Hi bill, I to reckon it is likely to be a bad roller. Many dryers don't use them any more but probably some still do.
There is nothing more than a bronze sleeve bearing in the middle of a rubber roller around a bolt. For any number of reasons these can wear out so the roller becomes sloppy or it might rub and form a flat surface but either way you will get a clumping noise usually with every revolution of that roller. In my limited experience there are two rollers which support the front of the drum, at about the four thirty position and the 7 thirty position. To see them and repair them you have to remove the front of the dryer. It is a very long time since I have done this but there are a couple of considerations, one is the button which turns off the machine when the door is open. There is something of a frame behind the front panel with the bolts and rollers mounted to it. The front edge of the drum rests on these the rear of the drum has a post which spins through a bearing behind the drum and in the middle of the shield which supports the elements.The one I repaired had a plastic bearing so be careful if you remove the drum, this looked to me like it might be easily damaged. You can buy generic kits which are glides. These are a sort of domed shaped band of fairly thick material probably Teflon over a sort of felt all mounted onto a steel piece. You will have to drill some holes in the frame and mount the glides to support the front of the machine to support the front of the drum and it will run more quietly than it ever did. You may be able to buy the replacement rollers too, when I did it I didn't bother to wait, I was keeping the old thing running to save up for a new one early into my private clinic days. Hope this helps. Rae may be able to find a Web description with possibly links to suppliers. , Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill holton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drier duldrums >A few weeks ago our drier started squealing a bit at startup--a belt going >bad I figured. > Now the squealing has stopped, and the drier still seems to work fine, but > there is a slappy sort of bang with every turn, like I have something > metal bouncing inside the drum. > How many belts are on a drier? Is it possible for one to go and the other > to still work? > Thanks. > Bill > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.412 / Virus Database: 268.18.0/689 - Release Date: 15/02/2007 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
