[Dave_S]

A piece broke off of the dryer and was thrown out before I saw it. I'm told "its a round piece on the front".

The dryer now tears off buttons and has a horrible grinding sound when its run. I looked up the parts diagram Cabinet & Drum parts for GE DVL223GB4WW - AppliancePartsPros.com and it seems to me that the only part that would fit the bill is the Glide Drum (1124). Is there another part that could cause the problem?

[Gene]

Hi Dave,

"A round piece on the front" is definitely the drum glide. You also may want to check the upper and the lower felts and the rear bearing.

Gene.

[Dave_S]

Thanks.

I ordered the glide. With how expensive the felts are, I'll wait until I open it up to order them. Hopefully this will be it.

How would I know if the bearing went bad?

[Dave_S]

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[Dave_S]

I replaced the two glides and took a look at the felt. The felt is compressed down, but its still there. The glides were completely missing.

There is still too large a gap between the drum and the glides. Its as is there is supposed to be something holding the drum slightly higher, but I don't seen anything on the diagram. does this mean that my rear bearing went? How long is it supposed to last? I did push the drum up with my hand, and it ,moved into place without an issue. It just drops back down to a point that too low when I let go.

Thanks for your help with this.

-Dave

[Gene]

Hi Dave,

Sounds like the rear bearing has gone bad. You also may want to replace the felts too. I would recommend to use the parts made by Frigidaire. These parts are exact the same with much better prices.

- The rear drum bearing kit Part number: 5303281153

- The upper drum felt Part number: 5303937182

- The lower drum felt Part number: 5303937183

All three parts will cost you almost two times less than one drum bearing kit sold by GE.

Gene.