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Maytag dryer control knob removal BlackHawk96 06-01-2007
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Posted by BlackHawk96 on June 1, 2007, 8:07 am
Anyone know how to remove the timer control knob on a maytag dryer
about 15 years old? I tried to unscrew it, which did not work. I held
on to the plastic disk under the knob, but I was afraid that if I
turned any harder, something would break. I pulled pretty hard while
rocking the knob, without success.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Blackhawk

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Posted by EXT on June 1, 2007, 5:48 pm
If it is a knob that is turned, and some that are not, they don't screw on
but just press on and pull off the stem. Yours may differ, if you have a
knob that turns to time the drying, it must be an economy model, which again
probably indicates the knob just pulls off. Try it gently, but first look
for a set screw, again probably on the bottom of the knob.

> Anyone know how to remove the timer control knob on a maytag dryer
> about 15 years old? I tried to unscrew it, which did not work. I held
> on to the plastic disk under the knob, but I was afraid that if I
> turned any harder, something would break. I pulled pretty hard while
> rocking the knob, without success.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Blackhawk



Posted by BlackHawk96 on June 2, 2007, 12:43 am
wrote:
Thanks for the advice, EXT. I'll have a look for that setscrew.
BlackHawk
>If it is a knob that is turned, and some that are not, they don't screw on
>but just press on and pull off the stem. Yours may differ, if you have a
>knob that turns to time the drying, it must be an economy model, which again
>probably indicates the knob just pulls off. Try it gently, but first look
>for a set screw, again probably on the bottom of the knob.
>
>> Anyone know how to remove the timer control knob on a maytag dryer
>> about 15 years old? I tried to unscrew it, which did not work. I held
>> on to the plastic disk under the knob, but I was afraid that if I
>> turned any harder, something would break. I pulled pretty hard while
>> rocking the knob, without success.
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> Blackhawk
>


Posted by news on June 2, 2007, 3:25 pm
You have to pry out a plastic disk in the center of the knob. Underneath is
a screw!

> Anyone know how to remove the timer control knob on a maytag dryer
> about 15 years old? I tried to unscrew it, which did not work. I held
> on to the plastic disk under the knob, but I was afraid that if I
> turned any harder, something would break. I pulled pretty hard while
> rocking the knob, without success.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Blackhawk



Posted by BlackHawk96 on June 2, 2007, 11:13 pm
wrote:


>You have to pry out a plastic disk in the center of the knob. Underneath is
>a screw!

Thanks for that info, News. I'll try that.
BlackHawk

>
>> Anyone know how to remove the timer control knob on a maytag dryer
>> about 15 years old? I tried to unscrew it, which did not work. I held
>> on to the plastic disk under the knob, but I was afraid that if I
>> turned any harder, something would break. I pulled pretty hard while
>> rocking the knob, without success.
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>> Blackhawk
>


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