Do-It-Yourself Story

Recently moved into a new house with a 25 year old dryer that started screeching. The whole drum had quite a bit of play in all directions, so I figured it be a good idea to replace the support rollers, tumbler bearings, and felt seal. I also replaced the belt and idler pulley wheel while I was in there. I followed a combination of videos on this site as well as a few I found on YouTube to pull it all apart and put it back together again. Most time consuming part was replacing the felt seals and cleaning up the inside of the machine while I was in there. These old dryers are quite simple and everything comes apart with just a few hand tools. Only more unique tools I needed was a set of snap ring pliers for the drum support rollers and a hand held riveter, I picked up both for a total of $10 from a local harbor freight. When all was said and done it fired up with a nice soft hum. My wife didn't believe it was running initially.