Indesit drum issue

Yep I agree most likely the capacitor. the Indesit part number is C00109618 and it is listed on the Indesit spares site at a rip off price £33 (rounded up). if you go on ebay uk and type the part number in they are 37 quid under that number. If you type in: 5uf ducati capacitor (which is the brand indesit fit) and it is just over £10.30. This one should be of a higher quality than a £5 jobby. A great deal of the capacitors out there are Chinese and they are not overly brilliant and some are down right awful but any make can fail when it feels like it.

probably need a rear shaft kit

drum has to come out as you have to drill out the old rivets

part no c00305794

its not a bad job to do but its common with these rear bearings

as for capacitor are they both 5uF ?

Dave

you dont need a rivet gun they give you screws in the kit

just need a drill to drill out old ones the correct size for the screws

capacitor connections dont matter either way round

Dave

if yours is square then there will be 3 screws at the back of the drum dont need drill or rivets

forgot it was the 3Kg model , dont see many of them

Dave

by the look of the pic you will have to rivet the new frame on to hold bearing securely

Halfords do the gun for £10

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Dave

Now you tell us that the rear bearing is nuked this allows the belt to go slack so maybe you do not need a capacitor after all. I mean, how the hell did you miss this as it would`ve been squeaking for weeks until it lathed through the rear panel.
This is the achillies heel of the whole series. You have a stretch belt pulling 60lbs downwards with no jockey pulley putting pressure on a phosphor bronze bearing that receives no lubrication..so what the devil did Indesit expect to happen apart from the motor bearings also complaining? Poor design and they were told that years ago but did not take any notice and they never did even when I worked for them for 15 years; useless bugg*rs then and now IMO which is why I lost my temper with them in the end – chased a service director around the warehouse with an induction motor to throw at him-biggest mistake I ever made as I missed the blighter – only joking………it was a hammer! No sense of humour some folks!
The original design used a square shaped fibre bearing (obviously with a round hole!!) with a jockey pulley and that worked just dandy, the next incarnation used a phosphor bronze one with no j/pulley but also a variant used the more common infamous teardrop bearing with no pulley too hence mass confusion – typical Indesit so see the kit here, you want: kit part number C00095655. Suggest you go for ebay item number 14439519221 @ £9.70 which is probably the pattern part or go for the genuine at 14 something or other it makes no odds as they are the same kit in anycase repackaged it is just that the genuine comes with a fitting sheet (or did) of instructions.
You will need a pop rivet gun and an electric drill to take the rivet heads off – do not be tempted sticking a flat bladed screwdiver and prising off the bracket as you will just be bending/distorting metal underneath so not clever. It is easy to do just a bit time consuming circ a mere 30 mins.
As modernish t/dryers go the rest of the contraption is reasonable and well worth doing rather than investing in another, heavens forbid a heatpump model of any make…often they`re just a world of hurt you do not want- more energy efficient maybe, simple and inexpensive to repair they ain`t!