Hotpoint chest freezer compressor

[344martin]

Has anyone encountered this before? Went to fit a new compressor to a brand new Hotpoint chest freezer yesterday, (bought as new from a clearance centre and didn't work from day 1). The compressor was mounted normally, but was held in place by 4 steel pins which had been staked underneath. In other words the retaining pins could not be withdrawn without drilling the pins. Built in obsolescence? how ridiculous to effectively make something non-repairable. Wouldn't have been so bad if the (genuine) compressor had a mounting kit with it. As an aside to this, apart from the brand name on the handle, the appliance was Whirlpool.
Any thoughts/comments/

[Brian_UK]

Usual thing - cost.

If those fixings are cheaper than a nut and bolt then they will be used.

[tb637]

hi, don't know if it's the same as the one i'm thinking of but this one had four metal posts holding the compressor in place and i had to lever it up off the posts and when fitting the new one i had to press it down really hard to get it to seat back in place. a different type of rubber mountings which i had to reuse were all that held it but were very tight

[344martin]

Cheers guys, that should help.