Your
dryer has started
making noises. The
common noises that can happen are
squeaks, grinding, bumping, clicking, or knocking. I will give some of the common reasons why your
clothes dryer could be making these noises.
Loud noise from your dryer often is the result of excessive wear of the parts inside of the
clothing dryer.
Many
dryers use a type of
glides or slide for the drum of the dryer to ride on. As the
dryer heats then up they wear away. The heat from the inside of the dryer and the friction heat will eventually wear them down. When the glide material is worn away the metal of the drum will start to rub against the metal support behind the glide. Metal on metal will make a very irritating
squeaking noise, or
grinding noise. If this happens, replace the glides.
Other
dryers use a type of wheel or roller to support the
rotating drum. These rollers turn on a sort of bearing that in often no more then a pin through a bushing. After a period of time the lubrication will dry up or otherwise go away and the assembly will quickly wear out and start to make a
clicking noise, or a
knocking noise, or even a
grinding noise. In any case these often make a
loud noise that can be very annoying. If you have a
wheel or roller that is making noises then replace all of them, because the others are soon going to go bad also.
On some dryers there is a
rear drum bearing. This
center spindle supports the drum instead of rollers, wheels, or glides. This spindle will have a bearing assembly of some type that it spins on. This bearing also may start to squeak, grind, or make a loud noise.
If you have this type of dryer then you can replace this when it goes bad.
Another source of
dryer noise is the belt. The belt often will make a different noise that will be more of a
knocking or thumping noise. Pieces of the belt may come out of the belt and it still is not broken. As the gaps in the belt run over the
idler pulley or the
drive pulley the belt will make a thumping or knocking noise.
The idler pulley can also be a source of noise. This also has a bearing in it that will wear out. The noises made from this are similar to the rollers or wheels. If you have these kinds of noises coming from your dryer, you need to figure out what the exact cause of the problem is so that you know you are changing the right parts. Or you can just change all of the rotating parts to make sure that you get the problem fixed. The parts involved are not that expensive to replace.
Finally the
blower wheel that
moves air through your dryer can become
clogged with dirt and lint or just plain wear out. If it is loose or out of balance it will make all kinds of
funny noises. Cleaning it may help but replacement is probably the best fix. If it is still noisy after cleaning, then replace it.
This should give you a good overview of the possible causes for noise from your
clothes dryer. As you can see there are numerous possibilities or
causes for noise. Take your time and eliminate them one by one till the cause is found. Repairing them is not that hard and the
parts are not that costly.
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