Go to throw some clothes in the dryer to tumble some wrinkles out.
Turn dial and press Start button. Nothing. Huh? Yah, it was making
noise before but it didn't seem to be straining and quickly checked
for power. Yup, got 240.
Too busy to look at it during the week, but googled a buncha sites
about trouble shooting. Coupla thermal overload fuses, could be a bad
switch....
Check all that. Nope, all good.
Gah, gotta pop the carcass open to check out the motor, etc... Take
the drum out and plug old faithful in. Turn dial, hit switch. Motor
spins! WTF?! So huh. Maybe bearings are bad and the load of the
drum causes it to bind? So I spin both the drum bearings and motor
arbor pressing with my hand. Smooooottthhhhh..... Put it all back
together and give it a go. Nothing. Weird! Take it apart again and
in the process, note I had forgotten to plug it back in - D'oh! Put
it back together again and PLUG IT IN. Fire it up. Clunk is gone and
spins like a champ!
Hooray! But... what the hell did I do? There was mention of a 'belt
switch' on the repair sites but none of them actually showed you where/
what. And the belt appeared to be properly routed. Huh. Well, I
have fixed many a device via the same process. Not working, take
apart, re-assemble and it works. Fishing reels, bicycle
components....
Anyone got an idea what I may have fixed?
D'ohBoy
On Jul 11, 11:06=A0am, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> D'ohBoy wrote:
>
> [snip]> Anyone got an idea what I may have fixed?
>
> > D'ohBoy
>
> That looks uncomfortably like a straight line. =A0I might suggest a
> libation to the Appliance Gods is in order and perhaps the sacrifice of
> a steak.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 mahalo,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 jo4hn
>
> Oh and the libation is subject to the 5 second rule: If it hasn't been
> consumed by the Gods in 5, it's yours.
You must be orthodox. Here we give Them 3 seconds.
D'ohBoy wrote:
[snip]
> Anyone got an idea what I may have fixed?
>
> D'ohBoy
>
>
>
That looks uncomfortably like a straight line. I might suggest a
libation to the Appliance Gods is in order and perhaps the sacrifice of
a steak.
mahalo,
jo4hn
Oh and the libation is subject to the 5 second rule: If it hasn't been
consumed by the Gods in 5, it's yours.
On Jul 11, 10:28=A0am, "D'ohBoy" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Go to throw some clothes in the dryer to tumble some wrinkles out.
> Turn dial and press Start button. =A0Nothing. =A0Huh? =A0Yah, it was maki=
ng
> noise before but it didn't seem to be straining and quickly checked
> for power. =A0Yup, got 240.
>
> Too busy to look at it during the week, but googled a buncha sites
> about trouble shooting. =A0Coupla thermal overload fuses, could be a bad
> switch....
>
> Check all that. =A0Nope, all good.
>
> Gah, gotta pop the carcass open to check out the motor, etc... =A0Take
> the drum out and plug old faithful in. =A0Turn dial, hit switch. =A0Motor
> spins! =A0WTF?! =A0So huh. =A0Maybe bearings are bad and the load of the
> drum causes it to bind? =A0So I spin both the drum bearings and motor
> arbor pressing with my hand. =A0Smooooottthhhhh..... =A0Put it all back
> together and give it a go. =A0Nothing. =A0Weird! =A0Take it apart again a=
nd
> in the process, note I had forgotten to plug it back in - =A0D'oh! =A0Put
> it back together again and PLUG IT IN. =A0Fire it up. =A0Clunk is gone an=
d
> spins like a champ!
>
> Hooray! =A0But... what the hell did I do? =A0There was mention of a 'belt
> switch' on the repair sites but none of them actually showed you where/
> what. =A0And the belt appeared to be properly routed. =A0Huh. =A0Well, I
> have fixed many a device via the same process. =A0Not working, take
> apart, re-assemble and it works. =A0Fishing reels, bicycle
> components....
>
> Anyone got an idea what I may have fixed?
>
> D'ohBoy
*holding monitor to my forehead*..mmmmmmmmm I'm getting some vibes....
yes
here it comes
DOOR CUTOUT SWITCH slightly linted...
.
.
.
maybe