Do-It-Yourself Story

After watching the MOST HELPFUL videos online here, it was an obvious problem with the dryer support roller/bearing assembly. I ordered the drum support roller parts X2, new roller axles X2, and figured why not, since I was tearing the dryer apart, I also ordered a replacement drum belt. (GOOD decision! While not broken, the belt showed signs of a shortened life ahead.) All parts arrived within 2 business days. Once I made space for parts as I removed them, total actual repair time was about 90 minutes. (I also vacuumed the entire inside of the dryer AND cleared out many years of lint that was blocking the outflow path.) I had all the tools required for the repair, and finally got to use my split ring pliers for the first time in 20 years. After completing the parts swaps and reassembling the dryer, the test run was perfect. Almost all noise was eliminated, aside from the motor.