ALE866SBC Amana Dryer - Instructions

Once I realized the drum was to be removed, the actual repair was not difficult. Because of the location of the pulley, it's best to tilt the dryer. Snap ring pliers are required to remove the retaining ring on pulley. I pulled the damaged pulley from the bearing. A small gear puller was needed to removed the frozen bearing. Lightly oil the new bearing. Installing the drum is a challenge because of the loose belt. I used paint tape to hold the belt on the drum. Download the service manual for good exploded parts views.

I took the dryer apart and used the video on the website that helped a lot on how to install the belt and then we put it back together and dryer works great.

Unplug the power cord. Removed the lower pannel and door, disconnected wires after labeling them. Lifted the top. Removed the front drum support. Did not remove the drum, but I used an empty milk jug to wedge between the drum and the back pannel, and that was enough to do the replacement. I vaccumed all the inside from all the lint around the motor and all the duct system. I received the part in 2 bussiness days, very impressed and my experience was very positive.

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Went well, the video for replacing the belt provided some helpful tips. The heater replacement was easy and the video for the thermal devices help to ensure what I had were still operative.

Found PartSelect and easily found what was needed to replace this lint filter in my Maytag dryer. Maytag guys have moved away-and besides you can do more on this site. I was very pleased. Thank goodness they got rid of the felt inside this lint filter--that was the big problem. Thanks PartSelect--I will use you for all my maintenance.SDE3606AYW

Lean the dryer over on its back and loosen 2 screws on bottom front to allow plate to be lifted out. Access to fuse in back of inside.

I removed the front bottom panel then, using a flashlight, I located the heating element on the bottom left towards the back of the machine. I positioned a flashlight to illuminate the area and using the nutdriver removed 2 screws. I then was able to extract the element and bring it to the front of the machine. The fuse is also located on the element panel. I disconnected all the wires and connectors on the old panel and connected them to the new panel and reinstalled everything including adding the new fuse.

Pulled off front of dryer because it made loud noise, lifted clothing drum removed cover for fan and order from model number on fan and replaced. 30 min with help from my son.

just slid it in . fit perfectly. i wasnt sure what size to order so i called the number and the rep was very helpful. arrived in two days. perfect size. thank you so much.

I ordered the belt, which arrived really fast! Took dryer apart, removed old belt, replaced with new belt. The hardest part was remembering how to put the dryer back together! I think next time I will video the taking apart process so I can see how it goes back! This was the 2nd belt in about 18 years, the dryer works fine, and it sure is cheaper than a whole new dryer! Thanks for saving me money again! Really helps in these hard economic times!

the one thing i would like to say is how much i appreciate the wonderful people handling my order and how prompt and precise it was shipped and how soon i got every thing and easy the whole setup is !!! wow,thank you appliance specialists! Great job. Thank you.

I cann thank you guys enough. I am a mother of three and heavily into sports. Lots of clothes need to get washed and dried. On a Saturday morning drier breaks. Called the 800 number listed on my warrenty paper work which could not gurantee which part i was getting and if it was the correct one. after a busy weekend sunday evening my husband and i were working on it to determine what was wrong. we located the problem but the original 800 number was closed on weekends, I found part select on the internet and they were open late on sunday for the customer service. I spoke with an awesome rep that not only located the part but was able to give me the part number to look up on the website to match and make sure i ordered the correct part. I had it shipped 3-5 days and came on that tuesday before July 4th. three days earlier then expected. Part went in and drier was fix. Thank you sooooo much for the prompt and courtesy service we recieved. I will use and recommend this company to anyone.

We watched an online video on how to repair the drum support roller. While the dryer was dismantled, we decided to replace idler pulley wheel, belt and retaining ring. A new dryer would have cost at least $500. We spent about $80 total and the dryer runs like new!

Unpluged the power.. leaned the dryer up against the wall.. remover front panel (door) located element. removed the two screws on element.. wiggled & free the element.. removed switches from old element and replaced them onto new. installed new element with some difficulty.. then, I put the dryer back togather.. plugged it back in and hit start.. during this time, i had found other parts that needed replacing.. such as the tention pull (was wore down pretty) the belt was cracked.. replaced tention spring for safe measure.. placed order and received items in record time.