Whirlpool W10410999 Drive Motor OEM Part

This was a Maytag DE312 actually a Whirlpool labeled as Maytag) and is 27 years old. Replaced motor, drive belt and drum rollers. One tricky part was the motor because the new motor comes with integral starter and it was necessary to cut off existing female spade connectors on some wires and crimp on new connectors. Instructions were adequate but need to be carefully followed and a decent electrical stripping and crimping tool must be at hand. I bought a new motor drive pulley because another user indicated the hex set screw was difficult to remove and all went well. The belt installation always gives me fits but if you are patient and look carefully at the supplied instructions it can be completed with some effort. Note that the grooved side of the belt mates with the pulley and the flat side runs against the drum. It is also very helpful to have the right snap ring tool because they are very difficult to remove without the proper device both for the fan removal and the drum rollers. I used a Dremel tool with sanding disk to reduce diameter of the pins on my snap ring tool to fit holes in snap rings which worked OK. This is the second repair on this dryer (replacement of heating element & drive belt) and all went well and she is up and running again.

We ordered the new motor for our older Matag dryer and it came in 2 business days, I was impressed. The new motor was slightly different than the old one, that don't surprise me since our Matag dryer is over 40 years old. The major difference was the overload switch and the way the wires hook up. The instructions we received had taken in consideration that difference. I was pleased to see that they had included the new fittings needed to make the new connections and the new wiring diagram and instructions were awesome as long as you follow them exactly as they say. Overall we very pleased with the whole experience. They don't make them like the use to. I have a garage full of broken down new appliances that cost to much to fix. The older ones are still the best!!

Replaced the motor. New motor arrived in 2 days! I Googled "replace Maytag dryer motor" and found an excellent YouTube video that showed the entire procedure. Pop the front off. Remove the drum cowling. Pulled out the drum. Removed the blower from the motor shaft. Carefully diagrammed the wire locations then pulled off the wires. Popped off the clips that hold the motor in place. Lift out the motor. Put in the new one. Reverse above steps.

I replaced the motor and all other moving components along with the felt drum seals.drum glides and drive belt. The wiring instruction is where i had the most problems. Because my wiring had only 4 wires in the harness not 5, and one was a different color then the instructions call out, I believe was because it might have been and older model. the instruction called for a gray wire but mine was white with a blue piggy back wire attached. but after finding a few videos on line i figured that the white wire was indeed the gray wire and the piggy back wire was the 5th wire meant to be attached to the blue terminal.

First replaced idler and support wheels to no effect. Then replaced motor and it was quiet again. The old motor was well worn. Replacing all those items was pretty easy. The motor has different size connectors, but clear directions for converting the old ones.