Proper way to maintenance you're Whirlpool / Maytag / Kenmore dryer
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Straightforward. Educational. Honest. Unpretentious. Thank you, sir!
Whoo! It’s one of those wins when you find a tutorial for the exact machine you have. Thank you!
And the information is presented well. Double win!
Right
For sure. I have the exact dryer. It's fairly new but I clean the lint trap after every use and once in a while, I vacuum the acordian exhaust.
@@jayzee3303 I also clean the lint trap after every use, but its placed in the shed (no place inside) and my region always has dust storms so unfortunately vacuuming and cleaning the lint trap were not enough :(
This is literally what I just said!!
Excellent. Thank you! It's hard to imagine that lint build up can have such a catastrophic outcome as a fire. Still, it seemed like a daunting task until I watched your video. My dryer's now all squeaky clean and safe. Another thing I learned recently is to never turn a dryer on and go to bed, or go out. It's an element...like a stove!!! Thank you again for this LIFE SAVING video.
Thank you! I spilled liquid down the dryer screen slot on top and had no idea what to do! Now I can go in and clean it up and NOT have to tell my husband. Thank you!
Thank you. I have this dryer and faithfully clean the filter screen. I just learned today about all the lint inside the body. I appreciate the valuable information!
THIS VIDEO WAS EXCEPTIONALLY HELPFUL !!! VERY DETAILED AND SIMPLE, APPRECIATE, THE MONEY SAVING TIPS !!! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS !!!
This is very helpful to us single mothers lol thanks
Great video. Thanks. Love the straight forward approach.
I've not even finished the video. I can already tell this is exactly what I needed.
Thanks for educating me! And for the details of the parts and what they do. You made this easy.
This is almost my exact dryer. Ive got the Bravos. Have had it for 6 years now and I’ve been hoping to maintain as to not get to the point where it stops working. Thank you for the video!
Men you need more views, your info is spot on. Just recently my mothers dryer stopped pushing hot air and with your videos I discovered the previous owner bypassed the thermal fuse, so now the high limit and the heat element thermostat were toasted instead of just a cheap little fuse, ended up replacing everything just to be safe and cleaning the ventilation tubes.
Thank you for the Love! Awesome to hear you got your mom up and running again.
@@LeanOnYourRep I hav a question my dryer had the green cord duck taped together and not hooked up to anything when I bought it from a appliance shop will it be a issue and the dryer is working fine
@@LeanOnYourRep the part U pointed at and said if your air duck over heats it shuts everything down well my cord is ducked taped and nothing is touching it and my dryer still works
Thanks a lot, my dryer is 12yrs old & the last year, it does seem like I've needed to run it twice for jeans & towels.
finally someone with the same s
dryer I have to show how and where to clean . thank you
Just watched your video and it told me everything I needed to know. SUPER HELPFUL VIDEO!!
Super helpful video generously offered. Thank you & best of luck in your business!
This video is the best so far , very informative and straightforward!
Thank you man you saved my dryer!! Your information is super valuable!!
Subscribing! I love being self-sufficient. UA-cam University has taught me so much thanks to people like you ❤. Single mom here, I didn’t always have money to fix things at my home. So I had to become self reliant. Thank you so much for this information. I have one that I’m guessing I have to take the back off because I see two ventilation vents in the back of the dryer but they are not removable. Like you said, this information is high quality!
So informational, I have the same exact dryer and have been necesito do multiple runs to get things dry - I will def try this!
I also have this dryer with the same issue. Did you end up trying this? Did it help? I’m about to open mine up too.
Thank you very much for making this!!!
Great video! Thanks for sharing your expertise in a concise and easy to follow directions! I would love to see a repair manual from you. I was able to take care of my dryer myself 5hsnke 5o you😀
I appreciate this video. I learn how to take the duck out of the dryer and clean it. The filter was stuck. It was jampacked with cotton. I do appreciate this video. Thank you.
I was not surprised to find lots of sharp metal edges in and on the back of my dryer, similar to the wide variety vehicles I've worked on over the past 50 years. When doing your repairs or cleaning, be careful handling parts or reaching inside!
I agree!
I had a pen get stuck in the exhaust fan, and this disassembly video was very helpful. Appreciate the vid!
Thank you for this post sir!
Couldn't help noticing:
Your "How to repair a dryer that is not heating" video has ~500K views
while this video "How to maintain a dryer and keep it working properly without expensive repairs" :)
has ~4K views
Sadly, I, too, am only here because I must have missed some maintenance tasks that I was supposed to be doing with my dryer.
I do clean the lint filter each time though.
BTW, that lint is excellent fire starter while camping. It ignites super quick and hot.
Thanks for taking the time to video your inspection of this dryer.
i agree that the quality of the information is high. And your descriptions/explanations are very understandable.
Thank you Rob
Thanks for posting how to clean the dryer trap. I had stuck on lint on it, so very cool to find out how best to clean it up since the vacuum could only do so much.
I have that dryer too. Hate the vent up top so much. Had a mystery thing fall down the vent. Grrr... So now learning how to clean it out.
