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Change belt.

By fabio on Aug 07, 2006

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i smelled some burning rubber. i took off the front panel and see small bits of rubber and the belt seems loose. how do i change the belt for this model of washing machine (amana alw540ra).

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Solution #1

posted on Aug 07, 2006

take

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Rating: 79%, 494 votes

this is a easy job for a tech but a hard one to regular people have to remove the transmition and thats is by removing a nut in the tub, so better call a tech and pay for it, is not to espensive repair at least in my area...good luck

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