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Speaker 1: Hi, it’s Steve from PartSelect. Today we are going to show you how to change
the Dryer Drum Slide. Really an easy job, want to going to need a couple of tools. Phillips
screw driver and a #2 square head Robertson's screw driver. Let me show you how it's done.
First step in the repair will be to disconnect the power to the dryer. There's a plug on,
just disconnect it from the receptacle to the third wire, you need to turn off the breaker
or the disconnect switch. Next, we need to remove the front of the dryer, to gain access
to that we have to take this trim panel off at the back of the console, there's three
Robertson's / Phillips screws, once we remove that, we'll take the top off and then the
front. Two long screws that hold the top on going to
lift up in the front of the top and pull it forward and it will lift out of place. Next,
we need to disconnect the wires to the sensor and door switch, should locate it on the left
hand side here, and just disconnect those. I'm ready to remove the front.
One screw in each end of the brace that holds the control panel in place, simply lift up
on this, lay it across the top of the cap. Those are the two wires you need to disconnect
for the sensor and the door switch circuit. Next, we have two screws on the top corner
and also two on the bottom that just need to be loosened, top two needs to come out.
Just pull forward on the front panel then lift the two screws on the bottom. Now we
have access to our front glides and our felt. Now that we have the front panel removed we
have access to the shroud and the slides that are mounted on to that. Now I suggest if you're
going to replace one of these then you replace both because it will wear fairly evenly. To
remove the slides, simply lift up on the slotted end, pull it out, and there is a tab with
a hole in the end of the slide mounted on the other end, you simply disengage that and
take our slide, set the hole over that tap and tuck the loose end into the slide. Do
the same on the reverse side, make sure it’s sitting firmly in there and that the tap still
engaged the hole in the slide, and we're ready to reinstall the front.
Now that we have replaced the parts we’ve required, we need to reinstall the front panel.
I want to make sure that we engage these two slots in the front panel, two screws in the
front of the cabinet, set those in first. The two wire harnesses up make sure they don't
get pinched, now lift the drum up slightly so that it fits over the bearing housing and
we need to line up slots on the cabinet and the front panel. I am going to reinstall the
two screws and secure the front to the cabinet. Remove the two bottom screws, reconnect their
wire harnesses, lift the console and slide it into place, make sure it fits firmly on
the top of the cabinet edge, reinstall and secure that. Next we reinstall the top with
the lineup leave two slots, at the rear two little hooks, pull back and make sure they
are firmly engaged. We'll secure the top with the two long screws. And last we will install
the trim piece in the back of the control panel. Now we're ready to reconnect the dryer
to the electrical supply and our repair is complete. That's just how easy it is to change
the drum slides on your dryer. Thanks for watching, good luck with your repair.