Maintains tension on the idler pulley to keep the drum belt tight. Replace if the spring is stretched, broken, or missing to restore proper belt operation.
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The idler wheel bearings were shot and the dryer was making high pitch squeaks because of it Douglas S. • Kennesaw , GA • March 06, 2016
From watching the video I got the general idea, disassemble 50% of the dryer. Only had 2 differences in my dryer from the one used in the video, so the video was helpful. The one difference was the connections to the front side of the dryer were on the power distribution circuit board located on the left of the dryer under a sheet metal cover. These were harder to disconnect with my fat thumbs. The bigger issue was with removing the front control panel. In the video there doesn't appear to be...
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