How can I replace the door seal on a Bosch wfl2450?

Tools required: small flat screwdriver and extra thumb!

Switch off and unplug machine.

Open the door.

Remove the front circlip around the seal on the door opening outside of the machine. It can be gently prised out with a flat screwdriver and is held together with a little spring. Keep this assembled.

Remove the rear spring which secures the seal on to the outside of the static part of the drum. This looks like a long, thin, coiled spring hooked on to itself in the shape of a circle. Keep this spring assembled. It can be accessed relatively easily by tucking as much of the seal as possible inside the drum. The seal should hold itself inside quite neatly.

Now prise a small part of the seal from off the drum with your fingers and undo it all the way round. Pull the seal out from the machine. The seal and spring can probably come out together if you can't get the spring off first. (I say this because I can't remember whether I took off the spring first or not)

Installing new seal:

As above but in reverse, but NOTE: Fit the seal over the drum with the three drain holes at he bottom! Again tucking the outside of the seal inside the drum makes life a lot easier. Make sure the seal is seated on the outside of the static part of the drum correctly all the way around before attempting to fit the rear spring.

Fit the rear spring. You may need a third hand (my 9-year old son assisted me) to hold the spring in place, unless there is some special tool which does not damage the seal while doing this part. Ensure spring in seated neatly all the way around.

That's the trickiest bit over. Now pull out the seal from inside the drum and fit it over the lip around the outside of the door opening. Ensure a snug fit all round.

Fit the outer circlip and ensure good fit.

Check the door closes properly.

Now go and sort out those piles of washing!

Denis
February 2006