Why does nobody talk about LG washer drum bearing failures?

Just had to replace the drum bearings on a 4 year old LG front-loader in my own house. Bearing was completely shot, drum had almost an inch of play. Part was $85 from a supplier in Phoenix but took me 6 hours of labor to get it all apart and back together. Has anyone else noticed these things failing way earlier than they should?

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the_oscar2d ago

Man, that sucks! I think the bigger pattern here is that nothing is built to last anymore. I mean, you look at washers from the 90s, they'd run for 20 years with maybe a belt swap. Now they cram all this electronics and fancy stuff in there but the actual mechanical parts are garbage. My buddy's Samsung had the same issue, drum bearing went out at 3 years. Its like they figured out exactly how long stuff needs to last before we get annoyed enough to just buy a new one instead of fixing it. Not just washers either, I see it with fridges and dishwashers too.

blairj552d ago

Nothing is built to last anymore" - you hit it right on the head, @the_oscar. Four years and the bearings are shot on a washer that cost me over $800? That is insane. I get that they want to sell new machines, but come on. My parents still have a Whirlpool from 1988 in their basement that runs like a champ. You're totally right about them engineering stuff to fail right after the warranty ends. The repair parts are cheap, but the labor to get to them is brutal. It's like they know most people will just throw the whole machine away rather than spend 6 hours rebuilding it.