Flat Style Belt

Pried top of dryer off with screw driver. Removed front of dryer with socket. Tape belt in place so it would not fall in. Slid belt onto drum (broken belt removed earlier). Tension spring popped off and had to be put back on with needle nose pliers. Everything put back in place. This is third or so time (dryer more than 25 years old).

Ordered rear drum bearing kit and flat belt since drum had to be removed. Followed excellent video for the rear drum repair. The only hitch I encountered was removing the 3 small screws to release the shaft from the drum. One of them came out easily, but the remaining two were really difficult. Finally, I hit them with the heat from a ... Read more hair dryer and they released, but in hindsight, I could have left the original shaft in place. It was in great shape and would have been fine. Here was the next problem...my husband got a little too aggressive when returning the drum to the new bearing and must have hit the heater element coil. Tumbled beautifully with no noise, but no heat. The coil was very brittle and likely broke easily so we are now replacing the coil. That can get expensive buying that entire assembly. Research the coil size (mine is 1/4") and carefully handle it and replacing the coil alone will save you $$$.

Removed dryer from wall, unplug power, remove access plate at rear with 1/4" nut driver, remove spring and idler pulley assy. Install new idler pulley assy. with spring, plug in dryer and check for proper operation. Intall rear plate push dryer back in place. Walla, only 90 sec. The belt was ordered for future issues, just in case.