Last week the felt that wraps around the lower drum fell out of place and twirled itself around some of the clothes in my dryer. I went to an appliance store and bought a new one. A friend installed it for me. Then now, three days later, the new one has done the same thing. I am trying to avoid calling a repairman, but I can't find a source on the internet that tells me how to install the felt properly (just in case our friend didn't do it just right.) The appliance store is willing to replace the part I bought with a new one, because it is still "under warranty", as I just purchased it a few days ago. But I'm a little nervous about having the same friend install it without instructions. Do you have specific instructions for how to install it? Is it possible that another part has broken and would make it impossible to avoid the same problem happening again?

Thanks for your time in this matter,

Jacqui Harmeling

Thanks for the advice about the drum felt. We did take the old felt out the first time we replaced it. But the felt part I picked up from the appliance store did not come with glue. Is there a special glue I ought to have used?
Do you know if it is dangerous to run the machine without the felt? Thanks!

What did you mean by "you need to keep the short side toward the drum"?