Frigidaire 131553800 Drive Belt OEM Part

Recommendations have fun and a bucket to prevent losing parts. First watch the videos, practice disassemble and reassemble the dryer drum. Make certain you have a good screw driver and spatula from kitchen (could not find my putty knife). Secondly, clean and inspect everything, make sure the motor bearing and belt pulleys are in good condition with little or no play. Third after you have confidently disassembled, vacuum cleaned, inspected all the worn parts, grease the motor and pulley, reassembled the dryer and discovered it still works. Forth step, You are now ready to order your parts to refurbish the dryer. My rear bearing was worn, belt was 3-4 yrs old from last replacement, the top felt and Teflon were getting compressed allowing the drum to wander, exhaust flex ducting and clamp had worn out with cracks and leaks. The parts arrived within a week, was wrapped and put under the Christmas Tree. 5th step, recruit the help of a young daughter to hold the parts in the rear of the dryer because my arms could not reach and my eyes could not see both sides of the dryer to replace the bearing, bearing cup and housing. Do Not Force the Parts. Do Not Tighten Screws Until Parts are Properly Seated and Assembled. Remember, the factory workers are only given couple of second to assemble the dryer, if it takes any more than a couple of seconds, Stop! Get a cup of coffee, relax and try again. Make sure the belt don't get caught and damage anything during disassembly or assembly. Inventory the parts before the repair work and compare the parts before final assembly. It only took 15 to 20 minutes to complete the entire rebuild, ...my youngest daughter helped clean the old felt off the front panel and applied the contact adhesive. She also helped with the bearing installation by holding the bearing components in the back. After spending less than $60 for felt, belt, bearing kit, new flex hose and clamp, ...the dryers works. One more suggestion, ...remove the fin-agitators in the drum. We found fuzz-balls, coins, ear ring, keys and other stuff that tumbled around making clanking sounds. Now we have a wonderful working quiet USA made dryer. Thank You and Happy New Years.

First off, I am amazed at how well my 26 year old Frigidaire FDG747RBS0 dryer has held up being it is 26 years old. The drum was turning sluggishly as if the belt was slipping, there were some unusual noises during use, and the dryer was taking much longer to dry clothes. I figured as long as I was going to replace the belt, I may as well replace the rear bearing, the front felt glide, the lower felt glide/seal, and the blower seal. I'm glad I did that! Appliance Parts Pros had the best prices, and only took one day for parts to arrive. I am an experienced handyman so replacing these parts was a piece of cake for me to do. Since I had the dryer drum out, I thoroughly cleaned out all the lint dust from every nook and cranny inside the chassis. Now my dryer is working great again, hoping to get a few more years of service out of it.

Removed the dryer top, then removed the front panel, and then removed the access panel on the rear. The belt was then easy to remove, and easy to install the new one. Vacuumed out the whole interior, there was a 15 year accumulation of dust and fuzz. Reassembled all of the panels and tested. Perfect! Watch out for sharp sheet metal edges though, I'm still wearing bandages. Should have worn gloves.

About a year ago , I took it apart and greased the bearing . You Tube has videos that show how . That fixed it until the squealing came back a couple days ago . This time I decided to change the bearing , the belt looked dry and cracking , so I ordered both . The screeching may have been from the plastic bearing wearing down to the metal bracket . I may have been able to grind down the metal bracket , but the plastic bearing is cheap enough . I changed both and no more screeching , I kept the old belt for a spare . Mine has a small metal ball that I think centers the drum in the middle of the bearing , be careful not to lose that . It's a little tricky to get the 2 metal brackets back together , one from the front and one from the back , but not too bad . I used some grease to hold the metal ball in place until I got a screw started in the rear bracket .

Replaced the rear deum bearing (and the belt, since I had to take it off anyway). This is a 20 year old machine and the repair returned to like-new operation. I expect to get another 20 years out of it. Very satisfied.