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Thread Number: 91813
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Norge/Montgomery Wards dryer question |
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| Post# 1163455 11/8/2022 at 13:52 (531 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
I’ve been looking through the archives to see if there are any photos of the Norge/Montgomery Wards dryers disassembled but so far have found nothing. I’ve heard they have a blower/fan as big as the drum but haven’t seen any photos of one taken apart. I am sure they are simple machines inside since some of the older models would have a belt going to one of the rollers for the drum drive but again haven’t seen one taken apart and disassembled for cleaning/lubrication.
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| Post# 1163558 , Reply# 3 11/10/2022 at 00:17 (530 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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This is from a thread Paul created back in 2018 of his 1955 Norge dryer. Is this where the blower/fan is located or not? Looks to be right behind the drum from the looks of it but since I’ve never seen one apart, can’t really tell where it’s located.
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| Post# 1163559 , Reply# 4 11/10/2022 at 00:27 (530 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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This is from a thread Paul created back in 2018 of his 1955 Norge dryer. Is this where the blower/fan is located or not? Looks to be right behind the drum from the looks of it but since I’ve never seen one apart, can’t really tell where it’s located.
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| Post# 1163560 , Reply# 5 11/10/2022 at 00:28 (530 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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| Post# 1163604 , Reply# 6 11/10/2022 at 18:19 (529 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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that is the fan-looks like it turns at a lower speed than the later design,based on pulley size-something like 600 RPM. | ||
Post# 1163609 , Reply# 7 11/10/2022 at 19:10 (529 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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The fan is much slower in the early Norge dryers, but it was much larger and have much higher pitch as well so I think the air movement was similar they made the fan smaller in the last version of these again so they were three different fans in the positive airflow Norge dryers.
These early ones you couldn’t really remove the fan blade it was assembled into the back of the rotating drum you could replace the bearing separately however. John L | ||
| Post# 1163610 , Reply# 8 11/10/2022 at 19:35 (529 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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Reply #6 & #7
Getting a better idea of how these dryers work. Reason why I am asking is if I ever have a Norge or Montgomery Wards dryer come through (not likely anytime soon), I’ll have some idea to how it works and how it’ll go back together. John, does the drum on these older Norge built dryers from the 50’s and early 60’s just remove easily or do you have to remove any screws or fasteners before you take the drum out?
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| Post# 1163661 , Reply# 10 11/11/2022 at 18:32 (528 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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