Some dryer manufacturers do not have aftermarket replacement parts suppliers so you may find you have to locate a dealer for your particular brand of dryer.
Ge dryer belt replacement.
Use a putty knife to press the clips holding the lid in place image 1.
If the dryer belt cracks or breaks the dryer drum will not be able to turn.
Take the old belt and any information from your dryer to an appliance parts supplier to match it for a replacement.
This means the procedure for replacing internal parts is the same as for any other washer and dryer.
Your ge spacemaker washer and dryer has the same parts as a non stacking unit.
Loud squealing during operation.
This is the most common ge hotpoint dryer belt.
All of the information for this drive belt replacement video is applicable to the following brands.
The drive belt on your dryer attaches to the motor pulley and then wraps around the drum and a tensioner pulley and spins the drum as the motor rotates.
87 long and 1 4 wide.
The primary difference in making the repair is how you disassemble the machine to make the replacement.
This video provides step by step repair instructions for replacing the drive belt on a ge gas dryer.
It is 89 5 inches long with four ribs on the inside for a better grip.
One sign that it is the idler pulley is if the squeak is made at a high frequency because the pulley goes around many times for each drum revolution.
How to replace ge dryer idler pulley and belt if you have a squeaking dryer it may be that idler pulley is worn out.
The most common reasons for replacing the drive belt are when the dryer makes noise won t start or won t turn at all.
Look at the existing belt.
4 ridges the drive belt dries out over time.
If the dryer motor is running but the drum won t rotate the belt has likely broken.
If the plug can be reached without moving the dryer the dryer probably won t have to be moved.