Ge WE1M462 Rear Drum Bearing Sleeve OEM Part

First symptoms were squeaking drum. This is probably when new glide strips might have been all that we needed. But I put off fixing it... and I put it off some more. Noises got louder, squeaking became screeching, then it started to vibrate loudly. The front drum bearing (really just a plastic arch that the drum rides on) had broken, and with the drum in a canted position, the rear bearing sleeve got messed up too. I ordered the front drum support bearing, and also a rear drum bearing sleeve (not the whole kit). An appliance repair place on youtube said the sleeve was most likely all you'd need on the rear drum bearing assembly. Getting the front bearing support in was not a problem. It's just snaps into place. Be sure to get glide strips with your new bearing, one of mine was missing (probably fallen into a load of clothes and lost long ago), and the other one was cracked. I had to order those on a separate order. I temporarily used the cracked glide strip, and made another one for the other side from a large nylon zip tie (just zipped it through the slots), and that took care of the front bearing. I slid the drum forward a few inches without removing the belt (you really don't have to take the entire drum out) to get to the rear bearing. The old drum bearing sleeve looked fine, and didn't want to come off too easily from the shaft on the drum, so I put the dryer back together with the old sleeve still in. Mistake! Upon re-starting the dryer, the squeaking was gone from up front because of the new front bearing, but it soon started that horrible vibration again, because the rear sleeve was bad. About 10 minutes later, I had the new sleeve installed, and dryer is as quiet as new. :) I used only a Phillips screwdriver (#2 I believe) for this job. Nothing else was needed. Unplug dryer before opening it up!

Thank goodness for how-to videos! I was able to get the part diagrams and instructions from AppliancePartsPros. I watched several other available videos out there to make sure that the information is consistent. As a middle-aged woman who works in an office, I was able to identify the most likely cause - the igniter, because I couldn't see a glow from the bottom viewing hole. At least I had a pretty good idea that this was the first thing to try from reading other reviews and several videos. While I was prepared to test the bad one before installing the new one, there was no need. It was easy to see the part was missing a chunk.. I ordered a new Rear Drum Bearing Sleeve as long as the drum had to come out since my dryer had been noisy for a while too. We'd already changed out the bearing slides, the Dryer Drum Front Support Bearing, and the trap duct asm the previous year, and those parts still seemed ok. The rear drum bearing sleeve was easy to install with the drum out, and that part did the trick. Installing the igniter isn't an easy fix because of where it is. My boyfriend was able to change the part but it has to be done by feel. Putting the drum back in was tricky too because you can't SEE the pulleys, you have to feel your way with those parts too. He has experience working on cars, I don't think I would have been able to do it myself. Together, we make a good repair team, because finding the right part to change is just as difficult as changing it. Seeing that appliances have a long lead time right now, I was up and running faster than if I had gone out and ordered a new one. Repairing your own appliances is very rewarding!

Went ahead and replaced the pulley as well the drum bearing sleeve and O ring, drum belt and the front drum bearing slides. Put the unit back together and she ran like a top!

I replaced everything was very easy work's great now

Replace front bearing.