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Will the oil unfreeze the bearing.
Will the oil unfreeze the bearing.
Polit light will not stay lit after letting up the red lever on a Maytag DG606
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>> I put a load of clothes in the dryer turned it on. It ran for an hour. I opened it up the clothes never moved.
>> Took the back off. The drum is froze it will not move. I ever tried to move it by hand but it would not.
>> I need your guys help with this as a newbie.
First things first, something I learned the hard way when restoring my DE806, is that the Halo-of-Heat dryer cabinet relies on the rear panel for holding the cabinet square. If you attempt to run one of these dryers with the back off, the cabinet flexes enough to contact the side of the drum. In my case, it made an absolutely terrible noise. I'm not sure if that misalignment could make it bind enough to not turn by hand, but it certainly wouldn't help.
You say it ran for an hour but the clothes didn't move? If the motor was running, then at least one of the belts would have to be slipping over a stuck pulley, or a pulley spinning against a stuck belt. It would have made a noise or smell for sure.
... Or did the motor not turn? is your drum free, but a frozen motor holding it still?
>> Took the back off. The drum is froze it will not move. I ever tried to move it by hand but it would not.
>> I need your guys help with this as a newbie.
First things first, something I learned the hard way when restoring my DE806, is that the Halo-of-Heat dryer cabinet relies on the rear panel for holding the cabinet square. If you attempt to run one of these dryers with the back off, the cabinet flexes enough to contact the side of the drum. In my case, it made an absolutely terrible noise. I'm not sure if that misalignment could make it bind enough to not turn by hand, but it certainly wouldn't help.
You say it ran for an hour but the clothes didn't move? If the motor was running, then at least one of the belts would have to be slipping over a stuck pulley, or a pulley spinning against a stuck belt. It would have made a noise or smell for sure.
... Or did the motor not turn? is your drum free, but a frozen motor holding it still?
Non Tumbling HOH Dryer
Hi Robert, you just need to take the back off and see what is not turning, it is a pretty simple system.
The blower bearing could be tight, the main shaft could be tight, the best oil for either of these items would be light machine oil, multi weight motor probably would work but a lighter non-detergent machine oil is preferred.
When you move this dryer away from the wall position the dryer where you want to work on it and run it. If it is not sitting level before you remove the back panel put a shim under a leveling foot so the machine is sitting on all four feet [ it does not have to be level ] this way the drum will not be out of alignment and you can run the dryer with the back off.
Let us know what you find.
Are you fixing this dryer because you have the matching washer or are you just sentimental about this dryer ?
There are much better performing, safer and more reliable vintage gas dryers out there if you are just into great vintage appliances.
John L.
Hi Robert, you just need to take the back off and see what is not turning, it is a pretty simple system.
The blower bearing could be tight, the main shaft could be tight, the best oil for either of these items would be light machine oil, multi weight motor probably would work but a lighter non-detergent machine oil is preferred.
When you move this dryer away from the wall position the dryer where you want to work on it and run it. If it is not sitting level before you remove the back panel put a shim under a leveling foot so the machine is sitting on all four feet [ it does not have to be level ] this way the drum will not be out of alignment and you can run the dryer with the back off.
Let us know what you find.
Are you fixing this dryer because you have the matching washer or are you just sentimental about this dryer ?
There are much better performing, safer and more reliable vintage gas dryers out there if you are just into great vintage appliances.
John L.
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One of the belts was moving slower. One was stuck still. Both belts had some damage from the one hour. They were old so no big loss. The back was on when I ran the machine. I can turn the motor by hand with no problem. The heat was blowing to the outside so I think the blower was working. The drum did not ever move. I am guessing the drum bearing needs oil. Our family has owned the dryer for 30 years bought it used no one ever oiled it.
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I thought fixing it would be cheaper than a new dryer. I thought it would be easier. The flet is loose also maybe a half inch is that a problem?
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Got the main bearing off and oiled. But I have a few question what should be between picture one and two? An o ring or flat washer? I think it is missing something but I am not sure? How do you repair the felt in picture three?
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Picture on is the back of the blower fan.
Missing Part
There is normally a white nylon spacer on the drum shaft before the blower goes on.
The small gap in the front felt is not bg enough to cause any problem, there is supposed to be a 1" wide tension felt band around the wide one you pictured to hold the wide felt against the rotating drum.
What was sized, the drum bearings or the blower bearings ?
John L.
There is normally a white nylon spacer on the drum shaft before the blower goes on.
The small gap in the front felt is not bg enough to cause any problem, there is supposed to be a 1" wide tension felt band around the wide one you pictured to hold the wide felt against the rotating drum.
What was sized, the drum bearings or the blower bearings ?
John L.
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The the drum bearings were sized. The felt is not on that metal part for about 8 inches how do you fix that? Will high temperature adhesive work for the felt to the metal?
How thick is that white nylon spacer?
How thick is that white nylon spacer?
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How about trying some J-B WELD epoxy to stick in on? It is rated to 600 degrees.
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Anybody know?
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I have a white nylon spacer like this one the front of the blower fan should there be one on the back also?
The felt will definitely need to be replaced eventually. When the felt seal is compromised, it won’t allow for the burner to stay on for very long and will kick off the burner. You can make a new felt feel for it out of new felt, and one thing I did was is I used steel wire to basically make new staples to hold the felt onto the shroud, and so far it’s held up very well. I also use a long piece of felt Weather stripping and I put that around the larger out felt seal to put tension on it, and I use a paper clip to hold everything together and I’ve have no issues with that either. John suggested I glue the smaller felt strip onto the outer felt seal but I didn’t want to put glue onto the new outer felt seal, but I want to make it easier to put back together when I disassemble my Maytag DG306 for cleaning and piling of the bearings and such.
