Whirlpool WP500092 Felt Pad OEM Part

After replacing thermal fuse once and having it fail a second time, I had to dig a little deeper to uncover the problem. I checked for blockage in the vent but everything was clear. I did, however, find that the drum had some up and down play in it. After closer inspection, I could see that the front drum seal was actually worn to the point that I could see a gap between the seal and the drum. I figured that the gap in the seal was letting air in and not letting sufficient air flow through the heater unit. By not letting enough air flow through the heater unit, the heat increased to the point of activating the thermal fuse. The limit thermostat was defective or it would have stopped the heater from getting to the point of blowing the thermal fuse. The dryer may have been operating off the limit thermostat and not the cycling thermostat as it is intended to. This may have caused the limit thermostat failure. I ordered the front and rear felt seals, new drum glides and felt pads, and adhesive for the seals. I was totally impressed that the parts were here two days later and allowed me to install them that weekend. After letting the adhesive set for a day, I put everything back together and monitored the heater, the limit thermostat, and the cycling thermostat with multimeters while the dryer was in operation. The dryer was now working off of the cycling thermostat. Another bonus was that the dryer ran a lot quieter. Thank you Appliance Parts Pros for your prompt delivery and ordering help.

After looking online I found he problem. After opening up I saw that I needed to replace more an just drum glides. Found all parts and video on website to be very helpful. Supper fast shipment and I was able to have the dryer back up and running with only 3 1/2 days down. Only thing is that the dryer felt seal needs the glue, I think the website should clearly state it like with predictive cart feature where if you purchase one thing it asks do you need this also. That would have helped too. But overall purchasing was easy and fast had all part.

Unplugged dryer and took unit apart. Found worn front guides, cracked belt. Took blower front off. Found shafts on blower fan had cracked and broke. Found parts on Appliance Parts Pros. Parts arrived in 2 days. Reassembled unit. Repair complete. ..

After checking on-line videos, I opened the dryer enough to determine the problem and then ordered a front drum seal and adhesive, drum glides (2) and felt pads (2) and a new belt (thinking it would break soon anyway). Gluing the seal to the front bulkhead was the most difficult part, clamps as shown in the video did not work for me but a few pieces of "duck tape" worked well. The felt pads are self adhesive and the glides just slip into place, Fitting everything together was reasonably easy but I almost lacked the muscle to move the idler arm enough to get the belt on correctly. (just getting old)

I replaced belt Tension pulley