Frigidaire 137513300 Drum Glide OEM Part

The very easy diagnosis was motor seizure. Because the machine is about a decade old, I decided to renovate most of the guts. My DIY project included replacing the motor, blower, drum bearing, belt, and door hinge. The end result is a functional dryer with no left-over parts. Lack of parts and hardware challenged the effort. For example, the blower assembly did not have the slide capture for the motor. I had to use the old one which is showing its age. With the exception of the drum bearing kit, no parts come with any replacement hardware. I found during disassembly that a few screws were completely missing (lost to antiquity I suppose). So, multiple trips to the garage sifting through my hardware stash consumed time. Once assembled (motor and blower) the blower housing did not align with the blower fan. I had to shim the blower housing with two # 12 washers to make the new motor/blower assembly work. Of course that time-consuming process required trial-and-error and naturally longer screws. I ordered the door glide thinking that I was ordering the complete guide. Nope. You need to order two of them. So replacing the glide will be for another time. Installing the other parts was mostly intuitive. My suggestions for an extensive appliance repair job are as follows. Be sure you read the APP description for every part you are ordering. Understand that what's NOT specifically listed is probably NOT included -even critical items not firmly attached to the assembly you're ordering (like hardware, clips, clamps, etc). Accumulate an assortment of #8 and #12 sheet metal screws (1/2 inch to 3/4 inch long) before starting any appliance repair project. Use a small fishing lure box to keep the screws sorted for re installation. The actual DIY project is relatively easy, but missing screws and ill-fitting parts add challenge. Take it slow. Do not consider it an evening project unless you enjoy hands-on frustration just before going to bed.

I'm new to how a dryer works, so I just started taking it apart to see what exactly was causing it. The video examples on the APP website were all amazing. It gave me a good idea of what I was getting into and showed me the common repair issues. The dryer being 12 years old, I was on the fence about repairing or replacing. However, once I got a list of parts I might need and getting the confidence by watching the videos, I said "what have I got to lose." The cause of the scraping and loud noise in the front was how the front glide rides solely on the upper felt seal. I would have thought that there would be more of a bearing type surface, but apparently, that was all that held up the front end of the dryer drum. Since I had it open and planned on keeping the dryer, I wanted to replace some of the other common issue items too. The upper felt seal didn't come with high temp adhesive, so I purchased that along with 2 front glides. This would have taken care of the issue at hand. The lower felt seal is not really a load-bearing surface (just seals in the heat) and that came with High Temp Adhesive. The rear drum bearing was probably still good but replaced it anyway. The kit was pretty inexpensive. And I figured to replace the belt just in case. Having all the parts delivered in a matter of 2 days was awesome! Thank you for the quick shipping! Especially since I had the dryer disassembled in the middle of my living room (Condo with an in-unit dryer). It really just took a matter of 2-3 hours to do the whole job and referred to the videos in case I had a question. The bulk of the time was cleaning out the inside of the dryer and searching for a screw that disappeared somewhere (found it eventually! Yay!). After getting it back together and waiting for the adhesive to do it's thing, I took it for a spin and was wonderfully surprised at how quiet it was!!!! Thank you Appliance Parts Pros for making this DIY's day and all in all instead of spending 900+ on a new dryer (not including installation) I spend 200 on parts and am so proud of my work. You guys rock!

Replaced the upper and lower felt strips and drum glides. Dryer running much quieter and not tearing clothes.

Followed the advice from appliancepartspros.com and ordered the upper and lower felt seals and the plastic drum glide. I thought i was going to be several hundred dollars deep for the repair but they were right! The upper felt seal had been worn down....a few minutes time to apply the glue and set and like magic the dryer was fixed! i also replaced the rear bearing kit anyways since I already had the dryer apart and it wasnt that expensive. Great sound advice from this team and very helpful videos!!!!

Changed drum seals and drum glides.