Whirlpool W10410997 Dryer Drive Motor OEM Part

Saw a video on line. Looked fairly easy to replace, but there were quite a few steps. I followed the video step for step and had the motor out in less than an hour. Tested motor with an electrical tester, just to be sure that was the problem. I ordered the motor from Appliance Parts Pros on a Sunday evening. The motor was at my doorstep Tuesday morning. It took about a hour and half to get everything back together. My only suggestion would be to label all the screws as to where they go as you disassemble the dryer, makes reassembly much easier. Most people would probably just go buy a new dryer as we live in a throw away society, but i saved tons of money (versus buying a new dryer) and have the satisfaction of fixing the dryer myself.

Drive motor bearing was bad. Replaced motor.

On Sunday, after complete disassembly - following excellent video instructions - the motor was almost frozen up. No oil would cure that. Ordered new motor and new belt (why take it apart and not make sure everything else is good). Checking for good rollers and all was fine. I ordered parts and left Monday morning for knee surgery to re-attach knee cap on new total replacement knee joint.on Monday.. Came home Tuesday and motor arrived Wednesday. With wife's assistance mechanical ability 50%), re-assembled and all is well. Fantastic instructional video. Only tool missing was snap right pliers and 11 piece set from Harbor Freight cured that

Self repair

After reviewing your website for possible causes, and disassemble procedures, I disassembled the dryer unit. I found a lot of dirt but, also found a bad guide wheel that support the drum, the bearing in on the motor unit were leaking oil, and the blower wheel D shaft was worn out of shape causing the wheel to hit the housing. Also the original belt had air checking cracks which made sense to replace it. I decided to replace the thermostat per your website recommendation for solving over- heating. The felt seal on the front of the drum was damaged so I included a replacement in my order and installed a new seal. After receiving all of the necessary parts I performed the reassembly of the unit. After installing all of the parts I did a trial run and the belt jumped off the motor axle. After some fun reinstalling the belt properly I test ran the unit. Whoa it sounds like new. Oh but then a slight rattle noise started, I suspect because I did not replace the new drum roller axle that I purchased for the new drum roller. The noise seems to have decreased after multiple cycles, but I plan on disassembling the unit and installing the part. Over all the dryer is working like new, including the over heating issue seems to be solved too. Thank you for the great source of parts and installation videos. In the past I have also repaired my neptune washing machine multiple times using parts from AppliancePartsPro.com