How do i change the heating element on a Amana electric dryer is there a diagram or drawing also

Hi,

If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heating the most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glows sometimes it is still not working properly.

if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip....

If you have an electric dryer, you can have many different things that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat.

check out this electric no heat tip...

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You can find an exploded view of the dryer on searspartsdirect.com. Looks like you access from the rear service panel.

You can try here....http://www.partselect.ca/default.aspx
Or here: http://laundry.manualsonline.com/manuals/device/clothes_dryer.html...?
Hope this helps...

It is possible that you could have a bad breaker in the panel. They will start to trip randomly when they are going bad. If not the dryer is drawing too many amps and the breaker is doing it's job. If the heating element is defective and drawing extra juice that could trip the breaker. Usually replacement breakers are not too expensive if you electrical panel is less then 20 years old and can be purchased at most home improvement stores. I would try replacing the breaker before you try repairing the dryer. If you install a new breaker and the problem continues to happen then you should check the dryer heating element. That component is what draws the most amps and would be the most common one for tripping the breaker.

Your heating element is dying. A new element runs 'bout $40. It'san easy fix. Couple screws .

Verify 220 volts to the terminal block where the cord connects.
If 220 is there, unplug the dryer and check the thermal fuse and hi-limit thermostats on the dryer cannister.

no heat. heat element

The heating element measures 10 Ohms at 68 degrees farenheit. Usually if the element is bad, it will measure infinity.

when changing heat elements it's best to replace them all they are sometimes sold as kits there are high and low temperature elements that are tin like devices about the size of a qauter and larger and when you get the kit it might have 2 or 4 devices that are pretty simple to change because it will be hard to know which element is bad and the parts are an easy match but the hard part might be finding all of them that easy because each element are in different location on a dryer follow the wiring diagram or look carefully until all or most of the elements are found and replaced....

I have a ALE643RB Amana dryer and believe the heating element has went out because the dryer will not heat anymore. I have taken the control panel off the top and all the screws out on the back and the bottom edge, but am still not able to get the shell off the dryer. How do you get to the heating element?