Is it normal for the drum to have slight contact with the rubber seal on first use?
I fitted a new rubber door seal (bellows, gasket) and ditched the old mouldy one, it's not an exact replica but the store page said my machine model was supported. The seal fit ok and when I span the drum there was no contact noise or resistance from the seal. After a couple of test washes nothing unusual was noted until towards the very end when the machine spins and drains there is a grazing noise and the seal seems to have expanded under the heat maybe, and now touches the drum on a small portion of the right side. So it's happening once all the water has left the drum and a lack of lubrication is there to ease any slight contact. A few bits of rubber debris is visible like when you use a pencil rubber on paper.
Just wondering if maybe it's not too unusual for a first time use for the rubber seal to ease into it's space?
Model: Indesit IWSD 61251 ECO
The image below is from google, but it's exactly like how it looks in my machine which seems to be normal
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New door seal lightly rubbing drum after fitting on Indesit IWSD 61251 ECO
- The problem
- After fitting a new rubber door seal on an Indesit IWSD 61251 ECO, the drum initially turned freely by hand with no noise. After a couple of test washes, a light grazing noise developed near the end of spin/drain, and the seal was touching the drum slightly on part of the right side. Small rubber debris was seen.
- Likely cause
- The replacement door seal is probably not an exact fit. The accepted reply says a non-genuine Indesit seal may not fit as well, causing slight contact with the drum.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that if the rubbing is only slight, a very small amount of the seal may wear away and the contact may stop. No confirmed repair or adjustment was documented.
- Checks to try
- Drum spun by hand after fitting with no contact noise or resistance
- A couple of test washes were run
- Grazing noise noted towards the end of spin/drain
- Small rubber debris was visible
- Seal was observed touching the drum on a small portion of the right side
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Replacement rubber door seal / bellows / gasket
1 Answer
Hi. If it’s not too bad it may just rub away a small fraction and then stop. It shouldn’t catch but if it’s not a genuine Indesit spare part it may just not fit quite as well.
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