How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP2042548 / WE03X10001 Slide, Drum

Replaced rear bearing, upper and lower felts, drive belt. Have repaired dryer before for same problem years ago, knew what to do, on line diagrams helped to move memory. Cleaned all accumulated lint out of machine.Belt was changed only out of age.Looked good but thought to be on safe side. 

Removed the front panel with the door and sprayed the old felt with alittle solvent being careful not to to get any on the plastic parts. This helped scrape off the old felt and remove most of the old glue. Applied new glue and let set for the time it asks for and reinstalled the new Drum slide on the top with the new lower felt on the bottom and the problem went away and was a pretty easy fix for an hour or so's worth of work from start to finish. 

I guess I'm old school. I tool disassembled the front door and lower real panel to inspect the machine. After locating the problem, the worn front top drum glide, which subsequently lowered the positioning of the drum and throwing the rear bearing off kilter I decided to replace both pieces. The belt appeared to be in good shape. The drum glide seems a bit expensive, I've seen it listed on Amazon for less, but chose to stick with ApplianceParts for this fix. The parts arrived in a couple of day, quicker than I had expected. Gleaning off the old glide and reattaching the new piece was fairly simple. The drum bearing, because of its uneven rotation appeared worn which is why I decided to replace it as well. This is where better directions would have come in helpful, perhaps a page or two from a service manual - but that may simply depend upon the particular dryer. As a layman who is not in the repair business I had to settle for reassembling the unit then turning it on to make sure it was working correctly. Fortunately it works fine now. I'm satisfied with AP and all of their service. A repair like this always builds my confidence for approaching the next job. As I said, I'm old school, which is why I believe cursive writing should be taught once again. 

Popped off the top of the dryer and removed the front panel and set it to one side with the wires attached. Removed the old flattened felt strip. Two of the three teflon "sliders" were gone. Glued the replacement part in its place. (Glue came with the replacement kit in a "GE" bag.) Works great. 

Replaced rear bearing assy. and drum slides. Dryer older, repair guy wanted 100.00 just to visit but not looking forward to purchasing a 1500.00 washer/dryer set like the boss (wife) wants. 

Got the new slide and upper felt seal (one part) 

I fixed it in three hours. I'm not an expert but it is working now. 

Parts were ordered after watching video. Parts arrived as promised and the repair was successful little effort. Will be using this company again. Need to work on an ice maker next. Thanks for your help. 

Placed order on-line with appliance parts pros dot com but the order did not go through due to security settings in my Firefox web browser. So I called appliancepartspros dot com and placed my order by telephone with a great customer service rep. Two days later the parts arrived. We found a DIY video online to learn how to replace these parts and these new parts were installed and operating perfectly in less than one hour. Everything about this order and repair worked perfectly. Next up is to replace the main bearing in the same dryer, to stop it from squeaking, for which we have already ordered a bearing replacement kit from appliancepartspros dot com and have found a DIY video online. "We already know how to take the dryer apart so this will be easy." Note: This GE dryer is a simple and good one, lightly used, for 17 years. Repairing this dryer with some new parts to replace worn out parts is better than buying a whole new dryer. Thank you very much appliancepartspros dot com. 

Replace the drum slide.