Dryer makes a thumping noise when running.

Good Morning Friend,

I understand your Frigidaire dryer, model# GLER642A, is making a thumping noise when running, and you want to know how to fix this. Typically, this is not a do it yourself repair, as there are no step by step instruction manuals. I suggest contacting your local authorized technician. They will be able to diagnose your appliance and determine what is causing the thumping noise. Hope this is helpful.

-Best Regards-
WP

Hello, what kink of noise? I know what the problem is. inside of the dryer there are two plastic roller with ball bearing pressured into the hub. Because of the head generatored in the dryer the bearing will loose their grease. This will bearing rattle with thump/thump and squeaking.

Now if the noise is in the front of the dryer then the felt seal will be need to be replaced. I hope that I could be of some service to you. GB...stewbison

1. Thoroughly check the inside of the dryer for any foreign objects with hard surfaces. Sometimes items that fall out of pockets become stuck inside a dryer and make thumping noises.
Check for level
2. Make sure the dryer is level. A dryer that is out of level may not rotate properly. Banging or thumping noises from unleveled dryers are common, particularly if the dryer is resting against another metal object such as a washer.
Check rollers
3. If the thumping noises are present only for the first few minutes of the drying cycle the likely culprit is rollers. If the rollers are warped they will need to be replaced and a professional should be called in to help

greetings,
the most likely answer is the belt pulley..the rollers can also make noise,but they usually will make a thump thump noise..remove belt pulley and lubricate and see if this helps

That thumping is probably caused by a bad roller. I have some repair photos HERE



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It is your belt wheels they may need to be replaced

As the manufacture says to us techs, get used to it, sorry thought I would throw that in there. This is a common complaint, it thumps once or twice shortly after it shuts down. What is going on here is this, your frig will run til it either reaches the temp you have set or til it's time to go into "defrost" mode (does this about every 8-12 hours of actual run time)", then it will shut down, turn a "heater" on inside the evap area. The sudden change of temp causes a "thump" noise. They have changed these boxes up due to energy requirments, so the have to make the heater a little hotter so that it does its job quickly and then shuts off. Now, you need to make sure that the thump is not right after it restarts, if it is then you have a "dryer" that needs to be covered and the screw removed from the side of the cabinet where it mounts. Sudden expansion of the cold freon in the dryer causes a thump also, removing the clamp, sliding the dryer over a little will normally cure thump.

Look closely at the seam of the dryer drum, at the very front and the very back. I suspect that the seam has developed a crack, and makes a thumping noise each time the crack passes over the drum support rollers. You will have to replace the drum to eliminate the problem

The drum on my DLG0332W was also making noise at the back of the dryer...kind of a thump thump thump as the drum rotated. My dryer is only 4 years old. I got brave, downloaded the service manual and opened up the dryer. I found that the drum's welded seam was starting to separate where the roller wheels were coming into contact with the drum at the back of the dryer. Looks like a new drum is in order.

Take off the back panel of the dryer and look at the motor and belt turning the drum. There may be something caught on the drum and is pinned in place causing the noise. The motor could be loose on the platform and needs to be tightened. It is probably something physical and seen causing the noise.