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Thread Number: 64615
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
GE Dryer DDE7500GALWH Noise |
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| Post# 872977 3/17/2016 at 07:31 (2,961 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
Howdy!
My 1987 GE dryer works great except for this annoying noise. It's done it since I bought it but being on vacation starting next week, I want to see if I can fix it. Anyone know what the problem is? I've never worked on a dryer so I have no idea and if I need parts I want to order them soon. Thanks for the help! | ||
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Post# 872998 , Reply# 1 3/17/2016 at 11:18 (2,961 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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WOW......now that is a noise.....
but wondering if the blower came loose from the motor shaft..... you can pull the front off and operate it to locate where the noise may be coming from..... does the drum turn OK? if anything, would not hurt to open it up and clean out any lint build-up and its a simple setup inside..... you may want to replace the drum glides on the front clean and grease the rear bearing and maybe a new belt..... see what you find, and keep us posted... | ||
| Post# 873004 , Reply# 2 3/17/2016 at 11:38 (2,961 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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Post# 873007 , Reply# 3 3/17/2016 at 11:52 (2,961 days old) by COLDSPOT66 (Plymouth, Mass) |
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Sounds like a worn/loose idler pulley. You can remove the back lower panel while it's running to see if the idler pulley is loose on the idler arm. | ||
| Post# 873009 , Reply# 4 3/17/2016 at 12:13 (2,961 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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| Post# 873131 , Reply# 5 3/18/2016 at 08:39 (2,960 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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Post# 873147 , Reply# 6 3/18/2016 at 10:21 (2,960 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE Dryer Noise | ||
| Post# 873157 , Reply# 7 3/18/2016 at 10:43 (2,960 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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| Post# 874224 , Reply# 8 3/24/2016 at 13:59 (2,954 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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I did it!
Got this old girl fixed up. Turned out the belt was fraying and yes the idler pulley was worn and chipped. The glides on the front were worn too...though not terrible but one side had the plastic strip completely gone. All in all it was very easy. I vacuumed it out too as there was a lot of lint underneath.
She purrs like a kitten! | ||
| Post# 874351 , Reply# 9 3/25/2016 at 08:13 (2,953 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
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Ok next question....
So my washer works great too except that occasionally something makes this loud "WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH" sound. It's only on "Normal" agitation speed and often if I stop the machine and then restart it, it will go away. Oddly as of late it doesn't do it as often anymore. I'm thinking that maybe it's the clutch making that noise? I found a replacement on ebay...some have the motor attached and others don't.
Thoughts on this? I'll post the link to the part to make sure it's the right one. CLICK HERE TO GO TO joeypete's LINK on eBay | ||
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