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Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype Dale Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schwery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Drier duldrums > 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! 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > [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 >> > or >> > >> <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 >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > 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/ >> > >> > Visit the new archives page at the following address >> > >> <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] >> > Yahoo! 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