My fiance was involved in a very nasty divorce where a very biased female judge forced him from his home for 14 months before he could take up residency again. He brought me back with him and I witnessed the grotesque damages she intentionally inflicted on his property. His washer and dryer are very expensive and high-end, as is the home and all his contents. One of the many damages she caused was that she had not cleaned the dryer lint filter in 14 months and the lint was a thick carpet which caused me not to be able to easily remove it to clean it. I had to force it out, which also both damaged the felt strip around it and also scraped a large amount of lint into the machine opening below it, which already had large deposits of lint dropped into the machine below.
I have heard that this kind of neglect can cause a dryer to catch on fire, which makes me think that this was also intentional damage, along with the other expensive/serious damages she wrought on his home. The repairs to the home have run into the thousands of dollars so far, but this one might have taken the entire home and turned it to ashes.
Luckily, I knew what to do and tracked the correct filter via the Internet since I could not find any owner's manual anywhere. Replacing the filter was fairly easy, but that was not enough. I pushed a toothbrush down into the opening below the filter to clean out as much lint bunched in there as I could reach. I have told my fiance about the problem, that I had found a remedy and ordered the filter, and suggested to him that he get a professional to clean the vent hose and the area below the lint filter.
I am grateful that you have a web site so that I could find the right filter and I'm also grateful to the blog where someone else said they couldn't find the filter based on the number on the part, and was referred to the part number of the correct replacement filter.
This was the only problem she caused which was solve quickly, easily, and inexpensively.
Thank you,