Do-It-Yourself Story

My GE dryer from the late 80's/early 90's was squealing when it would start up, belt or bearing I was thinking. I found a manual online that covered my model and I watched a video on this site that showed me how to take it all apart, mine was a bit different but the principles were the same. I took it apart and added some quick-disconnects to 2 wires so next time I can take the front panel off easily. When I got to the bearing it looked worn but not bad so I cleaned it and put it back. Neither of the slides was worn through but one is broken but not a problem yet. Belt was in real good shape, Idler good etc... I ordered a belt, slide kit, and just the plastic piece of the bearing and the ground strap. I cleaned everything thoroughly with a vacuum and put it all back together. Didn't use any new parts yet but it's not squealing anymore so I will run it until it starts making noise again and then take it apart and replace all of the old parts with the new ones I got. I'd say the whole thing took about 5 hours but that was with a trip to the store for wire terminals and this is the first time I have ever done this so next time I need to take it apart I'm guessing like an hour for the whole job. I like that this site lists all the parts, the videos are great, and my order got here in like 2 days. I didn't price shop any of the parts but they're new GE parts so that's good that you're not getting OEM parts. I can get the motor, all the controls and everything on here with the way my dryer has held up for 20+ years and the parts I can get from this site for like 200-300 dollars I can keep this dryer going for 20 more!