Frigidaire 5303937139 Front Felt Glide Assembly 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.

The dryer is a Kenmore Laundry Center, model 417-99570150. Bought in 1998, so it is an older model. Not wanting to buy the newer ones that are out now. We opted to fix the Kenmore. Just believe the older models are worth fixing, if at all possible. Frist we had to figure out what parts we would need and if the cost would be worth our time. I went on YouTube: and type in Kenmore dryer not turning on. Watched several videos to narrow down the possible problem. Next step was to disassemble the dryer, which was intimidating at frist, but, the more I took apart the simpler it was, when I actually could see the inner working of the dryer. Its pretty basic inside. Took the parts I wanted off and, some I was not sure of and ordered them from AppliancePartsPro.com. I Searched many sites for the parts and APP had the same parts as Kenmore and other sites, plus they were considerable cheaper. Got the parts in a couple of days, all parts were in good condition, new, and heavy duty. I took off old part and put on new part. Did this until all parts were replaced. When taking off wires I color coded the clip to be sure the wires were reconnected correctly; When I got the dryer apart I could see what needed to be replaced, the bearing and drum support shaft were broke. Some wires on the back of dryer were melted, so needed to replace the thermal limiter, dryer heater assembly was falling to pieces. Also the Front felt glide assembly was worn needed to be replaced. Totaled up the cost of new parts, and it was a no-brainer. Can't remember exact cost, was under $160.00. I will add too review when I find exact cost. Time it took taking dryer apart, about 45mins, taking parts off and replacing about 30mins. My husband cut the wires (where they melted) and spliced new wire in and put shrink wrap where they spliced together, about 45 mins (If you need to change any wires, make sure too use same gage as old wire). Put dryer back together took about 25min. Except for taking out drum and putting drum back in, and splicing the wires together. I being a 62 year old women did all this myself, I do say it was easier and not as scary as I thought it would be. I would do it all again if I had too. The dryer has been up and running great for a couple of months. Just hope the washer stays running!!!!

Get some acetone at a Hardware Store before you start. A pint will do. Unplug the dryer from 110 VAC. Pull the top off of the dryer, by lifting it from the front first. It is attached with snap metal fittings. Do not completely remove the top, just tip upright to gain access to the front interior of the dryer. Before you pull any wires from the door switch, record which color wires go to which terminals on the door switch. If you reassemble the connections incorrectly, the gas value will not open, and the dryer will not heat. In one combination the door light does come on, but the gas valve to the burner will not open although the electric ignition will work. The vertical front could be attached by either snap fittings or sheet metal screws or some combination. You will likely need a Nut Driver or Philips head screw driver. The plastic door light assembly may be brittle from years of heat. You should consider replacing this item. Remove the front panel completely. It will lift out of it bottom fittings. While you have the dryer apart, vacuum all the lint out. Vacuum out the dryer exhaust pipe. This will reduce the fire hazard. If your exhaust hose is flexible plastic or aluminum, get rid of it. It is a major fire hazard and burning lint is nearly explosive. Yes, Aluminum will burn. Replace it with Sheet Metal Steel Ducting. The old Felt Glide Assembly was removed by ripping it off the surface of the drum lip support, and then using Acetone to completely clean the surface. With some effort, the old adhesive and felt left behind will come off easily. Some of the felt at about the 10:00 o'clock position on the frame next to the Felt Guide Assembly will likely be worn, so use some of the removed felt to replace that portion that is worn. You may need to replace about a 4 inch section. What felt you reuse will likely have rust in it and some of your clothes will have "spider" looking rust stains. This is because the clothes being dried have been caught between the worn felt "seal" and the rotating drum, collecting the rust. The rust will come out of your clothes with multiple washings. Clean the reused felt with water, and get all the rust out. If you have a wet vac, you will be able to get the reused felt dry very quickly, in minutes. In an extreme condition of wear, the entire felt "seal" should be removed and replaced along with the Felt Guide Assembly. Once the metal surface is COMPLETELY clean, apply the included adhesive to the metal surface. Remember that about 1/8 inch of the Felt Glide Assembly will extend into the drum where the clothes are dried, so apply the adhesive only on that portion of the felt that will come in contact with metal drum (which is most of the felt). The adhesive will set in 3 minutes so do not delay. It will take about 10 minutes for the adhesive to fully adhere to the Felt Glide Assembly to drum. Once that has occurred, you can reassemble the dryer, and it will be ready to go by the time you get all the pieces back together. The entire project from first disconnecting the electrical power to the dryer assembly, end of clean up, and testing and ready to use, took about 3 hours. That time is by somebody who did this project only once before about 10 years earlier, but has some moderate to advanced mechanic skills. Anybody can do this job. Just give yourself plenty of time. The first time around, from start to ready-to-use took about 5 hours.

Kenmore Dryer Model 41791042000. Replaced the Front Felt Guide Assembly (5303937139) Lower Front Felt Seal (5303283286) Rear Drum Bearing Kit (5303281153) and Dryer Drum Belt. (134503600) Having performed this same maintenance 5 years ago I was familiar with the process which is fairly straightforward. However, the video for the Front Felt Guide replacement seems to no longer be on the website. Also, the video for the Lower Front Felt Seal is wrong, showing the replacement of some felt seal at the rear of the drum of another dryer model. But don't worry, the video showing replacement of the rear drum bearing kit shows how to disassemble the dryer, and the written directions included with the Front Felt Guide Assembly hold true for the Lower Front Felt Seal as well. Once you have removed the front panel (see Drum Bearing Kit video) pull off the top and bottom felt seals from the panel. Use acetone to clean off all the old adhesive and felt remnants. You need a clean, smooth surface. Apply the provided High Temperature Adhesive to the back of the Front Felt Guide assembly. The overhanging plastic guides face the front of the dryer, not the drum. Center the felt guide assembly, firmly pressing it in place. I used binder clips to secure the felt while the adhesive set. Replacing the lower felt is the same process. If you look closely at the Lower Front Felt seal you will notice that one edge is slightly beveled. This beveled edge should be the outside edge facing the drum. You do not need to purchase additional High-Temperature Adhesive as the tube provided with the Front Felt Guide Assembly is more than adequate to secure both upper and lower felts. Replacing the Rear Drum Bearing Kit and Dryer Drum Belt is exactly like the video. Be patient, take your time and you'll have a quiet dryer that doesn't mark your clothes!

My clothes were getting destroyed socks where getting eatin up in the front seal area of my dryer I couldnt really afford a new dryer at this time so I searched craigslist to find a used one with no luck in my area I decided to take dryer apart and try to fix it when I realized I need a new top felt glide I ordered one here and let me tell you in less than ten minutes it was fixed piece of cake and now my dryer has a new life no more issues at all glad I fixed it rather than buy another old issue dryer I am more than pleased $28.00 easy web site made ordering a breeze Thanks Appliancepartspros.com