[frankco5]

Hi...I am recently widowed and my main man is gone. So while I watched him repair my dryer or whatever in the past, now it's on me. My house is sold and I need to get the dryer noise to stop so I do not feel guilty leaving it for the new people. In searching the web for help, it sounds like I need a new rear drum bearing kit. The belt is a year old and fine, the pulleys were replaced relatively recently, I pulled the dryer out from the wall and cleaned all the piping...so why has the silly thing picked this not-so-wealthy time in my life to start making screeching noises? Must be on the same wavelength as the handle on my microwave and my leaking sun porch. Drum turns fine, clothes dry to the tune of a loud, rhythmic scraping noise. Shifting the dryer around, tilting it back or forward makes no difference. And it is a constant sound now that it has begun. If I could get a little feedback, then I would order the rear drum bearing kit and wait until my college man get here to do the repair. Thank you

[jsetzer]

I have a Frigidaire Gallery dryer and it started to make realy loud screeching noise. I mean so bad it hurt your ear drums to be in the same room with it, we took the top and back off to discover the felt that goes around the seal at the front of the drum was worn off on one area. We thought it was something to do with the motor or bearings. You may just need a new piece of felt put on the seal. Price varies from who you get it from, usually $20. Have a repair pro put it on so it's precise.