Gas MT HOH Dryer Reasembly
Hi Robert, no you only need the white spacer in front of the blower wheel, it was not in your earlier picture and you were asking about washers so I thought you may not have it.
You can either use Hi-temp glue or the stuff you were talking about to secure the seal to the metal shroud.
John L.
Hi Robert, no you only need the white spacer in front of the blower wheel, it was not in your earlier picture and you were asking about washers so I thought you may not have it.
You can either use Hi-temp glue or the stuff you were talking about to secure the seal to the metal shroud.
John L.
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Working on the felt now. How tight should the felt be around the drum?
Maytag Gas HOH Dryers
The felt needs to stay in contact with the drum as it revolves so excess air cannot be pulled in around the felt and instead is pulled from the gas burner area, but it does not need to be very tight.
John L.
The felt needs to stay in contact with the drum as it revolves so excess air cannot be pulled in around the felt and instead is pulled from the gas burner area, but it does not need to be very tight.
John L.
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I got it running but it does not sound good. I put on new belts but they only stay on about 5 seconds before coming off. So I used the old belts. What do you think is wrong with it?
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Listen to that.
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Listen
I don't get sound on any of those vids.
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I am not hearing anything either, nor do I see any belts coming off.
John L.
I am not hearing anything either, nor do I see any belts coming off.
John L.
Same... No sound.
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Try this link
Noisi HOH dryer
The drum is scraping either on the front burner shroud or the cabinet when you take the back panel off these dryers the whole thing goes catty Wompus and out of alignment.
It’s always important to have the all 4 feet sitting solidly on the floor before you remove the back and then don’t move the dryer after you’ve done that but it will realign when you put the back back on maybe it’ll work.
John
The drum is scraping either on the front burner shroud or the cabinet when you take the back panel off these dryers the whole thing goes catty Wompus and out of alignment.
It’s always important to have the all 4 feet sitting solidly on the floor before you remove the back and then don’t move the dryer after you’ve done that but it will realign when you put the back back on maybe it’ll work.
John
Appears to me that the drum is rubbing on the left side panel (from rear POV) on each revolution. I was waiting a day or so to see if anyone else would bring up about HoH dryer cabinets going out-of-square when the back panel is off.
My Maytag DG306 did something similar but the thing that was scraping was the makeshift felt I made for it. Tried using felt weather stripping but that didn’t work but here’s my HOH with the rear panel removed and this was the first power up of it a week after I got it
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Thanks everybody. After working on it for about a week it runs great. One more question on a DG606 about how long should gas burner run for each cycle when drying clothes?
Should run for a good 30 to 40 minutes before cycling off but I recently had to replace the cycling thermostat on my Maytag DG606 I converted to a DG306 since it was stuck and wouldn’t really want to cycle off the heat and I am borrowing the low heat cycling thermostat off of my Maytag DG810 from 1981 until I source a 120F low heat thermostat.
A large load/extra large of towels takes 75 minutes to dry in my DG306 and 60 to 65 minutes for a normal/large load of towels
A large load/extra large of towels takes 75 minutes to dry in my DG306 and 60 to 65 minutes for a normal/large load of towels
Heat Cycling Off On A 606 MT Dryer
On either an electric or gas version the heat should not cycle off at all till the clothes are nearly dry with a normal sized load, if the load is going to take 60 minutes to dry the heat should stay on for around 45-55 minutes.
A very small load may allow the exhaust thermostat to get hot enough to cycle off before the clothing is nearly dry.
If the burner is cycling 10 minutes or so into the drying cycle [ very common problem with a MT HOH gas dryer ] and possible with any dryer there could be a number of problems allowing the dryers safety thermostat to cycle.
Most common problems are long exhaust vent, clogged or restricted vent system [ the first thing to try with this problem is to try running the dryer with no vent and see how it behaves.
Common MT gas HOH problems that cause this are bad front felt seals, bad safety thermostat, worn motor pulley that is slipping, worn pulley groove on the blower pulley, replace either the motor pulley or the blower.
Of corse the dryer needs belts that are not worn out and the blower bearing should be clean and oiled and the blower housing needs to be clean.
John L.
On either an electric or gas version the heat should not cycle off at all till the clothes are nearly dry with a normal sized load, if the load is going to take 60 minutes to dry the heat should stay on for around 45-55 minutes.
A very small load may allow the exhaust thermostat to get hot enough to cycle off before the clothing is nearly dry.
If the burner is cycling 10 minutes or so into the drying cycle [ very common problem with a MT HOH gas dryer ] and possible with any dryer there could be a number of problems allowing the dryers safety thermostat to cycle.
Most common problems are long exhaust vent, clogged or restricted vent system [ the first thing to try with this problem is to try running the dryer with no vent and see how it behaves.
Common MT gas HOH problems that cause this are bad front felt seals, bad safety thermostat, worn motor pulley that is slipping, worn pulley groove on the blower pulley, replace either the motor pulley or the blower.
Of corse the dryer needs belts that are not worn out and the blower bearing should be clean and oiled and the blower housing needs to be clean.
John L.
Interesting thing is I don’t hear the high limit thermostat click off on my DG306 unless the lint screen is full, and I did a quick test with the 120F low heat thermostat and the burner cycled 2 times on 10 a minute dry time with no clothes.
John do you know where I can find a 120F low heat thermostat? Borrowing the low heat thermostat off of my Maytag DG810 until I can find a replacement since the thermostat since it’s stuck closed and didn’t really want to cycle the heat off
John do you know where I can find a 120F low heat thermostat? Borrowing the low heat thermostat off of my Maytag DG810 until I can find a replacement since the thermostat since it’s stuck closed and didn’t really want to cycle the heat off
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