Hi I'm Mat from eSpares, in this video I'll be showing you how to replace a door seal
on this Hotpoint washing machine.
There are a couple of reasons why you would need to replace your door seal,
if it's full of mold or if it's leaking due to damage such as this one
Safety First: Always unplug an appliance before carrying out any work.
The next thing I need to do is to remove the top of the appliance by undoing these screws at the back.
With the top removed we can see the door seal inside the machine
and the type of clamp used to hold it in place.
The clamp used on this Hotpoint washing machine is different to the clamp used
on most other washing machines.
So to be able to show you clearly how to remove the clamp I need to remove the front of the appliance.
To do that I need to take out the soap drawer and also lift out the control panel
by undoing the screws that hold it in place.
With all the screws removed from the control panel I can undo clips that hold it in place
and lift out of the way.
The door seal is held in place on the front panel by a sprung retaining band
which goes all the way around the front of the seal.
To remove the seal I need to first remove the band so you need to locate the spring,
and then ease it off by using a flathead screwdriver underneath and then lift it away.
With the band removed I can take the door seal off the front panel
and then push into the machine.
I can now remove the kick plate at the bottom of the washing machine.
and this gives me access to the screws behind that hold the front panel in place
here and also at the top here.
With all the screws removed I can gently lift up the panel and lift it away from the cabinet.
Disconnecting the electrical connection to the door lock.
And here we can clearly see the door seal clamp, the door seal clamp has a bracket that runs
all the way across the top and it's held in place by two opposite facing hooks.
So if we use a wire to demonstrate, all I need to do
is to push down on the hook to release the clamp.
How I'm going to do that is grab a very small flat headed screwdriver,
work it into the hook and then gently twist and push down to release.
And these clamps can be a little fiddly so take your time with it so as you don't damage the clamp itself.
And it may be if you find it easier a better idea Is to use two flat headed screwdrivers.
Here we have our new door seal, what I'm doing is just putting a bit of washing-up liquid
to help lubricate the inner lip so that I can ease it onto the tub.
Now before I fit the door seal I'm just going to give the rim on the tub a good wipe to clear off
any dirt or debris and then I can align the door seal to its correct position.
So we have to drain holes at the bottom of the door seal which align with the slot here
and we also have a gap in the door seal which lines up with this mark on the tub here.
I can then put it into place on the tub.
This gap in the door sill should fit all the way around this lip on the tub
so just align the seal up and then push it into place.
Once it's into place at the top, you can then work your fingers around to put it on the rest of the tub.
When you're happy that the door seal is firmly on the lip
because we've used washing up liquid around the inside you can gently spin the door seal
into its correct position like so.
I can then replace the inner retaining band.
If we take a look at the clamp you can see that the other hooked end
is almost halfway through the bracket.
So what I'm going to do to make the job a lot easier I'm going to push this end
right the way through the bracket and then reintroduce it at the other end
to give us more space to work with, I can then fit it to the door seal.
Before I wrap the band into position round the seal I'm just going to attach this hook
into one of the first slots, put it around the seal in its correct place
I can then use a flat headed screwdriver, one at first to take it as far as I can along the bracket.
Then with two screwdrivers of the same size you can hold them in place with one hand
and pinch them with the other just to make sure the hooks
are as close to each other as possible and the band is nice and tightly in place.
With our brand new door seal in place I can reassemble the machine.
Before fitting the front panel remember to reconnect your electrical connection to the door lock.
With the front panel hooked into place and before I refit the door seal on the outside
it's a good time to mention that on some washing machines it is not possible to remove the front panel.
So to access the inner retaining band clamp you'd have to go through the door hole itself.
To make that job a lot easier it's a good idea to release one of the tub Springs which will lower the tub.
Meaning that you can see and access the clamp a lot easier.
Again it's a little easier to fit the door seal to the outside if you use a bit of washing-up liquid around the rim,
now I can replace the outer retaining band.
it's a good idea to place the spring either near the top or round one of the sides.
That way if you do have a leak in the door seal it won't damage the spring itself.
To refit the kickplate just locate these three pegs into their slots on the machine
and then clip into place.
When fitting the control panel just make sure that the housing is correctly placed
that means you can put the screw in to the correct position.
With the control panel in place I can refit our soap drawer.
and next replace the top.
And there we are, one door seal fitted to this Hotpoint washing machine.
Remember spares and accessories for all the appliances around your home
can be found on the espares website.
Thanks for watching.