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Saw a repair tech in Tucson fix a dryer with a paint stirrer and a hose clamp
Stopped by my buddy's shop in Tucson last week and watched his lead guy get a Whirlpool dryer tumbling again using a wooden paint stirrer he cut down as a shim, plus a hose clamp, total cost under a buck. He says the drum glide kits for that model run $40 and take a week to ship, so this got the family doing laundry the same day. Are you guys doing stuff like this to skip waiting on parts, or is it too risky to send out the door?
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avery62913d ago
I used to figure shims and clamps were hack work that would come back to bite you. Then a guy showed me how he fixed a drum glide on an old Kenmore with a piece of nylon cutting board and it ran quiet for three years. That taught me the real question is whether the repair holds up, not whether it came out of a kit. A paint stirrer is soft wood though, so I would keep an eye on it for wear and make sure the clamp is not rubbing the drum.
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