How to remove the top cover from a washing machine without damage

Washing machine failure may require removal of the top cover. A person who has never encountered this may think that it will be difficult, but in reality this action will be simple if you know what and how to do. Let's figure out how to remove the top cover from the washing machine.

There is a breakdown, what should I do?

The wash was interrupted mid-cycle and the drum doesn't move anymore from place?

Well, now there are two options to solve the problem:

1. An expensive but reliable option is to call a qualified technician. Here you don’t have to do anything yourself, except for issuing money for repairs to a specialist. Most repair services or private tradesmen will guarantee their work, so if something breaks again, the repair will be free.
2. Take a risk, try to find the problem and do it yourself. In this case, the guarantee is only on the conscience of the owner of the washing machine, so repair work should be carried out with the greatest responsibility and not rely on chance.

If, after a visual and mechanical inspection of the external parts of the machine, the breakdown has not been eliminated, then you should proceed to an internal inspection, for which you first need to remove the top cover of the washing machine.

The only tools you need are a Phillips screwdriver and a pair of strong hands. Moving the device away from the wall, you need to get to the back panel, to which the upper part is bolted.

First of all, you should disconnect the device from the electrical network, and then unscrew the fasteners.

Then the top part is removed quite simply. It is necessary to push it back with force, after which it will come out of the grooves that fix it in a fixed position. Now it is fashionable to easily lift the lid up and put it somewhere where it will not interfere with further work.

In different models, the number of fasteners may be different, but the principle of how to remove the top cover of a washing machine will be the same for most of them.

In other cases, as in the previous one, you must first disconnect the washing machine from the electrical network. Then, provide access to the back of the equipment, where you will also need to unscrew the fasteners, but then you will encounter another method of opening the cover. Now you don’t need to move it with a slight push back, but rather, first lift it upward and then push it slightly forward. This action can only be performed when determining the angle of inclination of the cover.

For older models of washing machines from the company Siemens And Bosch The algorithm for removing the cover is also different.

On the front side of the top cover of the machine there are fasteners masked with plugs. After disconnecting the equipment from the network, you need to remove the plugs. Now you can unscrew the bolts. The machine cover will be removed in the same way as in the previous case, moving forward and finding a certain angle.

Removing this part from any washing machine will not take much time and will not cause difficulties. The main thing in this matter is to correctly determine the direction of removal of the top cover and the angle of inclination.After the repair, the cover is put on in the reverse order and screwed onto the bolts.