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Video & Articles: Appliance & Equipment RepairMaytag Dryer Blower Wheel Replacement #56000
Maytag Dryer Blower Wheel Replacement #56000
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Total Parts Cost
$68.94Estimated Savings
$112.5006:07
- Description
This video provides step-by-step repair instructions for replacing the blower wheel on a Maytag dryer. The most common reasons for replacing the blower wheel are when the dryer is too hot, makes noise, takes too long, or won’t stop.
All of the information for this blower wheel replacement video is applicable to the following brands:
Maytag, Jenn Air, Caloric
Tools needed: channel lock pliers, 5/16 inch nut driver, 1/4 inch nut driver, 7/8 inch socket
All of the information for this blower wheel replacement video is applicable to the following brands:
Maytag, Jenn Air, Caloric
Tools needed: channel lock pliers, 5/16 inch nut driver, 1/4 inch nut driver, 7/8 inch socket
Step By Step Instructions
1
Before you replace a blower wheel in your dryer be sure to unplug the power cord.
2
Use a 5/16th inch socket or nut driver to unthread the screws securing the lower access panel.
3
Detach the panel.
4
Next, unthread the screws securing the bottom of the front panel.
5
Pull the panel out from the bottom to detach.
6
Note the orientation of the door switch wires then disconnect them and set the panel aside.
7
Unthread the main top mounting screws.
8
Lift the main top up and support it.
9
Disconnect the light assembly wires and remove them from the retainer.
10
Unthread the front bulkhead mounting screws.
11
Lift the bulkhead up to detach it from the cabinet.
12
Reach under the drum and unhook the belt from the pulley and the motor shaft.
13
You can use the belt to help lift out the drum.
14
Use a quarter-inch and a 5/16th inch socket or nut driver to unthread all of the screws securing the blower cover.
15
Detach the cover.
16
Use channel-lock pliers to secure the motor shaft and a 7/8th inch six-point socket to loosen the blower wheel by rotating it counter-clockwise then unthread the old blower wheel.
17
Install the new blower wheel by threading it clockwise onto the motor shaft then tighten.
18
Reposition the blower cover and secure it with the screws.
19
Reinstall the drum by aligning it on the rollers.
20
Loop the belt on the pulley and motor shaft in a zig-zag formation.
21
Rotate the drum to help align the belt.
22
Replace the front bulkhead by aligning the drum then insert the tabs into the slots in the cabinet.
23
Rethread the mounting screws.
24
Feed the light assembly wires through the retainer and reconnect them.
25
Remove the support and lower the main top.
26
Secure it with the screws.
27
Replace the front panel by first reconnecting the door switch wires to the appropriate terminals.
28
Now hook the retaining clips under the main top fully reposition the panel and rethread the screws at the bottom.
29
Realign the lower access panel and secure it with the screws.
30
With the repair completed plug the power cord back in and your dryer should be ready for use.
Description
This video provides step-by-step repair instructions for replacing the blower wheel on a Maytag dryer. The most common reasons for replacing the blower wheel are when the dryer is too hot, makes noise, takes too long, or won’t stop.
All of the information for this blower wheel replacement video is applicable to the following brands:
Maytag, Jenn Air, Caloric
Tools needed: channel lock pliers, 5/16 inch nut driver, 1/4 inch nut driver, 7/8 inch socket
All of the information for this blower wheel replacement video is applicable to the following brands:
Maytag, Jenn Air, Caloric
Tools needed: channel lock pliers, 5/16 inch nut driver, 1/4 inch nut driver, 7/8 inch socket
Step-By-Step Instructions
1
Before you replace a blower wheel in your dryer be sure to unplug the power cord.
2
Use a 5/16th inch socket or nut driver to unthread the screws securing the lower access panel.
3
Detach the panel.
4
Next, unthread the screws securing the bottom of the front panel.
5
Pull the panel out from the bottom to detach.
6
Note the orientation of the door switch wires then disconnect them and set the panel aside.
7
Unthread the main top mounting screws.
8
Lift the main top up and support it.
9
Disconnect the light assembly wires and remove them from the retainer.
10
Unthread the front bulkhead mounting screws.
11
Lift the bulkhead up to detach it from the cabinet.
12
Reach under the drum and unhook the belt from the pulley and the motor shaft.
13
You can use the belt to help lift out the drum.
14
Use a quarter-inch and a 5/16th inch socket or nut driver to unthread all of the screws securing the blower cover.
15
Detach the cover.
16
Use channel-lock pliers to secure the motor shaft and a 7/8th inch six-point socket to loosen the blower wheel by rotating it counter-clockwise then unthread the old blower wheel.
17
Install the new blower wheel by threading it clockwise onto the motor shaft then tighten.
18
Reposition the blower cover and secure it with the screws.
19
Reinstall the drum by aligning it on the rollers.
20
Loop the belt on the pulley and motor shaft in a zig-zag formation.
21
Rotate the drum to help align the belt.
22
Replace the front bulkhead by aligning the drum then insert the tabs into the slots in the cabinet.
23
Rethread the mounting screws.
24
Feed the light assembly wires through the retainer and reconnect them.
25
Remove the support and lower the main top.
26
Secure it with the screws.
27
Replace the front panel by first reconnecting the door switch wires to the appropriate terminals.
28
Now hook the retaining clips under the main top fully reposition the panel and rethread the screws at the bottom.
29
Realign the lower access panel and secure it with the screws.
30
With the repair completed plug the power cord back in and your dryer should be ready for use.
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