AEM6 Dryer - Instructions
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filter torn and pulled away from frame
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Louann from Angola, NY
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
just replaced filter. It fit perfect. no problems
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dryer not heating
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John from Timonium, MD
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers
removerd screws open control panel remover old timer install new timer replace cover on control panel repace screws done
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Dryer would only heat at start up for one cycle
6 of 8 people
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Rob from Henderson, NV
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver
Ohmed coils and both had continuity so I changed radiant heat sensor. No bench test for Radiant Heat sensor. Same problem. Changed both coils and dryer works fine. Weak coils were my problem. I read thru the same issues in Parts Select forum and it said Radiant Heat sensor was problem 25% of the time. With coils having continuity and no o
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hm value specified for coils I made wrong choice but, I have spare parts and look for another 10 years of life in the dryer. Nice to have this forum to research appliance repair. Very helpful for parts location and installation. Dishwasher is next!
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Dryer would not tumbel under heavy load
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Grant from Manalapan, NJ
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
First unplug anf turn off the gas to the dryer.
1. Remove the 2 screws located at the bottom of the front panel.
2. Use a flat head screw driver to pry the top of the dryer lid. The clips are pretty strong. This allows the front dryer panel to be removed.
3. Remove the 4 screws that hold the front of the drum ring in place ... Read more .
4. Slide drum belt off of motor. Not the belt path before removing it.
5. Remove drum. This will give you complete access to the dum support roller.
6. This is a good time to vaccum the inside of the dryer.
7. You will need a pair of snap ring plyers to remove the snap ring that holds the roller in place.
8. Replace roller.
9. Reverse installation.
10. It runs great and has not been the quite in 10 years.
I would definitely use Parts Select again.
The parts shipped quickly and correctly.
1. Remove the 2 screws located at the bottom of the front panel.
2. Use a flat head screw driver to pry the top of the dryer lid. The clips are pretty strong. This allows the front dryer panel to be removed.
3. Remove the 4 screws that hold the front of the drum ring in place ... Read more .
4. Slide drum belt off of motor. Not the belt path before removing it.
5. Remove drum. This will give you complete access to the dum support roller.
6. This is a good time to vaccum the inside of the dryer.
7. You will need a pair of snap ring plyers to remove the snap ring that holds the roller in place.
8. Replace roller.
9. Reverse installation.
10. It runs great and has not been the quite in 10 years.
I would definitely use Parts Select again.
The parts shipped quickly and correctly.
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Dryer making a loud squeaky noise.
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David from New Albany, IN
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver
Easy repair and done all from the front. Turn off the power at the breaker. Make sure the power is off. Remove 2 screws holding on the lower panel. Then remove 2 screws holding on the door panel. (Pay notice to the order in which the 3 door wires will get re-connected. The 2 light bulb wires probably can go either way.) Then remove
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4 screws to a large bracket that supports the front of the drum. (Set these parts aside as you take out the screws.) Then remove the 2 screws from the top panel. Reach in under the drum and release the tension off the belt. It's easy to release, but sorta mind boggling to put back on. Maybe practice that once while it's fresh in your mind. When the belt is off the motor pulley, then lift out the drum. Vaccuum out a lint blanket if you have one. You'll see the 2 drum support rollers and the belt tensioner roller. I didn't know which was squeaking so I replaced all 3. Same method, use ring pliers to take off the retainer ring, remove old, wipe off dust, install new rollers, replace ring. Note the washers are different so put them back on in the same order as removed. Make sure the gasket on the lint assembly gets tucked nicely into the blower housing when you reassemble. Easy repair. If you do pull the dryer away from the wall, replace your flexible exhaust vent with the fire resistant aluminum version.
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Burned Out Heating Element
5 of 6 people
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Stella from Swedesboro, NJ
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Socket set
First I remove the two scews from the bottom panel of dryer to remove it. Then remove the two screws that held the element in place. I then pulled the element out about 20 inches and disconnected the two wires and re-connected to new element re-installed it. The dryer works like its brand new. No problem to install at all.
