How to easily replace the belt to a Maytag electric dryer
If you dryer is working, but it is not rotating/moving, odds are that the belt is broken or come loose. To cover your bases you can get a new belt at retail stores like Sears and also online for about $ 12.00.
The tools you will need are a screwdriver (phillips and non-phillips head) and a ratchet with sockets. The "screws" have small heads to them FYI.
Here is a great video that covers 90% of "step by step" instructions and the other 10% (i.e. additional 4 steps) I have outlined in writing below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6Cvw-ysfk
The first is to make sure that the belt is around the drum in the right place (i.e. look for a grove or use the black scuffs around the drum and put the belt exactly where the prior black scuffs were). Mine did not have any groove to put the belt on but it went in the middle of the drum and I used the black scuffs as a guide. This step must be done first because if you try to first attach it through the roller pulley, and motor, you will never be able to get the belt around the drum. Second is that you will need to put something under the drum (i used a shoe box) so it is in it's proper place, is level, and wont fall forward. Without this it is almost impossible to thread the belt to the pulley roller and motor. Third is to put the roller pulley (it has a yellowish roller with a black metal "z shaped" design) aligned with the two slots on bottom of dryver and HOLD IT DOWN to the floor of the dryer with your right hand at all times. Then put the belt through the roller pulley (this part is in the video) with your left hand and then put the belt on the motor. Last is to use your hands to slowly turn the top of the drum for about 30 seconds so that you know it works before you reinstall the front and top.
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The tools you will need are a screwdriver (phillips and non-phillips head) and a ratchet with sockets. The "screws" have small heads to them FYI.
Here is a great video that covers 90% of "step by step" instructions and the other 10% (i.e. additional 4 steps) I have outlined in writing below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6Cvw-ysfk
The first is to make sure that the belt is around the drum in the right place (i.e. look for a grove or use the black scuffs around the drum and put the belt exactly where the prior black scuffs were). Mine did not have any groove to put the belt on but it went in the middle of the drum and I used the black scuffs as a guide. This step must be done first because if you try to first attach it through the roller pulley, and motor, you will never be able to get the belt around the drum. Second is that you will need to put something under the drum (i used a shoe box) so it is in it's proper place, is level, and wont fall forward. Without this it is almost impossible to thread the belt to the pulley roller and motor. Third is to put the roller pulley (it has a yellowish roller with a black metal "z shaped" design) aligned with the two slots on bottom of dryver and HOLD IT DOWN to the floor of the dryer with your right hand at all times. Then put the belt through the roller pulley (this part is in the video) with your left hand and then put the belt on the motor. Last is to use your hands to slowly turn the top of the drum for about 30 seconds so that you know it works before you reinstall the front and top.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT AND TO SHARE ONLINE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
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