NJLR473ET0WB Hotpoint Dryer - Instructions

After removing 14 million screws, finally got smart and looked on the internet to see how to open it up. It's super easy when you do it right! Ordered parts. Woman at PartSelect was patient and very helpful. My 15-yo son actually fixed it before I got home from work. His only question was where the green vs. white slide bearings go (the old part was badly worn, so we couldn't tell). He put the green on the "top" and the white on the "sides".

It clicked right in. Thank you!

Pulled broken one out and inserted new one in slots and popped in place.

I have had this happen to another ge dryer, so I had an idea what was wrong. After taking the 4 torx screws out from under the front lip of dryer top, lifting the top back (like opening the hood of your car) in the back right corner is where the high limit tstat is. To verify the problem (dryer already unpluged of course) pull the two wires off the terminals of tstat, connect them together, wrap bare parts w/ electrical tape. Let top down & plug dryer in-- it started& ran fine. Got online and ordered replacement tstat (it arrived in 2 days-- great!) unscrewed the two 1/4" hex screws holding tstat on, installed new part. On to bigger and better things ! Dryer working fine.

The job is simple once you know how to remove the front panel. The steps are as follows:
1. disconnect the power cord.
2. remove 4 Phillips-head screws under the lip of the front panel that secure it to the top panel (#1 point Phillips-head screw driver)
3. swing the top panel up, it is hinged in the rear.
4. making note of the connection points of the color-coded wires, disconnect the wires to the lamp socket and door switch (I used a felt-tipped pen on the inside of the front panel to mark the connection points, "R" for red, etc.)
5. remove the upper 2 hex-head screws from inside of the front panel (5/16" nut-driver)
6. loosen the lower 2 hex-head screws (5/16" nut-driver) accessible from outside the panel (you only have to loosen them since the bottom mounting tabs are slotted)
7. slightly lift (to clear above mentioned lower tabs) and tilt the front panel toward you. Swing the front panel to the right as though you were opening a door and position so it does not fall.
8. remove 10 hex-head screws from the black lower rear access panel (5/16" nut-driver) and remove the broken drive belt. Note that the narrow black panel securing the power cable can remain in place.
9. at this point take advantage of the situation and vacuum out the years of lint and dust you could not reach before.
10. stand in front of the dryer, lift the dryer drum slightly and slip the new belt (rib side down) around the drum. Position the belt near the rear of the drum along the wear-mark left by the old belt.
11. go to the back and place the belt in the motor's drive-belt pulley, making sure the ribbed side of the belt mates with the ribs in the pulley.
12. position the tension wheel so that the it takes up the slack in the drive belt. Note the flat side of the drive belt will mate with the flat of the tension wheel.
13. spin the dryer drum a few turns by hand to make sure the drive belt lines up properly with the pulley.
14. reassemble the dryer by reversing the above steps, starting at step 8.

It wasn't so bad taking it apart, but getting the drum back on was a problem. So what i did was too turn the dryer over and cut the heads off of three long screws and slid the drum over top of these and it lined up with the bearing housing.After a few tries it finally lined up and then i put the regular screws back in to hold the drum in place, one at a time.

It just popped back in...the really really amazing thing is the part arrived the next day....and I could immediately get the dryer fixed..thank you so much...

There is a plastic female closure part in the dryer door that wouldn't close tightly around the metal male closure on the dryer. I popped out the plastic square with a screwdriver, popped the new plastic closure in with my thumb. Works great. I never even installed the new metal portion of the latch.

Actually, my wife just unscrewed the part that was still there and screwed on the replacement handle: it was easy for her. Thank you for having the part!...James

Watched the video on YouTube and everything went great!

The part arrived 24 hours after I placed the orer, even with the standard shipping. I just popped it in and problem solved.

I moved cross country in to a rental property. Upon using the dryer the first time I noticed the defective broken lent filter. A five year old child would could have told it was trash and I needed a new one. Because of the condition of the lent trap it was obvious it had been used in this condition years. I inspected further to find so much lint [as far as my hand inside the unit] comprised so much I could not pull any out. I informed landlord that very moment of the damaged part and the comprised lent telling them it needed to be addressed Asap because THIS IS A FIRE HAZARDED !!! The notice and warning was ignored. With a baby and 13 loads stacked up. I had forgot that I had dryed a load of baby blankets and checked the dryer for a missing blanket to find one was scorched . Inspected the dryer to find a burned spot in the back this was where the blanket was scorched.INFORMING LANDLORDS THAT VERY MOMENT. A company came out cleared the lent from the dryer and house to outside, BOTH WERE FULL AND BLOCKED this was the cause of the Fire. Well if you haven't figured it it out the landlord left it up to me to find and replace the lent trap, they would pay for it. So a two min.search on the internet by model number of my dryer lead me to Part Select I typed in my model number my whole unit was displayed. I scrolled to my lent trap clicked on it I was given the price shipping date,cost and date range .I went to check out.received a confirmation email in two min.. My part shipped out a day early. I got a email letting informing me of part shipping out. The part arrived two days later. I open the box the packing was outstanding! Directions for installation were there plain and easy to understand. Five min. after the box was open I now had a dryer !!!! The part search,part location, order check out took less than ten min......impressive . I was keep informed of every movement of my part from the completion of check out. My total time spent on this part was 20 min.!!! Although this dryer ran last while sleeping and new baby in the home caught fire and we were lucky no one died, for a simple 20 min. $46.00 and 4 day part replacement. Funny thing is I think I found the part with another sight for $11.00. Idid not trust that find. Some times service and dependable service is worth every penny . This day forward I and anyone I talk to will go to PartSelect for all of our needs as I hope you will. PartSelect won't disappoint or let you down.............Order install and be happy.Don't let this happen to you why would you when you have PartSelect they could save your life .

The service was prompt and efficient. When the door handle arrived it was very simple to attached. it snapped right into place that was it. It took just a few moments.

Snap in place

super simple-snapped new handle right in.