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Noisy
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Paul from Weirton, WV
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Socket set
Remove front of dryer, remove old felt from front of drum and install new seal. A small piece of tape to help hold the felt seal in place while installing is helpfull. Reform seal and reinstall the front of dryer in reverse order...My hands don't work to well and yet it only took 30-45 min.
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Dryer would not heat up properly. It would heat initially but once the heat was off it would not come on again.
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Joseph from Chicago, IL
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers, Socket set
I followed the advice posted by other customers. I took the front off the dryer, put the door back in place and ran a cycle. I could see that the igniter was heating properly, but no gas was flowing. Based on what I read I concluded that it was a problem with one of the gas valve coils. It was relatively inexpensive to replace both (a
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nd the dry is 10 years old), so I didn't go to the trouble of determining the bad one. I replaced them both. Obviously I unplugged the dryer (no need to turn off gas). There were 2 screws that held the bracket in place which holds the coils. I disconnected the coils, removed the bracket screws, replaced the coils, reattached the bracket screws and reconnected the coils. I then reattached the front plate to the dryer. It was very easy and took about 20 minutes and I had never worked on a dryer before.
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Inner diamiter of roller support worn larger than pin
5 of 6 people
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Stephen from Franklin, WI
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set
1. Remove bottom sill plate with two screws
2. Remove door, watch for the wire.
3. Remove tub retaining "ring" 4 screws
4. Pull tub forward
5. Pull off the old support roller using the snapring pliers
6. grease the new roller and pins (do both sides)
Reverse it and put it back together and its good as ... Read more new!
2. Remove door, watch for the wire.
3. Remove tub retaining "ring" 4 screws
4. Pull tub forward
5. Pull off the old support roller using the snapring pliers
6. grease the new roller and pins (do both sides)
Reverse it and put it back together and its good as ... Read more new!
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dryer kept shutting off motor bearings where failing causing the motor to labor too much and the machine would shut down.
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Michael A. from Wolcott, CT
- Easy
- More than 2 hours
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers, Socket set
First I unplugged the dryer, then I removed the bottom front panel. Then the door I marked the wires to the shut off switch on the door and removed the switch from the door. Next was the lint screen housing and duct work that goes to it. Then I had to reach under the drum and take the belt off of the motor pully and tensioner so I could r
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emove the drum. I removed the drum. I then marked all the wires I had to disconnect. I took the fan housing front panel off. I held the belt drive end of the motor shaft with the pipe wrench, i could have used an open end or an adjustable wrench also. I used a 7/8 six sided socket on the plastic fan nut on the front of the shaft so that if it was hard to loosen I would have a better chance of not rounding the nut. I removed the fan and the back of the housing, unplugged the motor, and removed it. The clips that hold the motor to the motor bracket are a little tricky, I used a screw driver to remove them. I then replaced the motor and put everything back together. One hint you should know is to make sure you mark the drum front so when you put it back in you get it right the first time. I fits in both ways and will go back together but it won't turn free and you'll have to take it all apart again. I tried it by hand both ways and was able to catch the mistake before I put it all back together, but I could have put it together wrong.
