Hotpoint WM53 Drum Stuck!?

Someone came to look at it and said the bearings have gone, he said it will take 4 weeks to repair and cost me £270. He would need to take it off site. I asked him to check if its a sock, he said he would need to strip the machine down and would cost me roughly £70 and it may not fix the problem.

I explained this to someone else (over the phone), he said it may be a sock plus the belt gone which would cost roughly £70, or may be the bearings (which may feel like something like a sock stuck in the drum) which would cost roughly £130. He said he would advise me not spend over £100 on such an old machine, and I would probably be better off purchasing a new one.

J
July 2011

at first it wasnt moving by hand but it is now. It feels as if a sock or something stuck when movinhg the drum around.
I have switched the washing machine on to test as the drum was moving by hand, however the drum does not turn or spin when on.

J
July 2011

at first it wasnt moving by hand but it is now. It feels as if a sock or something stuck when movinhg the drum around.
I have switched the washing machine on to test as the drum was moving by hand, however the drum does not turn or spin when on.

J
July 2011

can you move the drum by hand?

ck
July 2011