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At the top of the first page here are a link to a set of diagrams on how the belt goes on.
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How does the belt wrap around the idler pully and motor drive on this unit/ any Pics?
When I removed to drum, the belt came off so I missed seeing how to put it back correctly!! AHHHHHHH:( :( :(
will try to put this thing back together tonight
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Well good luck. I have seen a lot of great buys on dryers on Craigs list in our area, so I am sure you will do fine.
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Wow I replied on another post, thinking that was this one, sorry for any duplicate posting. Edited to be up to speed with earlier postings (on the right thread!). Within a week, the shrieking sound returned. I again opened it up and looked in there and the whole plastic door track that the drum rides on was in very bad shape. And yeah, when I replaced the bearing assembly, I saw the wear and missing pieces of plastic, but I didn't think a lot of it at the time - just trim? So the fix to that? I made sure I closed the basement door when the dryer was on. So looking at my earlier post, I think I put the parts in near the end of August. It lasted 6 months. The old thing gave it's last spin this morning, in fact. Saw the reply in my email and decided to update my post. Heading to craigslist! Thanks for the help, Jim
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Glad you got it cleaned out and made it safe to use. Open it up every couple of years and make sure it is clean and you should be good to go indefintely.
Thanks for the update.
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Well, I finally had a few hours that I could devote without worry, when the laundry was all caught up. Took about two hours in all. I was quite shocked to see all the lint that accumulated in the front panel that you had warned me to clean, around the drum, and especially surprised at what had accumulated in the heating assembly area. That stuff was a little crispy. Thank goodness for the deteriorating bearing, for had I not been given the chance to clean this whole appliance out we may have been discussing a terrible topic.
Thank you very much for the advice, and giving me the starting steps. I probably would not have attempted this without the simple 'where to begin' your post provided.
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Great, let us know how it goes.
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Thanks very much for the advice! I appreciate it and will post my results when complete. I am ordering the kit now.
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That's the right kit, I don't know that you need anything else. If you want to you can change the belt while you are in there, and be sure and clean it out good, particularly the lint in the front panel and the internal lint pipe to the outside.
You are not going to get any instructions with this, it is going to be pretty obvious what to do once you get the drum out. To get it out, take out the screws that are inside the door jamb and hold the top on. The top will come off, and you can take off the front, note how the door switch wires go before you take them off. You can now reach in and release the belt and then the drum will lift out. This will give you access to the bearing.
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My model number is DLB3600SBLWH I have a Hotpoint 5 cycle clothes dryer that is making a piercing, shrieking sound at regular intervals, the intensity seems to decrease as the machine warms up. The machine is probably a bit more than ten years old, though in great shape. I have researched a bit, and am thinking that the rear drum bearing kit may be what I am looking for, however, could you recommend another kit, in addition to, etc? Kit Part Number: AP2619300. Also, do these kits come with relatively good instructions? I am pretty mechanically inclined, but no expert, so instructions are critical. Any advice would be most helpful. Thanks!
Jim
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