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Spent a whole afternoon on a 1990s dryer that just needed a new belt
Got a call for a Maytag dryer from 1995 that wouldn't tumble. Figured it was the motor or idler pulley, easy. Pulled it apart, checked the usual suspects, everything seemed fine. After about 3 hours of head scratching, I finally saw the drive belt had just stretched enough to slip off the motor pulley, but it was still sitting in the drum groove so it looked installed. Popped a new belt on in 5 minutes. Anyone else get fooled by a simple part hiding in plain sight on an older unit?
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stellac666mo ago
Classic case of the belt playing the world's worst game of hide and seek.
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the_max6mo ago
Yeah, saw a video last week where a guy spent ages on an old Kenmore with the exact same belt trick. It looked totally fine from the top down. @susan_mason is right, it's a total classic on those 90s machines. They just don't make parts like that anymore, where a little stretch can hide the whole problem. Makes you check the simple stuff twice now.
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