Do-It-Yourself Story

This job involves a complete disassembly of the machine. I used a U-Tube video to help with the process and I do have fairly good mechanical skills.The problem was first diagnosed as a worn bearing which I purchased prior to disassembling the machine. As it turned out the bearings were fine and the problem was a badly corroded and cracked Spider Bracket. The level of corrosion surprised me since the machine is only 5 years old but was probably caused by a combination of the poor quality of our local public water supply and the fact that the aluminum spider was mounted to a stainless steel drum and may have created a galvanic reaction. I wound up replacing the bearings and the spider and the machine is now working fine.