Dryer is doing everything but drum spinning... counter thinks its going... have not let it go long enough to see what heating is doing but drum is not moving.....?
Thank you Tim. Thats what I had my money bet on.... just wanted a confirmation. now praying its not too expensive.Thank you Tim. Thats what I had my money bet on.... just wanted a confirmation. now praying its not too expensive.
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check the little aluminum pully on the motor that the belt goes around if its real shiny where the belt wraps around it or the belt sets down in that pully instead of the belt running flush with the pulleys outside circumference that might be the problem pully might be worn and the dryer might be turning with small loads and not larger loads
If you are brave enough to try undoing some nuts to open the dryer up you will probably find that the belt that wraps around the drum is broken or has slipped off of the drum. I bought a new one and did the repair myself.
Check inside the drum to make sure the three screws in a triangle in the rear center are all there, if they fall out the drum goes off center and the motor can no longer drive it.
This model has no rollers, the front of the drum has plastic glides mounted on the front of the drum that ride on teflon impregnated pads that are glued around the door.
The rear is supported by a steel ball screwed to the rear of the drum (the 3 screws that I think are causing your troubles) that rides in a plastic saddle screwed to the rear of the machine.
If the excess drum movement is only up and down you should replace the front glide system.
Good Luck
Quentin
Not all that familiar with the Whiteknight dryer series but a dryer is a dryer and your problem sounds like it could be narrowed down to a few things. Based on your description of the problem and without knowing how much use that dryer has been subjected to, it sounds like you have a belt slipping ..or if it is configured like many other dryers..there may be a belt tensioner that came loose. In either case, the drive motor pulley spins andthe belt doesn't have enough tension or friction on the drum to rotate it. You might try cycling it without clothes to see if it spins up... if it does spin ( without assisting it) then once you add the weight of the clothes it doesn't have enough friction to spin the drum. Hope that helps !
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