Bosch 00354135 Washer Door Seal OEM Part

Removed top of washer and lower front trim to access inner boot clamp, replaced boot and reassembled machine. Of coarse I cleaned every thing as I went.

I have a Bosch washer that I got in the purchase of my house. Last year the drum stopped turning unexpectedly. I called around to repair people and everyone said that they don't service Bosch. Within a week I was going to have family coming for 2 weeks. Out of desperation, I went on online to see if there was anything I could trouble shoot myself. To my surprise and delight, there was an repair person who had video taped troubleshooting and repair videos for my washer. Watching those videos I was able to replace the motor carbon brushes (didn't even know what these things were until watching the video). this year, the washer started leaking water. Again, I went back to those very well done videos and learned how to troubleshoot the issue as well as replace the boot door gasket seal thing. I have to say, those two repairs were some of the proudest moments in my life because I have never repaired anything before and I didn't just scrap my washer for a new one. It is up and running again with no leaks. If anything else were to go wrong, I would be back on YouTube ready to go again.

Fixing was easy and took approximately 1 hour. I have a Bosch Axxis washing machine and all parts came exactly as ordered and within 2 days of order. I had to take off front and top panel and the door switch. The new wire and spring was part of the order and I had to pay for it. The old parts looked fine to me and I could have reused them but since I had the new ones, I replaced them anyhow. I wish I would have the option to buy the rubber gasket only.

Replaced door seal.

I watched a YouTube video which showed me the steps on replacing the seal. Overall, the repair took me 45 minutes. There was a small pinhole leak in the rubber which was causing the leak. The process was fairly easy and saved me $200 in repair costs.