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hi i'm matt from espares in this video
I'll be showing you a few techniques to
fit a difficult drive belt to a washing
machine now dry belts on washing
machines have to be particularly tight
to stop them from slipping so they're
stretched from the motor up to the drum
pulley if you have a look at these two
belts here one old and one new if you
take a look at the numbers on the belt
these are the belt manufacturers
reference numbers you can see that they
are exactly the same specification of
belt but one has been on the machine for
a few years and the other is a brand new
belt now if I stretch both belts out as
far as I can you can see that the new
belt is very tight compared to the belt
that's been on the machine for a few
years now if we were to refit the old
belt that would be reasonably simple but
of course the new belt being tight makes
it much more difficult especially on a
machine such as this where you have a
small access panel at the back but we're
going to show you a few techniques about
how best to fit one of these belts now
safety first always disconnect an
appliance before carrying out any work
the next thing I need to do is to remove
the top of the appliance by undoing the
two screws that hold it in place with
the top off the next thing I need to do
is to remove the access panel at the
back
with the access panel at the back
removed here we can see the motor and
the motor spindle where the belt
attaches and here where this bulge at
the back of the machine is is where the
drum pulley is and as you can see this
panel cannot be removed but if we have a
look at the top of the machine now what
I've done is just wedged a piece of wood
under the rear side of the tub to pull
it away from the rear of the machine a
bit so we can clearly see the drum
pearly here now if you are putting your
hands inside a washing machine it's a
good idea to wear a jumper to protect
your arm or a really good idea is to put
an old football sock on your arm to
prevent any scratches or injuries now
the first technique we're going to use
is to drop the belt behind the drum
pulley attach it to the motor spindle
and then stretch it around the drum
pulley simply using brute force so put
the belt on the motor spindle again then
you can put your belt into position on
the drum pulley and using the movement
of the pulley stretch the belt across
and try and to put the belt in position
now if you look at this side of the drum
pulley you can see that the belt is
trying to come off and I don't have the
strength all the space in order to hold
it in position so let me show you
another technique it's going to lift our
brand-new belt out and for this
technique I'm going to be using an old
washing machine belt
I'll then put the belt down behind the
drum pulley so put the belt on the motor
spindle again now what I can do is give
our new belt a stretch using the old
machine belt and then using the leverage
that this belt gives me work it around
the drum pulley using your thumb to hold
the belt on the pulley pull on the old
belt and stretch the belt round as you
can see the belt is still trying to come
off the pulley so what I'm going to do
now is move on to technique number three
now the third and final technique is to
use a cable tie now what I'm going to do
is to attach the drive belt to the drum
pulley using the cable time so I've just
put the belt on the drum pulley and what
I'm going to do is put a kink in the
cable time so I can reach the end feed
it behind the drum pulley and out and
then tie it nice and tightly so it holds
the belt very tightly in position then
what I can do is release the belt from
the drum pulley so that it can reach the
motor spindle at the bottom so put the
belt on the motor spindle again now all
I have to do is put the belt on the drum
pulley turn it as far as it will go and
what I can do is move around to the
front and turn the drum to get the belt
fully now the belts nicely in position
all I need to do now is wind the drum
back a bit so I can cut the cable time
with the cable tie out of the way I just
want to make sure that the belt is on
the worn part of the drum pulley you can
adjust its position by moving the drive
belt on the motor spindle forward or
back using the grooves on the belt as
required so now I can fit the rear panel
and the top back on
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so there we have it techniques to fit a
difficult drive belt to a washing
machine remember spares and accessories
for all the appliances around your home
can be found on the espares website
thanks for watching
you