"Nick Danger" wrote in message
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"hr(bob) " wrote in message
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I bet the belt is on the wrong side of the tensioner, You have to put
the belt on with the tensioner greatly distorted to get it to go on
correctly. I have done the belt replacement on 3 similar dryers, and
I always have a problem getting the belt on correctly. I forget in
between each session, a sign of advancing age, I guess.

Bob Hofmann

It looks like I'm going to be guilty until proven innocent. Stay tuned -
I'll post a pic tomorrow. It's too late at night now to crawl around in
the dust and lint in the laundry room and twist my body up like a pretzel
just to take a picture.

I'm sure no one is paying attention to this thread anymore, but I'll post
for the benefit of future generations of dryer repair historians. This whole
issue started when I needed to replace the fan. In order to get at it, I had
to remove the assembly that holds the front of the drum in place. That
caused the drum to slip down and forward a little. It's no big deal - it's
easy to push it back into place and put everything together. However, there
is a groove around the circumference of the drum, close to where the belt is
supposed to be. The belt ended up slipping into the groove. With the limited
visibility through a small opening in the back of the dryer, it appeared
that the belt was where it was supposed to be, but it just didn't have
enough tension. After studying the situation for hours and concluding that
no part could have worn down sufficiently to make that much difference and
that everything was mounted firmly enough that it could not have shifted, I
finally had to start considering other alternatives, and realized that
moving the belt out of the groove would fix the problem.