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Thread Number: 43790
Uh oh.... Dryer Problem After Cleanout |
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Post# 643704 , Reply# 1 12/3/2012 at 11:31 (4,155 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 The GE specimen? Or Kenmore/Whirlpool? Coincidence. IMO you know your way around a dryer well enough not to have caused the problem. GE: Front drum support slides, idler, rear bearing (seems unlikely), bad motor bearings. Whirlpool (27" design IIRC): Drum rollers, idler, motor. All these items are "normal wear" items, except the motor but they will eventually wear down, too. Or, slight chance something could be caught in the drum seals front or back. | ||
| Post# 643721 , Reply# 2 12/3/2012 at 12:33 (4,155 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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This is the one that was a Kenmore, but had the motor, idler and the belt behind the squirrel cage on the lower left side of the dryer. Aren't Whirlpool belts and idlers on the lower right side towards the front? I hope the Sears guy lets her know this is a coincidence. She's sure it's something I did to it. Maybe I shouldn't be so helpful in the future...... | ||
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Post# 643745 , Reply# 3 12/3/2012 at 15:31 (4,155 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney) |
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"Maybe I shouldn't be so helpful in the future...... Murphy's Law at work. Just remember the saying:"No good deed goes long unpunished." And - "High fences make the best neighbors." Terrible, isn't it? | ||
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Post# 643751 , Reply# 4 12/3/2012 at 15:49 (4,155 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 643893 , Reply# 7 12/3/2012 at 22:33 (4,155 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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27" KM Dryer It sounds like you are describing a KM 27" dryer Allen. On this dryer and GE dryers and several other brands you have to thread the belt around the motor pulley and idler pulley almost only by feel and it is possible that belt derailed and got off the edge of the idler pulley or got off the motor pulley and was running on the motor shaft. But it could certainly be a bad motor which would have had nothing to do with it being cleaned. | ||
| Post# 643901 , Reply# 8 12/3/2012 at 22:41 (4,155 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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That's exactly right. You have to put your hand around the ductwork to the back of the dryer to thread the idler wheel and pulley by feel only. In addition to cleaning the dryer I put a new belt in because the other one broke. After that this dryer was running just fine. | ||
| Post# 644007 , Reply# 9 12/4/2012 at 12:20 (4,154 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
 Might want to remind her that it was better to have had it stop working then to have had it erupting in a lint fire and taking the rest of the house with it. Obviously there was something wrong with it prior to your visit or why would you have been there in the first place? Are you psychic and it came to you in a vision that there was something wrong with her dryer?
-Alex 
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Post# 644017 , Reply# 11 12/4/2012 at 13:14 (4,154 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 644066 , Reply# 13 12/4/2012 at 17:01 (4,154 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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SearsParts lists the motor for $151. Another source I found recently lists $109, belt $13, idler $11. That's far from $485, even considering labor. I'm not having ability to interpret Kenmore model numbers for age, but someone else surely can. Serial numbers are coded with year & week of manufacture. | ||
| Post# 644068 , Reply# 14 12/4/2012 at 17:11 (4,154 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I don't know why the guy would say it needs a new belt as I just put a new one on it! On Ebay there is a kit for $127.00 that has a new motor, pulley, belt and drum rollers. What else besides those could go wrong with the unit? Knowing this woman, should I offer to fix it for less, or just let her go buy a new dryer? | ||
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Post# 644096 , Reply# 16 12/4/2012 at 19:32 (4,154 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Having The Same Sort Of Problem With My Miele
Tech service came out to replace motor brushes (which they did not do), but after he left the machine developed a rattle/knocking noise upon spinning which it did't do before. A different Miele tech came out last week and said one or more of the shocks are going and need to be replaced. Have not heard back as to when or if Miele will do the repairs.
Miele techs and corporate also give one the same line about the machine being "old" and how it is really throwing good money after bad in doing repairs/new parts as the costs easily equal what one can put down on a new unit. IMHO the only thing you did wrong Whirlcool was offering to get involved in the first place. As stated upthread sometimes the laws of "no good deed goes unpunished" comes back to hit us in the hind quarters. If the woman is going to get herself a new dryer, leave her have at it and back away from the whole matter with a lesson learned. Just pour yourself four fingers of Bourbon and say "never again". | ||
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Post# 644103 , Reply# 18 12/4/2012 at 20:13 (4,154 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Like I Said
Leave her enjoy her new *steam* dryer and live in blissful ignorance that it will not "dry clean" her laundry. If she complains to you later about her dryer and seeks advice, refer her back to the daughter, store, tech , and everyone else who suggested purchasing the thing, but try and stay out if it yourself.
It is like when we were back in school and one tries to "fix" a situation only to have it explode out of control and somehow we the innocent party are now being held to blame for the entire mess. Finish the Bourbon and walk away from it... *LOL* | ||
| Post# 644113 , Reply# 19 12/4/2012 at 20:52 (4,154 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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Post# 644122 , Reply# 21 12/4/2012 at 21:51 (4,154 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 644259 , Reply# 22 12/5/2012 at 14:59 (4,153 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
The dryer in question is a Kenmore 110.76912692 dryer.  | ||
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Post# 644273 , Reply# 23 12/5/2012 at 15:58 (4,153 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 644523 , Reply# 25 12/6/2012 at 12:00 (4,152 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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Post# 644588 , Reply# 27 12/6/2012 at 18:16 (4,152 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 644607 , Reply# 28 12/6/2012 at 19:25 (4,152 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481) | ||
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| Post# 644611 , Reply# 29 12/6/2012 at 19:43 (4,152 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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You hit the nail on the head! | ||
| Post# 644631 , Reply# 31 12/6/2012 at 20:59 (4,152 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Land yacht | ||
| Post# 644636 , Reply# 34 12/6/2012 at 21:25 (4,152 days old) by applianceguy47 () | ||
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land yacht 1960s. Longer, lower, wider. 
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| Post# 644638 , Reply# 35 12/6/2012 at 21:28 (4,152 days old) by applianceguy47 () | ||
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land yacht 1990s. taller, fatter, still dependent on fossil fuels 
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| Post# 644639 , Reply# 36 12/6/2012 at 21:28 (4,152 days old) by applianceguy47 () | ||
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tasteless and a safety hazzard... 
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Post# 644655 , Reply# 39 12/6/2012 at 22:42 (4,152 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 644661 , Reply# 40 12/6/2012 at 23:13 (4,152 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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I've never heard of Xanax being prescribed for HBP. It's an anti-anxiety drug, that's true, but there are other BP meds that aren't the same sort of "downer" pill as Xanax. Any physician who is on top of his or her game would not be inclined to keep refilling a prescription for Xanax on an indefinite basis. Even something a person can function on like Vicodin can't be easily refilled. It sounds to me like her doctor is an enabler. | ||
| Post# 644664 , Reply# 41 12/6/2012 at 23:41 (4,152 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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