DE24CM Maytag Dryer - Instructions

repair instructions were pretty good but my dryer older and didn't come apart as depicted but not a real big deal. The trickey part was putting the new belt around the motor pully, belt tensioner, and the drum. Found it easier to pull the drum away from the rear and place the belt around the drum and keeping the belt in the motor pully and around the tensioner and then pushing the drum in place. This way you weren't "fishing" n the dark to put inb place the belt. Tried the instruction way 2-3times w/o success

I bought a washer and dryer from a coworker several years ago. The set was already probably 15 years old. I used them for a few years, then ended up putting them in storage for about 4 more years. When my wife and I bought a house, the dryer came out of storage making a squeeking noise. It would go away after running for a few minutes, but those first 30 seconds sounded awful. I ordered the part from Partselect.com and it arrived on schedule. I followed the video that was posted on the page of the part and everything went as planned. I'm not sure how old this set is, but I easily gained a few more years! Thanks!

After Goggling for Maytag dryer parts, I choose PartSelect.com for my purchase. Rather than ordering online as I usually do, I talked with a knowledgeable and friendly person via telephone. He answered my questions and the parts were ordered, with delivery in a few days.

This repair was my first with any type of dryer and I was quite apprehensive and challenged. The disassembly went smoothly due primarily to my experience with mechanical devices and the expert YouTube video for this project.
My goal was to replace the roller or rollers as the dryer had been squealing, which was annoying and potentially unsafe. The roller on the left was fine, although the roller on the right was thoroughly seized. I felt lucky to have a large Channellock to pull it off the shank. I sandpapered the shaft with 200 grit, cleaned it, and slid the new roller from PartSelect.com onto the clean shaft.

The first hitch was the lack of a very small snap-ring tool. The local hardware had a cheap model, which was too large for the size of the Maytag snap-ring. I live in Bath County, VA which is one of the larger counties with around 4000 souls. The next hardware is a 1 ½ hour drive. I decided to make this one work by filing the points to the size I required. This took an hour, however it worked. A second trip the hardware for a new snap-ring was next, having broken the old one.

The second and most frustrating part of project was rethreading the belt. Unfortunately, I had not noticed its position on the motor, pulley, or drum. My first try was logical but wrong, as it was too loose around the drum. For an hour or more, I tried and tried to thread the belt around the motor shaft, the tightener pulley and the drum. Frustration enveloped every part of my body and mind. Finally, (isn’t it true that the last try is the correct one?), I took a stab at crossing the belt to make it shorter to fit the drum. It worked. Relieved and ecstatic, I fastened the drum bracket to the dryer body with metal screws and replaced the front of the dryer. There are only two push/pull connection wires to attach the front to the body.

Disassembly and reassembly is straight-forward due to the superb engineering of Maytag engineers and excellent service provided by PartSelect.com.

Followed the vidio on your web sight , simple, thanks for the help, saved me a ton of time.

Remove the old Lint Filter and plug in the new Lint Filter. Very easy process. I was pleased because my dryer is very old.

I assumed it was an electrical issue, checked the circuit breaker, and power at the outlet and both were good. I then tested the start switch, which was also good. I did some reading and learned that the thermal fuses often are at fault when the dryer won't run. As it turns out there was a dead bird stuck in the exhaust, which had clogged up with lint and caused the thermal fuse to blow. I tested continuity and found none, so I knew the fuse was bad. Replacement was pretty straightforward, just remove the front panel, the wiring shield, and the front drum support. Two screws to remove the fuse. Installation is the reverse of removal. The dryer runs great now, and no more musty odor to the clothes,

Loud notise when drying. Took apart and noticed the wear plates were junk. Shipment came in within 3 days. Video on website guided us every step of the way. This was our first DIY home repair on an appliance. Very happy!

Followed instruction and drilled out rivits and replaced glides and wheel very easy and saved money

remove front panel 2 screws, remove lint guard, remove metal shield replace blower wheel and reassemble

Replacing the blower wheel and roller was easy. The internal mechanism is vary simple. The only help I needed,was for my wife to vacuum the inside.

just inserted it I was very impressed on how fast I got it.. 2 days..

Pried out the old female hold and snapped in the new one.

Experienced a loud squealing noise when running. At first it was intermittent, then became constant. Read reports at PartSelect.com of the same problem that pointed at the motor bearings with eventual failure of the motor. Removed the back access panel and rotated the motor to confirm the noise as coming from the bearings. Decided to replace the motor along with the belt, idler pulley and drum rollers as long as I was in there. I watched all of the available videos at PartSelect.com and read the previous repair experience to get a game plan. I am not the most mechanically inclined person, but the replacement of the parts went well. The only stress point was reconfiguring the wiring to the new motor. However, after paying close attention to the instructions and going slow, all went fine.

Removed front of dryer. Removed the drum and belt. This allowed easy access to the rollers. There was very little rotation of the rollers when I tried it by hand. I also took digital pictures as i took it apart to ensure I could get it back together. I did not purchase the front glides and they needed replaced so I had to order them separately. This cost me a extra shipping fee. So order them from the start. The roller shaft assembly comes with tworoller shaft washers. So don't order them extra as I did.

then the noise got worse. After taking the front cover and door off and disconnecting the electric to the push button I took out the Phillips screws that hold the plastic cover over the fan. they come off from inside the drum. There was 1 of them that I could not get off as it is on the left side and is inaccessible so I had to just pull on the cover and break the screw. The fan then came right off as the clamp had already fell off, which I found underneath the dryer. Caulked up the plastic cover and put back the screws and front panel. Nice and quiet again.