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Posted by Robert11 on May 14, 2006, 9:48 am
Hello Sir:
Thank you very much for such an excellent reply, and taking all the time to
write it and help me out. Appreciate it very much.
Bob
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> More power to you if you can do it in any way less than what a servicer
> would do. And this is it...
>
> Unglug the unit. Remove lint screen and 2 screws there. Reach your
> hand around the control panel and give forward pressure while lifting
> the front edge of the top, releasing it from the front. Rotate the top
> up on its hinges. Remove kick plate. Remove door springs, remembering
> placement. Loosen 5/16" screws at lower left and right of front panel.
> Remove screws at top left and right of inside of front panel. Remove
> wires from door switch. Look inside to see how drum is oriented on the
> felt glide of the front panel. Remove front panel by lifting it off
> the loosened bottom screws and away from drum. Some older front panels
> have a long screw at the hinges that has to be removed. If the front
> panel doesn't come away easily, open the door, look at the hinges, and
> remove one of the 3 screws at each hinge. I think it is the middle
> one, but not sure. Removing the wrong one won't damage anything; just
> replace and move on. Once the the front panel is out of the way, you
> will have easy access to drum. Note how belt wraps around drum,
> through idler pulley, and around motor pulley. Draw a picture if you
> need to. Hold idler pulley to remove spring tension, then remove belt
> from motor pulley. Stand up and use belt as a holder and lift the
> whole drum out of the cabinet. Replace one or both rollers as needed.
> All the parts will come with each new roller. Clean the shaft with a
> solvent or rust buster if gummy. Put a touch of turbine oil on then
> load the roller.
>
> To replace the drum, move the right roller foward on its shaft. Lift
> drum into place and turn drum by hand so that the rear seal flares
> outward, allowing top of drum about an inch of clearance from rear
> bulkhead so that there is room for the rear seal to move back into
> place. It will probably do this naturally. Load belt through idler
> and onto motor pulley. Put front panel on using above instructions in
> reverse, reaching inside to pull up on the drum and onto felt glide on
> the front panel. You can also open the door and pull drum onto the
> felt glide if necessary.
>
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