I Have A Kenwood KTV1W Tumble drier on which the drive belt has snapped. I have ordered a new one but don't know how to access the drum to fit the new belt and how to put it on the drive motor pulley.

replace the broken drive belt

A dryer in the vacuum area? I will give some advice here:
Google the model number with "how to replace belt" and if lucky you will find a You Tube video that shows what you want to know.

I did this on more than one dryer I have owned and it may take some dismantling of the dryer that the average person cannot do, consider at least talking to a repair shop to see what it costs to be done right the first time and in your home.

You need to remove the lid and side panel on the side the motor is on, usually the right. If you have a vented drier then you need to wedge the drum apart from the front so there is a gap to allow the belt to get around it, then move it along to the motor and here you will need some elbow grease to stretch it over the motor spindle. If it a condensor drier then fit the belt on the drum the same way but to get it on the motor you need to remove the top housing on the rear fan attached to the motor and then remove the fan, should only be a clip holding it, and stretch the belt into place, sometimes located between tensioners. Any problems you may be able to see a video on www.espares.co.uk and look in the advice centre, the have a video of belt change, may not be you make but they are all similar. Hope tbis helps

you first remove the top cover,then the front cover then the drum belt and drum come out the front,and the bearing can then be accessed

Hi,

Sound like the belt being broken or slipping badly, burn out motor, or worn support parts.

• Dryer have a belt that rotate the drum, If the belt worn out or broken, it can not move the drum then you just need to replace it.
• You can check motor by hearing buzzing sound, if the belt has the problem. If you do not hear any sound from the motor then you may have to replace it.
• Try to move drum manually (by hand), if it is hard to turn then problem with the idler pulley, glides, or drum rollers.

I hope this will solve you problem

Good luck and have a nice day
Rating the solution is highly appreciated.

YOU HAVE TO REMOVE BACK AND EASE REARWARD - THEN SLIP DRUM BELT IN FRONT OF DRUM THEN REASSEMBLE - NOT EASY TO EXPLAIN

Perhaps the zipper caused sleeve damage where the drum interfaces with the sleeve. Check for free rotation issues and periodic noises when rotating the unit by hand. Here are a couple of other possibilities: When old belt was replaced the belt was misaligned (not perpendicular) to the drum. When removing ore installing the drum there was a loss of sleeved material that the drum rides on. When replacing the drum into the sleeve and closing the drier up sleeve is not flush, something did not fit together quite right. Remember very small alignment problems will be magnified 3 fold on the clearances of the sleeve to drum. And lastly the motor bearings could be starting to slide in the bearing raceway which can intermittently stop the motor briefly, doing this will also snap the belt. Check to make sure that the motor turns freely when the belt is not on. Spin it in both directions to ensure that there are not any problems. Once you get it all back together check rotation of the drum by hand, there will be some tension but it should move, if not retrace your steps.

TIP OF THE DAY--
To reduce the suction draft and drying time your drier and save some cash, remove the lint catcher and take it to the sink. Run water into it, if there is excessive pooling of the water (water not runnig straight through then fabric softener is fouling the lint screen. Use a small brush and dish detergent to clean it and then shake off all the water and dry the screen. This wont really fix the main condition, but it will not hurt. Remember this tip on future driers and you will make the dryer blower motor last much longer.
Best of luck.
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Hi, To fit the belt to your dryer you will need to remove the top of the appliance by removing the screws at the rear. Pull of the timer/control knob. Look inside the top of the t/dryer behind the control panel you will see little plastic stems which are attached to the facia panel. You need to knock these out to remove the facia. Once this is off then you can remove the the top 3 screws and the bottom 3 screws the front panel will now come off for you to place the belt on the drum and over the motor spindle. Becareful as the t/dryer will be very loose and will twist. it is easier to lay the appilance down on its back to stop everything falling about. Now you can put it back together in the reverse order....
Good luck.............

Here is my own solution...
Disconnect from mains (of course) remove top (2 screws at back near top) Unplug electric connectors (on back panel, top RHS). Make sure note what goes where! Lie unit down on front remove screws (2) holding the drum spindle cover (centre of back) and remove cover pop off the circlip holding drum spindle, and washer unscrew back panel - hex headed screws round outside of back Remove screws at bottom of back panel which screw into the plastic vent housing (3 I think) Lift whole back off. (there's a plastic lip at bottom - need to pull away from this a bit) The drum spindle will be unsupported now, so don't move unit Full access now to drum and motor beneath Get and put on new belt reassemble.
Actually, having got into unit, found could not get belt from local spares shop (it had closed down), so bought new drier!

you dont need to take the back off. to get inside, first remove the panel on the bottom of the front, that will allow you to remove the front panel and you will be able to get inside the dryer. as far as stretching the belt, i have never heard of that. there is a belt tensioner that holds the belt tight though. good luck!