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The 1963 GE V-12 Dryer is ready to roll!
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Post# 630131   10/7/2012 at 22:05 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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I had been trying to find the original rollers for the 63 GE V-12 dryer that I picked up this spring but the search was getting me nowhere fast. John (combo52) had been telling me for a while that I should replace the rollers with glides. Well, finally I listened... LOL I ordered a set (along with a whole bunch of parts for the leaky GE V-12 washer!) and picked them up at my favourite freight broker in Vermont on Friday.

They were really easy to install. Heck, even I was able to do it... LOL





Post# 630132 , Reply# 1   10/7/2012 at 22:07 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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For the archives - here's a close-up of how the left-hand side glide was installed.

Post# 630133 , Reply# 2   10/7/2012 at 22:08 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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The right-hand side.

Post# 630134 , Reply# 3   10/7/2012 at 22:11 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Here's the drum back in place. I will admit it took a few tries to get the clearance just right... I didn't want to put a strain on the rear bearing from leaning down. I used a precision instrument (a pen...) to measure the clearance, but I did get it right eventually!

Post# 630135 , Reply# 4   10/7/2012 at 22:12 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Again, for the archives, here's a picture to help illustrate the clearance needed. This is the left hand side of the drum.

Post# 630136 , Reply# 5   10/7/2012 at 22:14 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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And here's the right side clearance....

Post# 630137 , Reply# 6   10/7/2012 at 22:14 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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So here's how the dryer USED to sound....

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Post# 630138 , Reply# 7   10/7/2012 at 22:16 (4,189 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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And here's how it sounds now! Even hubby said it was OK to bring it into the Laundry room now... LOL

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Post# 630161 , Reply# 8   10/7/2012 at 23:17 (4,189 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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YAY PAULand CONGRATS and great job on the repair!   Yes it sounds 300% better now!  

 

So that's all it was making ALL that racket was the bad rollers, or was there something else bad too?

 

Kevin


Post# 630164 , Reply# 9   10/8/2012 at 00:15 (4,189 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Good job Paul!

Now, I have to go to sleep!

;-)


Post# 630171 , Reply# 10   10/8/2012 at 02:09 (4,189 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        

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Great work Paul. I would have never thought such a retrofit could be done.

Props to John for the suggestion!

Patrick


Post# 630183 , Reply# 11   10/8/2012 at 07:33 (4,189 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Thank you!

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You just posted a great lesson on how to do this. I'm probably going to have to do the same thing with my 3 GE dryers!


Post# 630192 , Reply# 12   10/8/2012 at 08:01 (4,189 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
YAY Paul on the sucessful conversion to Drum slides

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The older slide kits used to even come with a template that showed exactly where to drill the mounting holes and I am sure if one were to study the service notes in 1960s service manuals one could find the directions to do this conversion.

 

These slides always worked pretty well on GE dryers because of the smooth hard porcelain drum finish, but unfortunately MT, Norge, SQ-Amana and the current GE dryers where they are running the slides against non-porcelain surfaces have never had great long term durability.


Post# 630194 , Reply# 13   10/8/2012 at 08:10 (4,189 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Good job, Paul, it sounds great!

Post# 630248 , Reply# 14   10/8/2012 at 15:00 (4,188 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
The 1963 GE V-12 Dryer is ready to roll!

Or glide, as the case may be. Beautiful, Paul


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