Older Bosch compact washers still earn their keep in apartments, and the WAT28400UC is a fair example: a 300 Series machine without connectivity, drum 2.2 cubic feet, body 23 1/2 inches across. A good case exists for keeping it going. Drum, motor and suspension follow the design of current compacts.
What wears out is cheap and replaceable. Inlet hoses harden over the years until they threaten a flood. The door boot seal perishes along its lower edge. The drain pump slows down after long service. All are widely available parts, and none means touching the drum.
A rotary program selector with an indicator display means little electronics to age. We begin with the hoses, which fail from the inside, then the seal and the pump. A drum bearing would be the costly repair, and we will say so if it is the finding.
At this age, yes. Rubber breaks down on the inside, so the outside tells you little, and a hose that bursts in a closet floods it quickly. New hoses are cheap insurance.
Where the trouble is a pump, seal, lock or hose, nearly always. The drum bearing is the costly job. You get a written price before we start, and we tell you if the bearing is the cause.
Wear parts do not depend on electronics. Hoses, seals and the pump age with water and use. A quick inspection catches those before they turn into a leak.
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