I have a kenmore dryer...mod num is 110.63102101. ive had it about 5 years, and last week the settings knob stopped making the clicking noise, when you turn it into position. The dryer would shut off after the cycle, but the knob would keep turning through the next cycle. Now last night, our dryer stopped heating. We had the dryer going, and came back down about an hour later to find the clothes still cold and wet. We have almost always had to run our clothes through on 2 dry cycles, no matter what size load of laundry we were doing. Any ideas on if it is worth fixing or better to get a new one? Is this something we can probably do ourselves or something we would need to call a tech for? UGH! Im just irritated that its only 5 years old! Thanks for any help you can give me!
by coils, you mean the heating element? i think we will try the heating element. the back of the dryer was taken off and it was vacuumed out. hopefully a new heating element will work. thanksby coils, you mean the heating element?
i think we will try the heating element. the back of the dryer was taken off and it was vacuumed out. hopefully a new heating element will work.
thanks
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Like the last guy said could be the rollers for the drum in the front, or the main shaft bearing in the back. This all starts after the dryer starts to heat up.
try to lube the rollers on the back wall, where the drum mounts , sometimes the wheel bearings tend to make noise specially when dryer is overloaded and hot
My Hotpoint dryer is seven years old and did the exact same thing. When I got over the anger and the thought of spending 4 or 5 hundred dollars to replace it I started messing with it. I finally decided that since it buzzed when I tried to start it there was current there. The only other thing it could be was the drying cycle knob. I held the start knob and let it buzz while I slowly turned the dryer cycle knob to the right. As I turned through each cycle it would hit "off" and the buzzing would stop and then resume as I moved past the "off " setting. On the third trip around the dryer "started" and has been working since. Maybe something got out of kilter. Apparently the problem was in the knob that controls the drying cycles.
it sounds like the back bearing or the iderly pully does it do it with a load and with out or it could be the the front pads i wish you luck if you give me the model number i might be able to send you the break dowmn of your dryer [email protected]
Well mine went through some of the same thing the fridge put out less and less cold ait and the freezer started to thaw just a tad on max settings. Mines about 8 years old and a kenmore. Made the decision on an opportune time when Sears was having an additional 10% off sale..... my problem will be fixed ina bout 2 hours when my new fridge is delivered. The sad truth is (I now its cliche) they don't make um like they used to. Last fridge i had lasted nearly 20 years. Now if you get more than 5 out of an appliance you're doing good. Good luck but it sounds like the compressor died. You'll either need an expert to come out (think they have a min fee of $100 or more) or repalce it.
by coils, you mean the heating element?
i think we will try the heating element. the back of the dryer was taken off and it was vacuumed out. hopefully a new heating element will work.
thanks
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