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Post# 490470 , Reply# 1   1/20/2011 at 22:44 (4,815 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 490474 , Reply# 2   1/20/2011 at 23:00 (4,815 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 490476 , Reply# 3   1/20/2011 at 23:32 (4,815 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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I'm going to guess this is a dryer with the lint filter on the top in the back right corner. You can buy a rebuild kit for the dryer for about $40.00 or less. The kit has a new belt, new idler pulley, and new drum rollers. It's a fast and easy installation and it will make it run like a new dryer again. This will nearly always solve any chirps, squeals, or rhythmic thumping.
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Post# 490490 , Reply# 5   1/21/2011 at 01:51 (4,815 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 490514 , Reply# 6   1/21/2011 at 07:21 (4,814 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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You didn't say exactly how old your dryer is, [ to everyone if asking about an appliance problem it will improve your odds of a correct helpful answer if you include the model and serial #s ] but the earlier machines had a second timer or at least timer motor on the side of the main timer. If you just disconnect the motor lead and tape it off for the second WG timer it will no longer go through the WG holding pattern, you could also install a switch in this circuit so you could use this feature when you wished. The squealing sound you get when it starts may be the belt slipping a little on the motor pulley. If the sound is worse and lasts longer when the machine is first started with a heavy wet load it is likely it is the motor pulley. If changing the belt did not eliminate the problem you may have a worn motor pulley, this normally won't hurt anything but if you want to eliminate the squeal completely you should replace the motor pulley. Changing the pulley on a late 1960s=early 1970s dryer will let you use the HD 5 rib belt which will not slip as much as the original 4 rib belts did, the PT # for the HD 5 rib belt is 349533 it is NLA from WP but Larry @ modern PTs in Ohio has them.
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Post# 490563 , Reply# 7   1/21/2011 at 11:58 (4,814 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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...is what makes my Automatic Clothes Dryer not so AUTOMATIC!
I know, I gotta run to my Kenmore to shut it off, too... Whether or not my "Buzzer" is turned on, the dryer out'ta nowhere starts up , again! (On, I think an unheated series of "phantom spins"...!) Otherwise, there's the "old fashioned" clock work timer, of which it's hard to gauge how much TIME is needed for most loads to dry! Solid State Electronic Sensors Rule!!!! |
Post# 490586 , Reply# 8   1/21/2011 at 13:25 (4,814 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 490654 , Reply# 10   1/21/2011 at 19:50 (4,814 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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