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Hiya,

OK, thanks for that.

 

First thing, the link below will take you to a supplier of the part.

 

Click here for the part

 

I will say that this is one of the worst machines to change a door seal on.

 

Unplug the appliance and take the top off.

Open the door and take the seal retainer off.

Peel the door seal off the front panel.

Fold the door seal into the tub.

Get hold of the top of the door seal and pull it off of the outer tub.

Take the spring out of the old seal.

 

Tip the machine rearward a little so the drum falls back, this will give you about an inch of extra working space.

 

Fit the new door seal to the tub.

This is extremely hard as there is little room for your hands/fingers and you have to open a groove in the seal and hook it over the thin lip of the tub.

Once you've finally got the seal on, you have to fit the spring into a groove on the seal to hold the seal over the lip of the tub.

Fit the spring into the top of the seal first, stretch it around and put a wedge of paper towel in between the front weight and the seal / spring to hold it in place. Continue stretching the spring and fitting it into the seal.

 

Once this is fitted, frit the seal to the front panel, fit the retaining ring and leak test the appliance.

 

I can tell you that engineers dislike this job, it takes such a long time to get the seal on properly and fitting the spring is a nightmare.

 

Good luck with it.

 

Hope this helps

Let me know how it goes or if you need more help.

Thanks

Expert:	Fred Bloggs
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Answered:	10/6/2009

Home Appliance Technician

Whitegoods engineer working for a multibranded national company in the UK.