it.

According to their call, the thing has been making one hell of racket, and maybe shaking around too. They called out the repair guy, and he said the bearing is shot, and that you have to get a hole new drum. I thought this was bunk until I tried to look up the part and this looks like it:

http://www.repairclinic.com/SmartSearch/SSPartDetail.aspx?PartID=407639&PPStack=1

$176 for the part at Repair Clinic.

He said it would cost around $800 or more to fix it, which is more than the unit is worth, and that they typically only last around 5 years anyway.

Somehow he came to the conclusion that there is only 6 to 8 months of life left in the machine (or maybe the drum) anyway!

I don't know where to start on the questions. Worth fixing at all? Whether by the repair guy or doing it myself and charging them less? 6 to 8 months?

Planned obsolence? or just bad design?

Any other possibilities for fixing it? Likely to have recurring problems?

[RegUS_PatOff]

I think there's a number missing from your model number.

that's your rear-half tub & bearing, 

click on picture

 

but if he mentioned you also need the drum:

click on picture

[Tim M]

Never mind I found out here:

http://applianceguru.com/forum2/834.html

a lot of information, including that you can get a bearing for $42 instead of the whole drum for $176.

http://www.repairclinic.com/SmartSearch/SSPartDetail.aspx?PartID=608587&PPStack=1

Here's how to fix it:

http://fixitnow.com/documents/pegidocs/RearBearingV6.pdf

Thanks for the help. Plugging the model number into Repair Clinic does bring up the washer though.

Tim

[RegUS_PatOff]

plugging your model number into RepairClinic brings up a model number 417.44042400

 

[Tim M]

Yeah, seems like it. Haven't seen the washer myself, so I can't check the number.