What is a Robertson screw? earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote:
>My old Maytag dryer comes apart at the front and I expect yours does too. > >The only time I had to disassemble it I found two screws under the front >panel which you remove. I think it just descends unhooking from under the >top but it was about 1984 or 1985 since I did that so I might have forgotten >and just now I am too lazy to go up stairs to the laundry to verify that. > >Feel along under the bottom edge of the front panel and see if you can find >those screws. probably Philips being American but could be Robertson. > >. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert J. Moore" ><<mailto:robertjmoore%40earthlink.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:08 AM >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Drier duldrums > > >I have an old maytag and on that dryer the rollers are actually in the > >back > > of the drum. I could not figure out how the darned thing came apart since > > the back and sides were all one molded piece. So I went and got another > > used > > one to replace the old maytag. It is sitting out in the old shed waiting > > me > > to dig into it and figure out if I can fix it so I can resell it. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Dale Leavens > > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:21 PM > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drier duldrums > > > > 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 > > <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> > > Skype DaleLeavens > > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bill holton" < > <mailto:bill32607%40cox.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:bill32607%40cox.net> > > > To: < > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > >> > > 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>http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > <http://acbradio.org/handyman.html> > >> or > >> > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > <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>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > <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>http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > <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/>http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > <http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/> > >> > >> Visit the new archives page at the following address > >> > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > <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: > >> > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com> > >> Yahoo! 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