Brand:GE
**Model Number:**GTD45EASJ2WS Main Symptom:Belt keeps breaking What happens & when:
Dryer stopped spinning. Replaced belt.
Dryer stopped spinning. replaced belt. Worked ok for 2 weeks, but got louder each day
Dryer stopped spinning again. replaced belt and slides. Worked ok for 3 week, but is now louder, and sounds like it will break again. Takes longer to dry as well.
I see the videos for idler wheel, and motor pulley(have to buy the whole motor for this model?) but am looking to see if it may be something else.
Is the drum somehow moving from center, either in the front bearing, or off the shaft in the back, putting strain on the belt?
The noise is an out-of-round sound louder at half spin. Not a squeel but a rubbing sound.
Would like to but the right part(s) this time.
Montel
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What bigbuck1 is referring to will be at the motor itself. The motor being positioned incorrectly might cause some problems getting the belt on as well. If you take the belt off the pulley is the drum still hard to rotate by hand?
thanks-will have to disassemble and report back in a few days. I do remember pushing hard on the drum to get it set in, so maybe it caused the no-gap scenario.
Well that belt survived 7 months. I did take out the drum today, and noticed the o ring was broken and the plastic bearing was pretty worn. I am ordering them. Would that cause the belt to wear and break? I also looked at the blower motor and trying to uploaded pics to see if you think it qualifies as a gap or no gap, per the bulletin.
Let me know what you think. If I have to order the two brackets, is there a video how to get them off the blower?
Last, when I pulled out the drum, I saw a thin strip of metal stuck to one of the heating elements - see pic. It looks like it was bonded to the bottom and back wall of the dryer. Can’t figure out where it came from, or if it’s needed. No videos I watched had any such thing. Any ideas?
