remove dryer drum for maintenance?

[Anonymous]

MSK,
Is removing a dryer drum from the cabinet worth anything in terms of routine maintenance? You could get to the second set of rollers to de-lint them, and clean inside the cabinet, probably do some other things too, but is it worth taking the drum off? This is for a 2 year old SQ stack. Thanks for your opinion!

[anonymous]

you dont have to take the drum out to clean rollers just the door front

[IPSOTECH]

There is no reason to take the cylinder out on the newer Alliance stacks except to replace the belt or the rear felt seal. There is very little lint buildup in the rear of the cabinet unlike the older JT32's and the JTD32's. To replace the rollers you just have to remove the front as was previously stated. It is unnecessary to remove the front to check the condition of the rollers. All you have to do in remove the lint draw and feel the roller with you finger to tell how worn it is, or if you start to hear scrapping when the dryer is in operation then most likely the cylinder is hitting the front panel lip. Another sign the rollers are worn is when you start to see clothes getting stuck between front panel and the cylinder.
Behind the rear of the cylinder is a felt seal that when it gets worn or falls off need to be replaced immediately. It will also start to make a scrapping sound. It is essential that you replace the rear felt seal as soon as you hear any of this scrapping (not the same as the front panel) because if you don't you will not only damage the rear of the cylinder but also damage the rear cylinder guide.

Other than that, if you do happen to have the cylinder out it is a good idea to check out and repair or tighten the idler assembly. Sometimes bolt that holds the idler in place comes loose and will cause the belt to pop off due to excessive play in the idler wheel.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your input. We spent a night taking off the fronts to all of our dryers for de-linting aprox 2 years worth of lint. We saw no reason to take off the drums.

[IPSOTECH]

One thing I saw done on a drum the other day is they drilled a 3" or so hole in the rear of the tumbler so they where able to get to the lint with a vacuum hose. But then you are left with a hole that was just taped up with aluminum tape but i suppose a round metal cover plate could also be fabricated to fit over the hole.

[anonymous]

You can use round stainless steel caps that are purchased from a electrical supplier. These caps are typically used on electric control panel boxes to fill a round hole thats not being used. You can snap them in and snap them out.