Cabrio Dryer advice

[jeff1]

Keep us posted as to your progress.

jeff.

[painters1953]

I will, just awaiting the new parts.

[painters1953]

Here's the nitty gritty - work was finished on Saturday and the dryer sounds better than when it was brand new.

Whirlpool makes a lot of dryers and although parts are numbered for a particular device, in fact quite a few are duplicates of one another. After quite a lengthy back and forth with Whirlpool, that's what I found with the wheels and belts in particular. I had ordered a kit and it seemed like it might not fit my machine. However, the only thing extra I needed was the idler pulley assembly, as the kit only came with the wheel and not the idler arm. In retrospect, I'm not sure I needed to replace the entire idler assembly, as the wheel in the kit and the wheel in the OEM idler pully assembly were the same but not the same as my orignial.

As to my concern about the black dust on the motor (and everywhere else in the case), it's suspected that it is the carbon dust from the brushes in the motor. That means at some point, I could be replacing it. However, it is showing no sign of being a problem so I'm leaving well enough alone for now.

Another odd thing, when I did service on it in the summer, I took pics and followed the reassembly - I did not replace the belt. When replacing the belt this time, I read that it needed to be ribbed side down in one of the videos I watched, which made perfect sense. I believe the machine came with the belt installed incorrectly, which accounts for it not operating correctly since the get go. It was installed with the slick side down. Now there is NO noise from the dryer at all!! It's so quiet, I have to now set the alarm on it.


I want to thank Jeff for keeping me going on this repair. I learned a lot and appreciate all the time taken to solve the problems.

[jeff1]

Now there is NO noise from the dryer at all!! It's so quiet, I have to now set the alarm on it.

Glad things are all better

Thankx for the update.

jeff.