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Thread Number: 58902
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
LDE612 dryer not heating.. is it likely the heating element? |
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| Post# 814705 3/19/2015 at 06:23 (3,324 days old) by nyvram (Nashville) | ||
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That looks fairly easy to replace but I was hoping someone could tell me what to look for to determine if the existing unit is bad. Anything else I should look for? I'm hoping this is a simple swap. Thanks! | ||
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Post# 814747 , Reply# 2 3/19/2015 at 10:38 (3,324 days old) by Kenmore71  (Minneapolis, MN) |
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| Post# 814775 , Reply# 5 3/19/2015 at 14:49 (3,324 days old) by nyvram (Nashville) | ||
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what/how would you clean those terminals? they look like they were white ceramic and now are partially green (looks like algae or old copper) i will look for the blower to remove lint as well..is that easy to get to? | ||
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Post# 814781 , Reply# 6 3/19/2015 at 16:01 (3,324 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 814802 , Reply# 9 3/19/2015 at 17:58 (3,324 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Maytag Big Load of Lint
I've had several of these and somethings I noticed on all of them:
1.) The wire terminals always seems to be on the verge of being a fire hazard. 2.) The front air intake is usually completely filled up with lint. Be careful with the porcelain around the terminal studs, they are very fragile and as mentioned a Dremel works well on the corroded copper. The cleaning of the blower assembly is pretty straight-forward, lint also gets caked BEHIND the the blower wheel. These dryers if I recall also had some issues with stripped blower wheels, so this would be a good time to inspect or replace that as well. Heating elements usually burn out for a reason, and that reason is usually insufficient airflow. Good Luck Tim | ||
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Post# 814815 , Reply# 10 3/19/2015 at 19:17 (3,323 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Motor
Yes blow lint out of the motor, but also get a few drops of 3 in 1 oil or turbine oil into the bearings at each end of the motor. Take the motor out, turn it so the shaft is straight up and down, that way you can use a small small paintbrush and get lint out of one end so it falls on the floor, not gets blown back deeper inside.
Then flip it over and get the other end. And then a few drops of oil down the top shaft, let it sit like that and spin the shaft a few times, it gets the oil down into the bearing. Then turn it over, oil on the other end of the shaft, same thing. Adds years of life to an old motor. Ain't the amount of lint amazing? Follow all the advice from folks here on a Maytag dryer, you'll get 20 more years of service. Check the drum belt while you're at it, $10 or 15 could be well spent, and you won't have to re-open and re-delint for 20 years. Spend $50 now instead of $800 later. If Lowes doesn't have a small appliance bulb, try some other store. Spend some time and money now and you'll have trouble free years of service. | ||
| Post# 815710 , Reply# 12 3/25/2015 at 10:08 (3,318 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Awesome
Glad to hear it's working. I think it feels nice to fix things yourself.
I didn't want to sound like I was slamming these dryers earlier, I was only noting the condition that they came to me in. I went through 2 DE408's thought with mysterious timer issues, turns out it was a bad motor switch, but to say that dryer had a hard life was an understatement. It was used as the "house laundry" when I lived in a large house with 4 people, the A407 and DE408 pretty much ran non-stop all week and by people who didn't know how to use a washer or dryer. The washer transmission locked up and the dryer received 2 timers and finally a motor in the end (combined 2 dryers into one). They were 1978 models and really were not great when I got them, but I actually feel that they held up well for the abuse they took considering the set was less than $100. I had one roommate, that because she thought the drum was so big, would wash 2 loads in the washer and dry them both in the dryer at once. So with some maintenance this should prove to be a durable dryer.
Tim | ||
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