Bearing replacement on Bosch WFF2000?

the genuine bosch bearing kit costs £125.my local home aid shop ordered a set of 2 bearings & seal for £25.thats a huge saving.

lawrence dooley
April 2011

Great help clifford done my bearings as well followed your instruction great only snag was that two of the spider bolts were lock tited in so one broke off and had to drill it out and re tap

George
September 2010

Hi, I'm not sure what part of the world you are in, but if you get the number off the bearing or take it in as a sample to bearing suppliers they will really be worth "small change" in comparisson to the "Equipment's Dealer" then you will obviously need a bearing puller or maybe take it in to some motor repair or engineering works if you don't have one.
You will find that the cost will be very competitive then, the various Equipment Manufacturers / Dealers put a substantial markup on bearings and will talk a lot of Bull to get you to buy it from them.
The numbers / letters on the bearing denote its size; working condition (High temperature, dusty, wet...) and this will influence its type of seal.

Jurgis
October 2009

I found that instead of using a rubber mallet to separate the drum shaft on the drum, from the bearings, a large three arm puller (with the grab ends locked behind the edges of the spider, between the spokes) brought the drum shaft from the bearings easily and straight away. I realise not everyone has access to one of these pullers but all I can say is that I strongly reccommend it for the job. I also saved some money by going to the local engineers/dynamo repair shop and got them to match a replacement bearing to the (front) bearing that was shot. This cost a tenner all in and since the rear bearing and the seal were OK it works just fine.

James Dillon
March 2007

OK, I've just muddled through this. I am not qualified in any form to answer this professionally. Turn the power OFF. First of all, order a bearing kit. You get two bearings and a rubber seal. Take all the screws on the back off. Use a screwdriver to prize out the white plastic things. Then lift the back off it's mini hinges. Next, there is a big cross member with 4 screws. Remove this. Then remove the drive belt. Next, you take a plastic cover off the bolt in the middle of the big round gear that turns the drum. Then remove the bolt. Using a rubber mallet, whack the middle and wiggle and pull the big round gear off (it's the one that looks like a steering wheel off a car). Next it's time to take the motor off (DID YOU TURN THE POWER OFF?). There are two bolts - one on each side of the motor. I had to use a hinged ratchet drive to undo the one on the rear. Wiggle the motor off the supporting bolt and put it on the base of the machine. The wires are short and the ground came off when I did this - not a problem - just see where the wires come from and pop them back if required. Now to remove the spider. Take the three bolts out of the middle. Then remove the two bottom spider bolts leaving the whole thing suspended by the top bolt. The spider is heavy. You now need to remove the top bolt. The spider is resting on the spindle. Whack the spindle with the rubber mallet and pull it towards you. It's a pig to get off, but it comes. Now the real fun begins. There are two bearings to get out. Mine had fused with the heat. I tried hammers, bearing pullers and everything - however it was stuck solid. Eventually, I put a cutting disk on my dremel and cut the bearing out. It left a few scars on the spider, but I figure that it is still so snug, it's make no odds. Put the new bearings back in the spider. Use a block of wood and your rubber mallet to tap them back in place - ONLY TAP around the outer edge of the bearings - tapping on the inner edge causes damage. Then put everything back as before, but in reverse - remember to put the top spider bolt in first. Hope this helps...

Clifford.
October 2004

My bearings have just gone on my WFF2000. The price you found above really is really competitive - with P&P its about three times as much on the bosch site. I've never changed the bearings before - is it something easy or hard? I'm reasonably competent. Any tips and guides would be good

Regards

Clifford.

Clifford
October 2004

Have you found the answer yet? My bearing has gone as well.

The cheapest I found the kit was at this site

http://www.spares2go.co.uk/browse/BOSCH/WFF2000/DRUM_BEARING_KIT_WITH_SEAL/m113/p5246/s12314.htm

Regards
Sam

Sam Sankadecha
June 2004