£899 to get a key out of my washing machine

FreeBear

EssexExile said:

FreeBear said:

Bendy_House said: I have to say, I still wonder how the hell a large coin got past the perforated drum? Where's the gap?!

There is a rubber seal for the door to sit in. The drum also bears against this seal, and when it is bouncing around on a spin cycle, it is quite possible for bits to slip through.

There has to be a gap between the inner drum and the seal, if they touched you'd get bits of burnt rubber all over your washing.

The rubber seal is tight up against the outer drum (on my WM), and there is a minimal gap between the rubber & inner drum.

Bendy_House

EssexExile said:

FreeBear said:

Bendy_House said: I have to say, I still wonder how the hell a large coin got past the perforated drum? Where's the gap?!

There is a rubber seal for the door to sit in. The drum also bears against this seal, and when it is bouncing around on a spin cycle, it is quite possible for bits to slip through.

There has to be a gap between the inner drum and the seal, if they touched you'd get bits of burnt rubber all over your washing.

Indeed, but check out your WM - it's pretty darned tight. Bleedin' miracle for a coil or key to get in there!

SSevenoaks

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply 😊 I’ve been recommended an independent person by our local white goods shop. Fingers crossed they can sort it. 

beaker141

Does your drum have 3 or so plastic paddles - it could be possible to remove one of those and access the gap ?  I had a plastic baffle break off in my machine, very cheap to replace and had reasonable sized lug holes to secure it to the drum with a push/click fit.

Alanp

When I used to work on commercial washers , I’ve found loads of stuff in them, I visited many care homes and knives, forks, spoons were a regular to have to fish out from between the drums, sometimes you could remove one of the elements and fish it out that way, fortunately I’ve always managed to remove whatever has been in there, I think fifteen items of cutlery was my record, but I’ve had id  badges, coins rings, wallets, watches and false teeth yuk, not sure about the domestic stuff though, I’d go for the local repair guy as others suggest..

Bendy_House

beaker141 said:

Does your drum have 3 or so plastic paddles - it could be possible to remove one of those and access the gap ?  I had a plastic baffle break off in my machine, very cheap to replace and had reasonable sized lug holes to secure it to the drum with a push/click fit.

OOoOOOooh! That's good thinking!

I replaced mine on our old Indesit; one screw held it in place, screw removed and paddle slid to disengage it from the tangs in the drum. Pretty sure you are right - where these tangs have been stamped out, there will be small gaps in the drum - perhaps enough to fish out a key. I daresay you could even widen it a little, as it'll ultimately be recovered.