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Noisy and not drying the clothes
5 of 6 people
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Pietro from Fairfax, VA
- A Bit Difficult
- More than 2 hours
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Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers, Wrench (Adjustable), Wrench set
This was my first time repairing a dryer. If I knew when I started the project what I know now, it would have been an easy repair. First, you should know that the series number (used for selecting a wiring diagram) is the last two digits of the unit's serial number (not model number). In my case, the series number was 11. The hardest
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part for me was figuring out how to take the dryer apart. I made the mistake of starting with the top instead of the front. In fact, I removed the control panel and disconnected all the wires, labeling them carefully, and creating a diagram, so i could put it all back together later. I now realize I could have left that all together and just lifted the top up in the front without removing it. That knowledge would have saved hours of work, so I hope it helps someone (prop up the front a few inches and start by removing the panel on the lower front, then remove the screws on the main front panel, and then pull out the bottom of that panel toward you until the top of that front panel disengages from the top of the dryer - the rest is obvious). So it turns out there were two separate problems: 1) the blower wheel had broken completely off of the motor so it wasn't spinning - this is why hot air wasn't being pulled through from the heater in the back of the dryer; 2) the pulley on the spring-loaded lever arm attached to the motor was squeaking due to lack of lubricant. So the solution was to replace the blower wheel and spray WD-40 in the pulley (and also, for good measure in the roller bearings that support the drum in the back of the dryer). Most of the time spent on the repair was just due to my own mistakes. In particular, once I got everything back together after the repair, it stopped squeaking and there was good airflow, but it wasn't heating. I spent an entire day trying to troubleshoot the lack of heat. I tested and bypassed all of the thermostats and heater fuses and the heating element still wouldn't come on. I even managed to accidentally ground one of the leads from the fuse and had to replace a melted wire connector (trip to the Shack). In the end, it turned out that a wire which had been accidentally disconnected from the main power cord to the dryer, I had put back in the wrong spot. There is L1, L2, and neutral going into the dryer. I had the heater on the same circuit as the motor and other stuff. Once I traced the wiring diagram back, I realized this and corrected it by putting the heating circuit back onto L2. Now it "hums like a Singer". If everything had gone smoothly, instead of being a 2-day repair, it would have been a 2 hour repair. 2 hours instead of 1 because to get the leverage I needed to remove the old blower nut, I had to actually pull the motor assembly out of the dryer and move it to my workbench. Someone who is strong or more limber or has better tools might be able to skip that step, reducing the time by about 45 minutes. Good luck!
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rumble from drum, hard vibration from drum
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Christopher from Severn, MD
- Very Difficult
- More than 2 hours
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Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set
The parts to replace were mounted to the rear wall of the dryer and only the front pane is removeable. With the panel removed the drum had to be pulled carefully straight out. The belt and tention arm were difficult to reposition. Since you have the appliance apart replace both roller and roller support brackets one of which you cannot se
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e from the front. Throughly vaccum all lint and roller wheel debris . If you have an air compressor take the time to blow out the motor . Make sure to rig a device to hold the tention arm back with the belt correctly aligned while sliding the drum back into place. PARTSLECT is great , easy to use and suggests other parts I may not have thought of and quick . Parts were here in 2 days standard shipping. I was in the dog house for putting this off too long. My wife is happy so I'm happy.
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Dryer would run, but not dry the clothes
5 of 7 people
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Laura from West Palm Beach, FL
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Screw drivers, Socket set
My husband removed the two screws that hold the element in place. He pulled out the old element, and replace it with the new one. Cleaning out all the lint and replacing the element took about 45 minutes.
I ordered the complete heating element, which included all three parts. My husband removed the defective one, and replac ... Read more ed it with the new one, and the dryer works better than ever!
I ordered the complete heating element, which included all three parts. My husband removed the defective one, and replac ... Read more ed it with the new one, and the dryer works better than ever!
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dryer would shut off during dry cycle. It was difficult to rotate drum manually
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Dave from Bend, OR
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Pliers, Screw drivers, Wrench (Adjustable)
I looked at your on-line diagrams (exploded views) and basically used them as dis-assembly info.
I removed the bottom panel, followed by the front panel, the drum holders and drum.
Toughest part was the spring clips holding the motor in place,,,, but notes on your site from other folks doing the same motor replaceme ... Read more nt solved that one,,,,,, I used a flat bladed screwdriver and pliers to manipulate the clips both off and on
I removed the bottom panel, followed by the front panel, the drum holders and drum.
Toughest part was the spring clips holding the motor in place,,,, but notes on your site from other folks doing the same motor replaceme ... Read more nt solved that one,,,,,, I used a flat bladed screwdriver and pliers to manipulate the clips both off and on
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No heat...
5 of 7 people
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Charles from Long Beach, CA
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Socket set
Removed and replaced both the thermostat sensor and the ignitor. Tested thej dryer and it worked. Replaced the front panel and it was good to go.
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