Whirlpool WP312967 Clamp OEM Part

Our Maytag gas clothes dryer was not drying like it should/used to and was making a lot of noise. After researching online I figured the vent was partially blocked and/or the blower wheel was bad. When I took it apart, the vent had very little lint in the lower elbow exiting the back of the dryer but the blower wheel was loose on the shaft and was missing the clamp. I cleaned out the vent and put a hose clamp on the blower wheel to tighten it to the shaft and tried it again. The noise was gone, but it still didn't dry. I purchased and installed a gas valve coil kit and a cycling thermostat and the dryer is working like new again!!! I am so glad that I found this website with great info and a great selection of products at great prices.

Replaced with a new wheel that fit tightly on motor shaft. I bought the clamp and retainer clips but ended up putting the old ones back on because they shown no signs of wear. Total time to fix including vacuum and cleaning about 30 Minutes.

Drive motor bearing was bad. Replaced motor.

After watching a few videos, I opened the front of the dryer, removed the old pieces and put in the new ones. This model of dryer was pretty easy to work with. One thing that I didn't expect to be so difficult was the removal of the old blower wheel. The new one slid right on, but the old one didn't want to budge without a lot of force. If you can go ahead and get the special snap ring pliers, it would definitely make it easier to get the snap ring off and on, but I did the repair with a set of tweezers. I recommend wearing work gloves--I got a few nicks on my hands while doing the repair.

Removed front cover, removed blower wheel cover, removed retaining ring, removed blower wheel then removed retaining ring behind blower. Replace all new retaining ring, blower wheel, clamp, retaining ring, then blower cover and front cover to dryer. Super easy fix!! Thanks again