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Steve: Hi, it’s Steve from PartSelect, so you’ve decided to replace the Roller Shaft
Washer on your dryer, let me show you how easy that job is, all we are going to need
is a, 5/16th snap driver, a stubby Philips screw driver, and a pair of snap ring pliers,
let me show you how it’s done.
The very first step in doing this repair, is to disconnect the power from your appliance,
if your dryer has a chord on it, simply unplug it, if it has a disconnect switch locate that
switch, and turn it off, just verify that there’s no power going through your dryer.
The disassembly procedures for this repair, are going to require taking the front panel
off, removing the two Philip screws, that are located underneath the lip, located one
inch from each side, once we have removed the front panel, we are going to take four
5/16th hex edge screws from the bulk head, remove that, and we are going to remove the
belt, pull the drum out, that will give us full access to the repair.
Pull the front panel forward, our next step will be to remove these four 5/16th screws
that hold the front bulk head in place, push a little forward on it, lift up and pull forward,
reach in roll the belt off the idler, feel the belt wrapped around the idler pulley,
just roll it off, and we’ve removed the drum you can see the location of the two drum
rollers, held in place with a snap ring, we need to remove, and the flat washer, drum
roller itself, the spring washer that mounts on the rear, install a ring drum roller, comes
with two fiber washers, so we can eliminate this metal wave washer that was originally
on the dryer, take one of the fiber washers, slide it over the shaft, take the drum roller,
and there’s no front or back on it, take our second fiber washer, located over the
shaft, and now we are ready for our retaining ring back on.
With our retaining ring pliers, just spread it enough to get it over the shaft and lock
it into the groove and our repair is complete.
Begin the reassembly, well by putting the belt in first, turned so we have the grooved
side of the belt outward, just going to drape it up over the rear bulk head here, and lay
it roughly in position where it will be around the motor pulley, and the idler pulley.
Now we’ll take the drum slide it back, so it’s fully inside the cabinet, we wont set
it up on the drum rollers yet, so what we are going to do is reach in over the top,
take that belt, lift it off the bulk head and lay it across the top of the drum, just
forward of this rib. You can reach on the left hand side, take the belt, pull it all
around the motor pulley with the grooved side facing the motor pulley, then come across
the top of the pulley, wrap it around it, tuck it through, and then roll it underneath
the idler pulley.
We can view that from the back to make sure that we have it right. Tumble it of the rear
drum rollers, it takes the tension of the spring, now we just lift it up into place,
rotate the drum clock wise, make sure that the power wheel is turning freely, and that
center our belt. So last check, reach in just feel, make sure that the ribbed side is up,
and the flat side of the belt is against the drum, and it’s in position.
Next we take our bulk head, we want to make sure that this piece fits into this felt,
and doesn’t fold in over, line it up, to aid in putting this front bulk head on, with
a couple of locater tabs here that will fit into the hole above where the screw would
go in, we’ll lift up on that bulk head lifting the drum with it, and let that sit into place
there.
And we can reinstall the 5/16th hex edge screws, put one on one side, line up the hole, again
we’ll check that felt, make sure it didn’t move on us, look we are okay there, and the
last thing, is feel inside the drum, where it meets the front bulk head, make sure that,
that felt isn’t folded over, now that’s all lined up, you can tuck you can tuck the
wire hands in behind, bring that front panel into position, we’ll engage the clips on
the top of the front panel, with a couple of openings in the top panel, just tilting
it forward, lifting it up into place, holding it firmly up against the top, then lower it
into position.
We’ll reinstall the two Philip screws, and our repair is complete, and that’s just
how easy it was to change the Washer on your Roller Shaft.
Thanks for watching, and good luck with your repair.