Ge WE9X105 Lower Felt OEM Part

After removing the top panel of the dryer, I removed 2 screws down inside (with unusual square head) to free the front panel then disconnected the wiring connecting the front panel to the dryer by gently pushing at the clips with a flathead screwdriver; this allowed me to fully remove the front panel. There is a large round lip on the front panel which holds the drum in place, and it was easy to see that the felt around this lip had degraded and turned completely orange and was the source of our rust stains (originally, I had thought the issue might have been a rusty drum). It was not easy to fully remove the degraded felt, but I was greatly aided by a razor scraper (one of the cheap plastic ones that is shaped like a razor you might shave with) and Goo Gone. After about an hour of scraping, I was ready for the repair. I bought both the "Lower Felt" and the "Slide, Drum" (this is really just the upper felt with some plastic squares attached). The directions were simple: I put the glue on the region i wanted to affix, waiting 1 minute for glue to become "tacky" then attached the felt and held pressure for a minute or two. Because the lower felt had to go all around, I glued it in stages (maybe 18'' at a time) and rotated the front panel so that the side I was gluing was always on top. There was enough glue in the Upper Felt kit alone to do both the upper and lower felt pieces with liberal application, and I still had some left in the tube. Shortly after I finished gluing, I reassembled the dryer, because I thought it would be good to have the pressure of the drum pushing against the newly glued felt. I waited a day or so before using the dryer, and everything worked great. Performance has been great so far (it's been a few weeks) and the rust stains seem to be gone.

Replaced rear bearing, upper and lower felts, drive belt. Have repaired dryer before for same problem years ago, knew what to do, on line diagrams helped to move memory. Cleaned all accumulated lint out of machine.Belt was changed only out of age.Looked good but thought to be on safe side.

Removed the front panel with the door and sprayed the old felt with alittle solvent being careful not to to get any on the plastic parts. This helped scrape off the old felt and remove most of the old glue. Applied new glue and let set for the time it asks for and reinstalled the new Drum slide on the top with the new lower felt on the bottom and the problem went away and was a pretty easy fix for an hour or so's worth of work from start to finish.

Parts were ordered after watching video. Parts arrived as promised and the repair was successful little effort. Will be using this company again. Need to work on an ice maker next. Thanks for your help.

Placed order on-line with appliance parts pros dot com but the order did not go through due to security settings in my Firefox web browser. So I called appliancepartspros dot com and placed my order by telephone with a great customer service rep. Two days later the parts arrived. We found a DIY video online to learn how to replace these parts and these new parts were installed and operating perfectly in less than one hour. Everything about this order and repair worked perfectly. Next up is to replace the main bearing in the same dryer, to stop it from squeaking, for which we have already ordered a bearing replacement kit from appliancepartspros dot com and have found a DIY video online. "We already know how to take the dryer apart so this will be easy." Note: This GE dryer is a simple and good one, lightly used, for 17 years. Repairing this dryer with some new parts to replace worn out parts is better than buying a whole new dryer. Thank you very much appliancepartspros dot com.