Whirlpool W10837625 Motor Pulley OEM Part

Replaced

Replaced broken pulley on motor and new belt- video on website was very helpful

Replaced belt and pulley.

Dryer stopped tumbling, ordered dryer repair kit and replaced belt, rollers and pulley. This was a great time to completely clean out 6 years of hidden lint (lengthy but not at all difficult process). Before reassembing we noticed that the motor pulley had broken and was probably the original culprit in the grand scheme of things. Ordered the part, watched the video and replaced before reassembling the dryer. In hindsight, it might have made more sense to just pull it all apart beforehand for more thoughtful ordering but in the end the dryer tumbles nicely.

After first thinking the issue was just a broken drive belt, once I tried to put on a new one I realized the outer lip of the motor pulley had sheared off from years of fatique. With the use of your excellent on-line videos I was able to complete the repairs and get the dryer up and running. Of course, it's never quite as easy as the videos seem. You drop a few screws and spend ten minutes looking for them. Threading the drive belt isn't quite as intuitive as you the video. Things don't quite snap back into place without some experimentation and swearing. And holy-moly, the blower assembly really was full of lint, which I cleaned out. But it's done now and the dryer is working great.