Indesit bearing problem

[Dave1976]

I have an Indesit WIL133 which suddenly became very noisy. After reading threads on here and elsewhere, i identified the fault as being with the bearing (noise is on fast spin, inner drum moves excessively).

I have a bearing/seal kit, and the machine is stripped down.

I have never done this before, and until this point was happily getting on without any problems. The problem I have is getting the bearings out. I believe I have to separate the inner and ourter drums, but I can’t see how to do it.

The motor assembly, weights, pipes and everything else is disconnected from the outer drum. I have unbolted the ends of the spider, but it doesn’t want to move.

Do I have to undo the pulley bolt, and if so, which way? It’s VERY tight, so I don’t want to damage it by trying to turn it the wrong way.

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit bearing problem

Pulley has got to go. Bolt is RH thread. Drum is sealed unit, only way to proceed is to remove the cross-piece.

Good luck,
Penguin45.

[Dave1976]

Re: Indesit bearing problem

Thanks. I would have spent all night trying and probably not got anywhere if I hadn’t known that!

However, now I’ve got the bolt off (having rounded off the torx-hole and cut the sides flat to do it) I can’t get the spider off. It moves, slightly, but I can’t get it any further than a quarter of an inch or so, which I think is just the movemoent of the drum.

How do I get the bearing off the shaft whilst the spider is still on the drum? Or am I going about this the wrong way?

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit bearing problem

No, you’re suffering from the engineering nightmare called Indesit, just like us pros……….

Find a bolt with the same thread as the Torx jobbie you’ve just got off and run it into the pulley hole (pulley removed, of course). Use left hand to try and get hold of the crosspiece and draw it towards you, then belt the shaft with a hammer. Note – a domestic carpentery hammer is not the required weapon – we are talking 5lb lump hammer for best effect.

Good luck – safety gloves and glasses are a good idea at this point.

Regards,
Penguin45.

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