GDR977KW429 General Electric Dryer - Instructions

Symptoms: Timer would not advance on cotton cycle. Long dry time on timed cycle. Troubleshooting: checked operation of heat setting switch. Checked for exhaust blockage. Tried to isolate heating coil wiring to check continuity, but by the time I dissasembled the dryer enough to access the coil terminals I could see one coil was broken. Disassembly and reassembly are easy. There are many good video guides on utube for this. Replaced the coil using the re-string kit,as the full assembly replacement with sheetmetal refelector is way too expensive. Also replaced the green drum slides while I had the dryer apart. I should have replaced the white ones too(next time). They are a low cost item that extends the life of these GE dryers.

Unscrew two screws at front that go upward to remove top. Lift up and remove top. Undo 2 screws at top front corners to remove front. Will have to disconnect two wires on inside bottom left front. Remove square metal piece at bottom right of back to get access to inside. Go through here to remove belt from pulley system. Take picture to help in reinstalling belt. Remove drum by pulling forward. Will have to remove screw 3/4 way down on right front to loosen the side in order to get drum out. Check continuity if you have a continuity tester. Look for broken coils. Disconnect wires from heating element. Take pictures. Remove heating element and remove and replace coils as indicated in directions that come with heating coils. reassemble in reverse order.

My dryer would run but not heat and the timer would not advance. PartSelect helped me determine that the heating element needed to be replaced. I have very little experience with appliance repair. I found this to be challenging but well worth it.

Had to tap three holes in the rear bearing to match the three attachment screws. Screw up with the part.

I followed the varied instructions out there for getting the dryer open. WATCH the videos on uTube; I took out more screws than needed on first attempt -- which isn't a big deal but took me longer than it should have to pull it apart. It appeared the grinding was coming from the dryer bearings due to some abrasion I could see and worn front slides, so I replaced the front slides (4) and the rear bearing. The kids helped by crawling inside the drum to tighten the new bearing bolts (just for fun). When I put it back together it was making a somewhat different grinding noise. It wouldn't make any noise until I put the belt AND front cover on and then it would make a periodic (about every 10 degrees) grind when I rotated the drum; I took it apart and the grinding would stop even if I rotated the blower by hand. Put it together, the grind would start .... It took me awhile to figure out that the blower retaining bolt had come loose so the plastic blower was grinding on the metal cover. CHECK THE BLOWER RETAINING BOLT visible from the front with the dryer door/cover off -- it's not obvious that it's loose by looking at it since the retaining clip still sits over the blower shaft even when it's loose. You might even see small nicks in the blower fan blade. It's super quiet now.

Followed the Part Select video instructions which made the repair really easy!! Thanks for a job well done! ALSO.. the drum wobble was not caused by worn slides and felt. There are three screws holding the drum axle flange. Two of them fell out leaving the drum to flop about as it rotated. So we scavenged some screws from elsewhere on the dryer and problem solved. Once again.. thanks to Part Select for great instructional videos and great customer service ordering parts.

Watched the video on YouTube and everything went great!

I unpugged the dryer. I removed the 2 long screws in the upper section of the door opening, allowing me to remove the lid of the dryer. This gives you access to remove the 2 short screws that hold the entire front panel of the dryer in place. I removed the front panel but left it plugged in (just lifted it and swung it open like a big door.) I reached under the drum and relased the drum belt from it's pullies. I removed the belt and then pulled out the drum, giving me access to the heating elements. I cut away the old elments with wire cutters. I followed the included instructions for stretching the new coils to the correct length (40.25" for inner coil and 48.25" for outter) and then restrung the elments. This part takes a little patience so that you don't overstretch the coils. I attached the terminals to the terminal blocks and hooked-up the wires. I checked the elements to make sure they weren't grounded to the base-plate as instructed. I put the dryer back together and plugged it in. I got to wear dry clothes later that same day. I did see a really good video on this operation

Took the dryer apart in an adjacent unused bedroom. Saw that the element was bad. Ordered new part from Part Select and installed when it arrived. The whole situation went as smooth as could be.

Ordered the recommended parts on-line and they showed up the next day. I followed the on-line repair video that described it all step-by-step.

I went to replace all four of the drum slides but in the process of doing this, found out that the whole of the top support had been rubbed away! I therefore ordered a replacement top support and replaced it per the instructions in the PartSelect webpage and from the youtube demonstration and completed the repair. I had a little trouble with getting the top support installed, but by jiggling it around and persistence I was able to complete the repair. The help I received on the webpage and video were invaluable! Thank you to PartSelect and to the other users for all your help!!

I watched video supplied from parts select, only took about 30 minutes, hardest part was putting belt back on, couldn't fit hands in easily, but once I did it, dryer is like new, can't hear a thing.

Replaced the broken heat elements.

took apart element was broke in 3 places retread the new element and put back together your videos are a great help. Thanks

Easier than I thought it would be. I was hoping it was the front bearing because replacing the rear bearing looked pretty gnarly. Unplugged the dryer from the outlet. Removed two screws inside the door frame. Lifted the top off. Unscrewed the two screws holding the front on. Lifted the front panel off, careful of the wires going to the door. Popped out the old front bearing by releasing the two clips at the top. The old bearing was pretty trashed. The two grey/green slides were in tatters and one of the white ones was missing. Not too much lint inside the dryer, but the lint trap was pretty clogged. Cleaned the insides out with the shop-vac. Inserted the new slides into the new bearing an snapped it back into place, careful to make sure the light went in the hole. The felt gasket at the botton was in good shape so did not replace it. Replaced the panels screwed them back to together and it fired up smooth and quiet.