You bet it it does! We were confounded. Thank you!
Your new motor # is identical to mine. Apparently, it is the replacement for many older machine’s motors.
Let’s see if I understand you correctly:
From the rear of the dryer with the panel removed, you were able to lie on the floor and reach into the lint/heat exhaust tube horizontally (and blind) at the very bottom of the machine with a wrench that you used to remove the square(?) nut on the end of the motor (fan) shaft while (someone else) turning the pulley clockwise on the other end of the motor? I was able to reach in and feel the fan but I don’t think I could see it.
More clarifying:
Does your machine have a rectangular vertical gray metal tube that runs the height of the unit up the left (from the rear) side to the lint filter?
I have a feeling that this is going to be the solution to a confounding problem. I’ll find out early in September when I ‘visit’ the machine again.
Right now, it’s in pieces. The ‘classic’ method of clothes drying is being used.
Sincere thanks.
Bob