Ge WE14M124 Dryer Drum Support Bearing OEM Part

We cleaned out all ducts carefully and did other basic troubleshooting but it did not help. Began to research the problem on-line and discovered that this dryer has two heating elements. One can fail while the other continues to provide heat - but with a large impact on drying time. Watched youtube videos and how to take apart the dryer to reach the heating coils. Tested the heating elements for continuity with tester and the outer loop had no continuity indicating it was broken somewhere. Did not take long to find the charred and broken section within one of the conductors. It costs quite a bit to purchase the entire element but the heating element kit is only around $28 so it was the obvious choice. Watched another excellent youtube video on how to install the new heating elements. In the video I watched the repair man elected to leave the reflective housing connected within the dryer and worked to restring it within the dryer housing. I simply disconnected the few sensors to it and removed the entire piece. Much easier to restring it out in the open and does not take long to connect back into place. Repair was totally successful. Dryer works like new again. While I had it apart I also noticed our glide strips were beginning to fail again on the top side of the door assembly. So I ordered new ones and replaced those as well. This will ensure a smooth and quiet spinning of the dryer drum. Overall, these are not difficult repairs. The youtube videos were key to really understanding the task and have many very helpful pointers.

First, I had to take off the front of the dryer. This wasn't as bad as it first sounds. Only tool need was a phillips screwdriver. 1) Turn off breaker to dryer. 2) Remove back of control panel cover (3 phillips) 3) Remove Top cover of dryer (2 phillips) 4) Remove control panel (2 philips) - Disconnect one ribbon cable (easy) 5) Remove front of dryer (4 philips (2 top, 2 bottom) - Disconnect two connectors (easy) After investigating, of the 4 bearing slides, only one was left in place, and the drum support itself was heavily worn thru on one side. All needed to be replaced. Removing the drum support bearing... 1) Free up the wires for the light and moisture sensor. Easy to do, they just ran thru a few clips. 2) Remove the drum support bearing. Probably the 'hardest part', but not really. Just needed to pull up on the sheet metal while pushing down on the plastic some. Pretty easy. Install new drum support. 1) I fit the new bearing slide before inserting into the front of the dryer. 2) Transferred the light assembly (a single philips screw) 3) Started by aligning the drum support a the bottom and working up the arch. This wasn't hard, but you need to make sure that the edge of the sheet metal is correctly aligned in the drum support. To seat the drum support, pull up on the sheet metal, and each plastic clip (2 total) fits into place. Reassemble dryer. 1) Only tricky part was getting the drum back in place. Basically a 1 or two person job. Lift the drum with one hand (thru the door) and put the front back in place. It may help to put the lower two screws in first. 2) Finish putting dryer back together, reverse of the disassembly. All told, this took maybe 25-30m to resemble. Probably the same to disassemble, give that I was going slow an methodically. Easy fix to breathe new life into my 9 year old dryer.

Wife and I are expecting a baby and worst thing happened after recieving so many baby clothes from shower. Each load a few garments would get pinched/stuck on top, back side of door. Then clothes continue to tumble spinning the hanging clothes hundreds of times making them super wrinkled when load is done. Then when the load was done we had to try our best to pull them loose without tearing a hole. Unfortunately, some new baby clothes got minor holes im them! So my wife did the research, found a blog where people had similar problem and suggested the potential problem. I checked it put, watched instructional videoes on appliancepartspros.com and felt i could fix it. Once i took the dryer apart is was obvious what was missing. There was one bearing slide left on the front/top bearing and constant wear on the bearing made the plastic paper thin. I ordered 4 new slides, 2 green 2 white, a new felt trap duct, and a drum support top bearing. $80 total. Came in 2 todays. Did the repair in 30 minutes. Everything working like brand now. No squeak, no stuck clothes

Replace front bearing.

Followed the video instructions for replacing the front bearing slides, found the Drum Support Bearing worn beyond reuse. Decided since it was going to be apart anyway I would replace the rear Drum Bearing (no visible reason), the belt (even though it wasn't broken or visibly worn) and the Trap duct Felt because i didn't want to get into again for a while, Having said that it really isn't a bad job, the dryer comes apart with just a few fasteners and its a pretty simple procedure. The time it takes to do the job is less than what is stated but took extra time in cleaning each part of lint & dirt buildup as I went, Oh, don't forget to put the belt on with the grooves toward the drum because if you don't the drum will not turn with a load in it and you'll spend an extra 10 minutes correcting your mistake! ;-)