MY DRYER HAS STARTED TO HAVE A KNOCKING SOUND ON ALL SETTINGS PERIODICALLY DURING THE DRYING CYCLE. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE SOMEONE KNOCKING ON FRONT DOOR OR LIKE A SHOE BANGING AROUND IN DRYER. MAYBE NOT QUITE THAT LOUD.

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Dryer Repair Squeaks, Grinding, Clicking and Knocking Noise


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Hi,

Here is a tip that I wrote about dryers and noises...

It will help you determine what is happening there...

Dryer Repair Squeaks, Grinding, Clicking and Knocking Noise


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Hi,
Here is a tip that I wrote about dryers and noises...

It will help you determine what is happening there...

Dryer Repair Squeaks, Grinding, Clicking and Knocking Noise


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the front guides around the drum or the bearing at the back may be failing partially or bearings in the motor may have started to noise,there is also the chance that the belt idle pulleys have started to wear,more than lightly it is the belt idle pulleys that have dried up or the bushings have started to wear

During the auto-drying cycle, the moisture sensor could be the problem.

If it also shuts off prematurely during the timed cycle, the operating thermostat could be turning the heaters off before the machine reaches operating temperature. Another possibility is that the operating thermostat does not turn off the heaters at all. When the machine heats up, it gets too hot and the high limit thermostat turns the dryer off.

It is probably the drum bearing going bad and yes it is okay to use but will probably sart clunking when it wheres out all the way.

Sounds like you need a blower wheel.you will need to remove the front panel and the houseing under the front panel.It is located on the bottom front laft side. if you need help on assembly or disassembly let me know hope i fixya :)

Mine is doing the same thing. I opened it up to see what was happening and it was the drive belt tension arm bumping around. Soon, the belt started slipping during the spin cycle. Now it won't spin and the belt starts to smolder from the friction of the drive motor. If you haven't checked your belt, that's a good place to start.

Ours started knocking several months ago and then progressed to a high pitched sound when in the spin cycle. I manually turned the drum and heard and felt a bearing roughness. I lifted the drum assembly and felt a fair amount of play, which I think the initial knocking noise came from. On the sears web site a new rear drum mount cost 293.00. Today we went and bought a LG model wm2455hw at Home depot, on sale until 2/20/08. I couldn't see paying to repair a machine that only lasted four years.