Jim S Fallon , NV November 27, 2015 The motor on our clothes dryer was doing a "self protection" thermal or overload shutdown and there was a strong odor in the tub It took two repair attempts to fix the dryer. At first, I noticed that the rear felt seal was completely worn out, so I thought that extra friction between the tub and the rear panel might be causing the motor to have to work too hard and overheat. I ordered a new seal from appliancepartspros.com, and installed it according to their instructional video, but it did not correct the problem. Then I decided that the motor must be going bad, so I watched the on-line video on how to remove the motor and detached it from the blower fan. Then I removed the motor form our dryer, basically just like the video showed. The video had also mentioned that the old blower fan may be stuck or get damaged and that it may need to be chiseled off, which actually did happen to me. However, the video also showed how to do that, so it wasn't difficult to do. I ordered a new motor and blower fan on a Friday morning and the parts arrived on Tuesday afternoon. The installation went very well and within an hour the dryer was working like new. I also recently had to replace the element in our dishwasher and the main electronics module in our stove and those repairs went just as smooth and easy. I really appreciate the installation and repair videos that are available on appliancepartspros,com, as well as their large selection of part and their extremely reasonable prices, as well as their reasonable shipping fees and their return 365-Day, any part, any reason return policy. Read More... 7 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Adjustable Wrench, Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers
Steven O Shrewsbury , MA February 06, 2022 Appliance: Whirlpool Electric Dryer LER8858EQ0 Motor locked up and was buried in lint due to the felt seal failing and letting lint into the motor area. Replaced the motor, blower, rear drum felt seal, and drive belt. Vacuumed up the lint everywhere, cleaned extra lint out of the chute, around the blower, and rear vents. Read More... 1 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 2+ hours Tools: Adjustable Wrench, Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers, Wrench Set
Daniel E Litchfield , IL April 14, 2020 Motor was bad and also needed general maintenance. Took it apart. Replaced various general maintenance parts, rollers, seals, clean out all the lint and replaced motor and put a new blower on it. Read More... 1 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Adjustable Wrench, Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers
Mary Beth C Tawas , MI October 14, 2014 Appliance: Model WHIRLPOOL Lots of lint and noisy Replaced drum rollers and seals Read More... Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers
Joe F Morrow , OH January 02, 2015 Motor bad and fan blade stuck to old motor I popped the clips holding the motor down off disconnected electrical connector, and then could not get fanblade off to pull motor off. I ended up drilling from back of unit through the front center of fan blade all around the shaft area. Motor came out no problem, but fan blade and seal were destroyed. Once parts received (2 days) I installed all with no problem! I was also able to vacuum out all the dust accumulation and (knock on wood) she is drying as good a new machine!! Thanks Joe Read More... Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 2+ hours Tools: Nut Drivers, Screwdrivers, Wrench Set