If someone could please help-

I have an old hotpoint washing machine and now it is extremely noisy and when spinning it makes a terrible noise and vibrates like mad.

When I spin the drum by hand it is making a grinding noise.

Is this easy to fix

i think your bearing is damage that is why your hear a grinding noise...

Sounds like the bearings to me, depends how old the machine is and how bad they are as far as having it repaired goes, not an easy job to do well unless you have the right tools/experience.

this will help you check if the bearings are worn i will need the model number to tell you the Exact ones , i will put a link below to take you to the bearing section on our site, then put your model number in and find the ones you need all the best paul




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Click below for bearing kits
http://www.apart4u.co.uk/acatalog/Washing_Machine_Bearings.html

what a bearing set looks like.

forgot to say will have bearing change video shortly