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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
The motor just hums when "start" is pushed. I took off the belt and
still just a hum. I want to try to rotate the shaft, but it's very stiff. Anyone know how to get at the motor? I have the front cover off, but it looks like I need to tear into the exhaust airflow ducting and drum assembly to get at the motor. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
Usually have to pull the drum out, that opens up the access to the
motor. Clean and relube the berrings is the first step. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "kh fami" wrote in message ... The motor just hums when "start" is pushed. I took off the belt and still just a hum. I want to try to rotate the shaft, but it's very stiff. Anyone know how to get at the motor? I have the front cover off, but it looks like I need to tear into the exhaust airflow ducting and drum assembly to get at the motor. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
On 11/28/2010 12:36 AM, kh fami wrote:
The motor just hums when "start" is pushed. I took off the belt and still just a hum. It probably just hums because it doesn't know the words. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
You joined the cliche of the week club, too? Me, I avoid cliches like
the plague. I wouldn't get near a cliche with a ten foot pole. The only thing worse than cliches, are hackneyed expressions. I opened the door and saw a cliche on my front step. I screamed like ice cream. It beat feet, crying "feet don't fail me now" as it made tracks into the distance. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Tony Miklos" wrote in message ... On 11/28/2010 12:36 AM, kh fami wrote: The motor just hums when "start" is pushed. I took off the belt and still just a hum. It probably just hums because it doesn't know the words. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
Wow -- gfretw... nailed it.
Sock wedged into the blower fan. Thanks to http://www.applianceaid.com/may-apart.html for step by step on getting to it. The telltale sign was that the drum would only turn in one direction and not even budge in the other. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:31:31 -0800 (PST), kh fami
wrote: Wow -- gfretw... nailed it. Sock wedged into the blower fan. Thanks to http://www.applianceaid.com/may-apart.html for step by step on getting to it. The telltale sign was that the drum would only turn in one direction and not even budge in the other. Nice. Now it makes sense why Mom used to put a few pairs of socks on a safety pin. She never lost one... She put the pin in through the toe ends. |
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Maytag electric dryer motor hums
On 11/28/2010 4:49 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
You joined the cliche of the week club, too? Me, I avoid cliches like the plague. I wouldn't get near a cliche with a ten foot pole. The only thing worse than cliches, are hackneyed expressions. I opened the door and saw a cliche on my front step. I screamed like ice cream. It beat feet, crying "feet don't fail me now" as it made tracks into the distance. So I suppose that means it's old and overused? Can't remember last time I read/heard, or wrote/said it. 'Cliche Tony' |
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