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How to fit a washing machine belt. Instructions

The first thing that you need to do is disconnect the washing machine from the electricity.

This is absolutely vital as any experienced domestic appliance engineer will have a tale to tell of how his hand was slashed open replacing a belt due to the razor sharp edges, Or the power was left on and the machine started to turn with fingers holding the belt. It can be extremely dangerous. With that said replacing a drive belt is a relatively simple operation assuming that this is the only fault.

How to tighten a drive belt be on a washing machine.

You should be able to pluck the belt and get a nice ping. The belt shouldn't be over tightened though, there should be some sideways play and you should be able to move the belt from side to side approximately a quarter of an inch as you will see in the video.

How To Fit A Drive Belt

Mostly they are all accessible from the rear, you will have to pull the machine out completely to allow access and remove the back panel or split the cabinet in half.
Make sure that any remains of old belt are removed, especially around the motor pulley if the old one has frayed away as, all too often, strands of the material will wrap around the motor pulley shaft and can impair performance or even cause damage.
Belts are fed on and many modern ones can be an absolute pain to fit as they can be extremely tight going on.

Starting at the bottom place the belt around the motor drive pulley and bring it up to the drum pulley. Place the drive side onto the drum pulley keeping the belt taught and work it around the drum pulley slowly by turning the pulley whilst holding the belt in place as you will see clearly in the video. Doing it this way you have a far greater chance of success and of not getting injured.

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