PCKS443EB2WW General Electric Dryer - Instructions

Replaced the rear drum bearing. Not doing it before ,it took about 1 1/2 hrs. Problem was fixed.

Replace both micro switches.

My husband and I had taken apart this dryer before, so the second time was a lot easier. The first time we took it apart it took 2-3 frustrating hours. So, if it's your first time, plan for longer.

1. Before we started anything we unplugged the dryer and disconnected the vent.
2. We removed the top and loosened the contol panel on top.
3. We removed the front. Be careful of the wires. You can label them, or just remember where they go.
4. Lay the dryer down on it's back. This make's it easier to remove the drum.
5. Remove the drum, but gently slide the belt off first. Don't stretch the belt removing it.
6. Once the drum was removed, we removed the screws from the inside of the drum.
7. We didn't need to use the entire kit, just the part that sits in the center and spins...kinda looks like a top. (Yes, that's my technical description)
8. We screwed in the new "top" and put the dryer back together.

Really the only part I had to help with (this time)was putting the drum back in to make sure it sat where it was supposed to. It made a big difference that it was laying on it's back...we didn't do that the first time, which was part of our frustration.

Putting the belt back on is a little tricky too. We had instructions still for our dryer to refer to put it back on. If you don't have yours, just google or bing for the instructions. There's website's out there with great pictures.

Used online instructions. Worked well.

Pulled the drum an found spade clip burned on wire. Hi limit Thermostat crumbled/ broke while pulling spade clip so I trimmed back the wire, cleaned the spade clip and soldered the wire back on. Isolated the other thermostats in the system and tested for resistance. Reassembled dryer.

Removed knob and installed the replacement.

the part fixed all the problems in a cinch

Pilled and unsnapped the old two gaskets. Then I used my air compressor and blew out the excess accumulated lint. Then I snapped in place the new gaskets. The only trick is to be sure both sides of the tabs are anchored in and that is where the small screwdriver is carefully used to push one side or the other of the tab into the slot.

Easy! Just took the broken knob and metal ring off, and put on the new knob. took less that one minute. Works like a charm now. No service call cost either!!

First the old knob was broken just pulled it off. made sure the metal piece was clean of all debris or junk and slide the new know on turned it to make sure it was snug and was ready to go. to easy

Pull out old, insert new.

Just pulled off the old knob and pushed the new one onto the switch. Done in 1 minute.

just replaced the old knob

There really is not much to explain, the new knob was so simple to replace that my six year old could have done it. No tools were required and it took less than a minute to replace the new knob.

I just put the new knob where the old one was and presto it was done. The whole process was much easier than I expected.