Hi I'm Mat from eSpares.
In this video I'll be showing how to replace the carbon brushes
on this Hoover washing machine.
Now if you wash machine fills and empties correctly and there is no drum movement.
Or if the drum moves and there's a crackling noise
and in some machines there is an error code indicating a fault with the motor.
Then it is easy to access the carbon brushes
and replace if necessary. Now first things first,
always make sure you unplug the appliance before starting
any work. The next thing I need to do is to remove
the back panel to access the motor. Now that's removed
you can see the motor here, take of the drive belt.
Unplug the motor plug
and the earth connector.
And carefully unscrew
the two motor mounting bolts. On most machines
the motor is attached to the drum by the motor
mounting pegs. Now it can be quite difficult to get the motor of these pegs so do be
careful.
A good idea is to use a flat head screwdriver
to ease the motor away.
I've moved around here just to take the weight of
the motor comfortably. Once its off the mounting pegs
I can either leave it at the bottom the machine and lean the machine back
and take it out from the bottom. Or if there's enough space in the back
simply take it out through there.
Here we have the two
carbon brushes here and here. You can actually see
how black the commutator is you can see these brushes have been burning
and need replacing. Very easy to do remove the connection
undo the two torq's head screws here.
And here we have
the old come brush with the carbon barely outside the holder.
And here is a new carbon brush the nice
length of carbon there. Now it may be the case that when you purchase your new
carbon brush
the carbon is actually inside the holder. So using a screwdriver
just pop the spring-loaded mechanism
making sure that the carbon is
extended before fitting.. Now before I go ahead and fit that
I'm just going to give this commutator a clean using a scourer or a piece of abrasive
paper.
Just turn the motor spindle
into the scourer and keep turning
until it's nice and clean. You will notice the tip for the carbon brush
is angled, so it's important the fitted the same way that your old carbon brushes
came off.
A good way to do this is to
push the tip on to the commutator
squarely and then using the locating pegs
underneath angle it so that they fall into position.
You are then free to screw it back together,
reconnect the electrical connector,
and then repeat for the other side.
reconnect the electrical connector
and then you can put your motor back in your machine.
The motor is attached to the drum at three points
two motor mounting points at the front
and one at the rear. These correspond
with the motor mounting loops on the motor itself.
You can then re
screw the motor mounting bolts,
then reattach the electrical connectors.
And then the drive belts, and then
reattach the back panel.
So there we have it new brushes fitted to this Hoover washing machine.
Now the motor may make a bit of noise after the brushes been fitted
but that's just them bedding in, this is perfectly normal. Carbon brushes for all
makes and model
of washing machine can be found on the eSpares.co.uk website.
Thanks for watching.