Push-To-Start Switch - 2 Terminal

3 days before Christmas dryer dies, I pulled up Partselect website, I watched a few videos and ordered the parts they listed. I also called to get see what a service charge would cost, $80.00 without parts?? Forget that, I spent under $50.00 for 3 parts, I used the two listed and boom it was fixed, I kept the 3rd part for a rainy day, I u ... Read more sed the vac to clean up the extra lint that gets behind the panel, they saved my X-Mas budget and year, thanks for the great video and fast shipping.Tony in Texas!!

Lots of people have described how easy it is to replace this part, but they made the assumption you knew how to get the end caps off. I'm such a newbie, I wasted alot of time figuring that out. Here's a link to the video that showed me how super simple that is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6cMej-C1XQ Just get your fingernails in ... Read more to the top edge of the plastic end caps and pull toward you to pop them off. The two Philips head screws that hold the control panel are located at the bottom of the area hidden by those end caps. Remove these. Remove the start button by gently pulling it toward you. You can now pull the bottom of the control panel toward you and flip it up on its hinges and out of your way. The start switch is held in place by a small plastic arm. Pry up this arm, and gently turn the switch a quarter turn to release it from the panel. So I didn't confuse which wire goes where, I only removed one wire from the old switch at a time, connecting that wire to the new switch before I unplugged the other wire. Pull the wire adapter off by grasping its metal neck with a pair of needle-nosed pliers. Put the new switch in the panel's hole, giving it that quarter turn that will allow that plastic arm to fall into its hole. Lower the control panel back down, making sure that the little feet on the bottom are back in their holes. Replace those two screws, noting that they go in at a 45 degree angle toward the back, not just straight down. Pop the end caps back on, and slide the start button back on (pay attention to aligning the flat side of spindle with flat side of the knob's interior. Done! (Took a lot less time to do it than to write this!)

replaced switch

I removed the start button and opened it up. The contact points were badly burned. After looking on the internet I decided to order the start button and also the thermal fuse because a faulty start button can cause the thermal fuse to go out. after receiving the parts, I was able to install the parts in less than a half hour. The dryer st ... Read more arted up and I was done.