Bearings Have Gone In The Main Drum

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Indesit IWC7125 suspected sealed drum prevented straightforward bearing replacement

The problem

The owner of an Indesit IWC7125, bought in France, reported that the main drum bearings had failed and wanted the correct drum bearing kit. UK parts enquiries were unsuccessful because the machine was a French-market model, and the owner was unsure whether UK model IWD7125/IWD7123 bearings would match.

Likely cause

Failed main drum bearings were reported by the owner. The strongest supported explanation in the discussion is that obtaining the exact bearing kit was difficult because country-specific models can differ, and the machine appeared increasingly likely to have a sealed drum, which would affect bearing replacement.

What fixed it

The accepted advice was that parts for machines sold in different countries are often hard to match by model number, although core parts may be similar. The suggested approach was to strip the machine down and identify the bearing sizes directly if visible. The original poster then stated it was looking more and more like a sealed drum. No completed repair was confirmed.

Checks to try

• Compared model IWC7125 with UK models IWD7125 and IWD7123
• Sought UK drum bearing kit information
• Considered dismantling the machine to read bearing sizes if visible
• Observed that the machine appeared likely to have a sealed drum