Squeaking sound with Indesit WG924

Re: Squeaking sound with Indesit WG924

Martin wrote:

DIYNewbie wrote:
The squeak occurs when the drum is rotated in either direction.

The drum should spin quiet freely either way when empty. The drive belt may be the cause and worth checking to see if the noise remains with the belt taken off? There may be the odd sock stuck between inner and outer drum?

Main bearing water seals can squeak a bit if not lubricated on installation but don’t usually develop the noise after years of use. Bearings do get noisy though once the water seal gets damaged and worn and rusty bearings will rumble and squeak that’s for sure!

Thank you. I removed the belt. The drum rotated quite easily in either direction with the belt off, but the noise was still there. Louder if anything. I don’t necessarily know how freely it should turn. I couldn’t spin it and watch it spin. But it was very easy to move by hand.

Could you please tell me how I should check if I have rusty bearings? I haven’t dismantled the machine apart from removing outer casings. I have looked over what I can see, and I cannot see any signs of water leakage or spillage inside the machine nor where it was standing.

As for a sock being stuck between the inner and outer drum, could you please advise what I should do? I’ve looked for old threads, and the answer seems machine-dependent. E.g.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … oving+sock (bra wire in Bosch)

Here’s a thread where you (Martin) say that it’s easy to remove a sock, if you remove one of the “drum lifters”. I don’t know what a drum lifter is. I’ll search more online.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … light=sock

Would it help if I made a recording of the sound and posted it?

Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Squeaking sound with Indesit WG924

Thanks for the info. We found it very difficult to look through the holes, but had a good look around, and couldn’t see anything.

I’m not sure what the drum riser/baffles are. We haven’t removed the front door seal, we don’t know how to do so, but we noticed the screw at the top of the seal and the clip going all the way around the seal keeping it firmly attached to the drum.

I’m guessing that to see the riser/baffles, and to have a chance of removing the sock, or whatever, we’d need to remove the front of the washing machine. Is this difficult? I notice two screws on the top, and two screws inside the soap dispenser. I presume the door seal would have to be removed from the drum too, which I note in other postings is fiddly.

Could you please be a bit more specific as to what you mean by the problem being solveable by removing the bottom hose? I notice a the outlet pipe attaching to what I presume is a pump. That looks tricky to remove. Though perhaps because I haven’t removed the front panel yet.

Re: Squeaking sound with Indesit WG924

iadom wrote:To remove the front panel you will need a hacksaw or oxyacetylene torch. 😆 It is a one piece cabinet. The lifters or baffles Martin refers to are the three plastic ribs inside the drum that ‘lift’ the clothes during wash.

Ah, I think I see the problem. There are no separate, removable, plastic baffles inside the drum. The inner drum is a one piece thing, with the baffles being part of the drum.

There is a picture taken from the doorway of the washer below.

The hose he refers to is the large black hose from the drain pump. you need to remove it at the outer drum end.

There is a large black hose from the drain pump to the bottom of the drum. But it’s not just a simple black rubber hose. It is a molded rubber fitting with a complicated looking attachment. I’m starting to think that even if it is just a sock back there, getting it out may be beyond me.

If I pull the drum towards me (in front of the washing machine), and turn the drum, it doesn’t squeak. I wonder if any missing sock is at the back of the drum wrapped around the spindle at the back of the machine.

Here’s the drum:

Here’s the drainage pipe. Looks tricky to remove.

Re: Squeaking sound with Indesit WG924

As a followup to this thread … I eventually got around to booking a local repairperson. He fixed it easily. While he initially thought the sound indicated a bearing problem, it turned out to be that the seal had moved, possibly having being moved when my partner was removing clothes, and was rubbing. It wasn’t just a slight move, “it wasn’t on properly”. Easily fixed. He charged £35.

While I didn’t manage to fix the problem this time, I think that having had a poke around, I’ll be more prepared for “next time”. If it’s a simple problem. Again for future reference, would it have been possible for a newbie to fix an improperly fitted seal?