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Post# 62690   4/9/2005 at 17:43 (6,957 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        

A good customer of mine brought a 24" Kenmore Laundry center to me to sell. This thing looks cherry-almost brand new looking. The thing is, when the dryer heats up, the fan shroud seems to rub on the fan and makes a bit of a racket. I've only taken it a part and put it back together again about 100 times today. I'm thinking I can do two things-

Get some more of the foam air seal and put thin washers betwwen the screws, to provide additional clearance between the shroud and the fan,

Take my big mallet and pound out the shroud a bit where the fan is, so it won't rub.

I sure am open to other suggestions.

This machine is so clean and nice I can't help but to wonder if it hasn't been this way from the get-go.
I see no evidence that the machine was bashed in or dented.

This one has me really baffled!




Post# 62699 , Reply# 1   4/9/2005 at 19:31 (6,956 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
rubbiing fan

 sounds like you have 2 good ideas already.

Post# 63002 , Reply# 2   4/12/2005 at 16:44 (6,954 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        
Fixed it!

 When I came back to the shop on monday, I fiddled around with this a little more. I found that the blower wheel was in fact rubbing on the back of the housing, the noise would be more pronounced when the shroud was assembled. What I ended up doing was gently bending the motor mounts back a bit. Now its as quiet as a mouse!

Post# 63007 , Reply# 3   4/12/2005 at 17:10 (6,954 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Sometimes a touch of force is what it takes, LOL!


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