Your clothes are washed for tomorrow’s once in a lifetime job interview, and now it’s time to toss your five-star outfit in the dryer. To your dismay, you try to turn on your unit and it just isn’t working… You realize either the drum isn’t spinning, or it won’t turn on at all. Now you’re stressed to get your clean clothes dry…let’s just say we’d rather keep the scent of musk in our perfume, not clothes (yuck). While there are a multitude of symptoms for faulty parts, the drive belt (aka dryer belt) is a good place to begin when diagnosing the above symptoms. For instance, if your dryer doesn’t turn, but you can still hear the motor running, you most likely have a broken drive belt. The other common symptom is your dryer won’t turn on; this could be the culprit of a broken belt that tripped the switch on your idler pulley arm. Go ahead and give the dryer drum a good ole spin; if it turns super easily, you have a broken belt on your hands. There’s no need to panic. Before you rush over to the laundry mat, replacing your drive belt is a simple repair you can do yourself (really, you can). Our video walks you through step-by-step so you can replace your dryer belt on most Whirlpool clothes dryer models. You will need: a #2 Phillips Head Screwdriver a 5/16” Nut Driver a Flathead Screwdriver and a putty knife (painter’s tool) Our video shows you how to remove your lint filter, top/front panels, disconnect the lid switch wires, and remove your old belt. Not shown: once you remove your old belt, you can take this as an opportune time to slide out the drum and vacuum the inner cabinet of your dryer. From there, our tech shows you how to place your new dryer belt on the drum, and create tension with the idler pulley arm. In no time (about 20 minutes), you will have a working clothes dryer again. Dry clothes never felt so good.
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