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Broken belt and worn bearing
Replacing the bearing and belt on a GE DDE6350BBL dryer
My belt broke and landed up in the bottom of the case, therefore no problem removing it. Having to replace the belt I decided to renew the bearing at the same time. Detailed instructions, with comments follow for those of you attempting this repair. Most important, READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE STARTING WORK Take careful note as you take things apart of what they looked like before you started.
First unplug the appliance. Always unplug the appliance before doing any repair. With the appliance stood in a space where it is accessible all round begin. Open the front door and remove the small Phillips screws located at the top of the front panel. ( You have to look upwards to see them, normally four screws ) The cabinet top can now be lifted carefully upwards. It is a good idea to use a piece of 2 x 4 to hold this in a raised position for the time being. Inside the cabinet on the right at the top, behind the door open switch, remove the two electrical slide connectors from the switch. Remove the hex headed screws securing the bottom kicking plate, ( four screws ) Remove the two longer hex screws securing the bottom of the front panel, ( two screws ) Look inside the cabinet, each side towards the top there is one hex headed screw securing the top of the front panel to the sides ( two screws ) Hint head of screw faces back of cabinet. The front panel can now be removed by lifting slightly up and away from the rest of the case. Do not try to move it too far, just turn it through ninety degrees and lean it against something heavy. Hopefully placed there to lean it on before you started. Using a torx screw bit, remove the three torx screws securing the drum onto the bearing. ( A noise will be heard like something dropping, we will take care of this later.) Lift the drum out of the case and set it aside. Using a Phillips screwdriver remove the four screws securing the bearing to the casing. Lift out the complete old bearing assembly. Now is the time to thoroughly clean all the parts, before reassembly. A Hoover with a crevice tool is good for removing most of the lint in and around the case. In severe cases it might be necessary to use a wire brush to loosen the lint. Look in the bottom of the case and find the spacer, which fell off when you removed the drum. It is circular with a large hole in the centre and six holes around the side. It is a good idea if you are adventurous, to remove the slide connectors for the heater elements and remove this assembly for cleaning. If you are not adventurous then cleaning it while installed is possible but be careful of the wire spirals, they are fragile
Helpful hint. At this point take one of the old screws, which secured the bearing into the house. Take this screw to a good hardware store and ask for two extra screws three inches long with the same thread. Make certain the thread is the same. Bring your new screws home, put them in a vice and saw off the heads, thus leaving two pieces of threaded rod three inches long of the correct thread. Doing this will save you a lot of aggravation later.
To replace the bearing, assemble the new bearing with a small quantity of high heat grease applied to the bearing surfaces. The old circlip can be reused without problem as long as it was not damaged when removing it.
Hint the new bearing is supplied with an 'o' ring in the groove where the circlip goes, this 'o' ring has to be removed before assembly.
If you have removed the heater assembly for cleaning it should be reinstalled now. Install the new bearing in the casing using the four new screws provided. Carefully screw your two threaded rods into two of the three holes in the bearing surface. Locate the spacer plate onto the threaded rods and slide back until it is in the correct position. Hint, it will only go on one way round, with all the holes lining up correctly. Place the new belt loosely around the drum before it is installed in
After removing the front panel with a 1/4" nut driver; I removed the drum, rear shield and spacer using a 3/8" ratchet, 6" extension and torx socket for the three drum screws. I then removed the 4 screws on the rear heat guard panel to get to the rear bearing assembly. I removed the rear bearing assembly and replaced the plastic bearing and then re-assembled it. Total time was less than 30 minutes. Now the problems began. Trying to line up the drum to the bearing plate was very difficult due to the bulk of the drum. After some frustration time I devised a way to do it. I took 3 1/12 inch #10-24 screws and cut the heads off. Then I screwd them into to bearing plate as guide pins. I then backed them out after installing each of the mounting screws. It worked very well. Next as I have large arms and hands Iworked form at least 30 minutes to attached the drive belt to the moto and idler pulley. I finally got it on by attaching the belt first around the motor then pulled the idler arm down to engage it over the belt. Took a lot of positioning my hand correctly to get enough leverage to pull the idler arm down far enough. All in all not to complicated and my wife just won't part with this dryer that really dries clothes quickly.I glad I took on the task to repair it and my hats go off to PartSelect.com for quickly and correctly filg mypart order. Hope you have the same success.
I checked the power (OK) and removed the four screws that held the timer/controls (upper panels) cover. This revealed a schematic for the dryer that enabled me to determine the door swich was probably the culprit. I pried out the old switch and, sure enough, it was always open (checked with multi-meter). I found the replacement switch easily using the dryer model number and "door switch" search string. Ordered Sunday night, the part came on Tuesday and took 2 minutes to install (no tools needed).
gas dryer would fire, but shut down before getting warm enough to dry clothes
Removed lower front cover of dryer, located coils, removed old coils by disconnecting the wires and removing the hold down bracket screws. Pulled the old coils out replaced them with the new coils by aligning the index pins on the coils with the holes in the bracket then reattached the bracket and plugged the wires into the new coils. Then closed the cover on the front of the dryer. Dryer now ignites and stays on to heat up and dry clothes.
Searched dryer model on Google, found partselect.com. Searched for Dryer model and a diagram of the dryer with all its parts appeared. Selected the timer knob on the diagram and it took me to the part, ordered it. All steps took less than 10 minutes, and I had the new knob in my hands the next day and installed in about 3 minutes. You saved a few dollars, plus not having to miss time from work waiting for a repair man. Thank you! Rocio
First of all I am NOT a do-it-yourself handyman. I unscrewed the panel where the start knob was diagnosed I needed an electrical switch that went behind the panel and a new start knob. PartSelect was great. just plugged in my model number, found the drawings of the model. I selected and ordered both parts for $40. Shipped normal delivery and they arrived in 5 days. I had the parts replaced, the panel screwed back on and the dryer working in 10 minutes. I highly recommend PartSelect for honesty, speed and helpful drawings that allow you to select the correct part. 110% satisfied.
Clips on the inside of the door handle had snapped off, 1 minute later it worked like new. NO TOOLS required! So happy my older appliances can have new life by the parts carried by PartSelect. Thanks!
My husband broke the door handle, but of course, i had to be the one to order the part & fix it. I ordered the part on the weekend and much to my suprise it was on my doorstep on Tuesday when I got home from work. Then I saw the part was shipped from nearby Louisville. I was overly happy with partselect!!!!! All I did was open the packaging and clip the dryer handle into the 4 holes. Easy as pie!!!!
removed top by removing two screw inside door, found felt was out of place and ruined--found some wear on bearing at rear of drum--decided to replace these parts plus fround bearing--also new belt ,since it was apart---to remove the drum you have to remove front panel,which required removing two bolts from inside at top--front of dryer just lays down--then you can pull tub out- I read other customers repair storys ,which made it real easy.