Just cleaned mine, thanks to you
Thank so much! This helped A LOT!!
Cleaned my clients vent hose, air duct. Everyday I check the lint filter. I bought her a brush to clean the vent. Once a week, I remove the lint filter & use my leaf blower to try & clean out any debris.
Very helpful! My older whirlpool electric dryer is similar to this so I'll try servicing it with these guidelines. Thank you for making this video.
Also, it's hard to believe people don't take just a few seconds to clean out their lint trap before each cycle! How hard is that to do? Had the previous owner done that this machine might still be in their home.
Excellent! Thank You!
Great video! Thanks
Thanks for a great how to video. Helped me get my dryer cleaned up. Easy. Great video. Terry from Texas
You made it make sense to me...Great job!
Good information and I thank you. I will try some of these steps on my Whirlpool dryer!
Thank you, this was a helpful video.
Wednesday January 26, 2022. I needed this today thank you. 👍🏼
Just found your channel and like the way you just show the repair if getting to the lint trap area of a dryer. Hope you were able to resell this one and many, many more since you shot this video.
Man, thank you so much! Great video and straight to the point!
Thank you. An object fell into the lint chute, hit the fan and made an awful noise. I had to take the chute off to get the object out. I'm glad it happened because I had no idea how much dirt, dust, and pet fur had built up in the bottom of it.
Very nicely explained 👍
Thank you for the info .
WELL DONE!
Thank you for the video
Great Info!
Thank you so much! I figure if it's not working then I had no chance of breaking it.
Able to deep clean it done the trick. Thanks
Thank you for this information
Thanks!
Shows this machine battered but in full working order once the airways unblocked to as new standard ,owner wanted a spanking new one so this will be a great buy for a customer.
quality information
thanks . this video helps alot .
thanks to your video I was able to retrieve some junk that fell down the air duct when my wife was cleaning out the lint tray. Fixed in 15minutes!
Thanks
Right to the point 👍
Thx bro!
Informative video, My Maytag bravo XL dryer is not catching lint in the lint catcher. Only one inch of the very bottom of the catcher traps lint on it. If I take it apart like in your video I will I most likely find it clog up and will just need cleaning or more likely it has a bigger issues. When I removed the vent pipe from the dry to the wall it had a cup of water in the line. Thanks
If you have water in your line, most likely your dryer vents through the roof and the screen on the roof vent is blocked causing the moisture to trickle back down. If this is a case you're going to have to go into the attic and disassemble the pipe you'll just need aluminum tape for when you put it back together. No need to climb on the roof
Thank you for taking time to reply. It is very helpful..
Hi really loved your video it helped me out a lot just wondering when putting back does it need some kind of seals around around the vent on the drying because as I took the vent some came off and now I’m a little worried it needs something there thank you
Great video. I wish you would have shown how to get at the curved area that the lint screen slides into. BTW the former owner cheated death by not dying in a house fire.
Can you tell me how to clean that?
That's the part he removed from the back. The entire duct comes out in one piece. Two screws at the top where the lint screen slides in and 3-4 at the bottom. there will also be globs of lint behind the blower fan, which needs to be scrubbed with a small brush (toothbrush) and the outlet duct can be cleaned out by hand. What he didn't bother to show was all the lint inside the dryer body than builds up. Takes about 15 minutes to pop the top up and remove the front for a thorough cleaning.
@@barrygrant2907 Thanks. It's been a while so I don't remember whether I took that off or not. What about the silver housing that holds the heating element? Does that need to be cleaned also?
Great video. If something metal fell down the lint trap shute, like a screwdriver bit for a drill about 2 inches long, will it hurt the fan or anything inside the lint tunnel or shute?? Is it best to just open it up and check it?
Than you
Great video. You sound like you have lots of experience. I watched your video because today my Whirlpool dryer started smelling like something is burning. I turned it off immediately and unplugged it. But the burnt smell is more like an electrical burnt smell. Is that the smell of burnt lint or something else?
I took my off like you did cleaned up all the lint but I'm getting a gas smell on my clothes when the dryer is finished drying no leaks I checked any suggestions
Thank you. I have the same venting system. I cleaned out the ducting system and can yesterday (like you showed) yesterday after taking it apart. It still does not dry out the clothes. The clothes do get pretty hot but not dry. Lint screen only shows lint in the front - one inch. Rest of the screen does not catch any lint after 2 cycles :( .
Great information. What magnet attachment are you using to have your drill stick to the dryer? Or did you turn the dryer and I missed it?
I turned the dryer. My bit cup is magnetic. Harbor fright $2
Great vid. I have the same dryer. Just changed the heating element and all the other parts because it came with the purchase of it . But now dryer even though it warms up it wont dry like it should with all new parts . Help please
Can you vacuum through the holes in the drum to get the excess that is visible?
Do you have a video to disassemble Maytag Dryer (Model MED C215EW1)?
Check the coils, too.
Hi, I’m having an issue with a brand new dryer. There is no lint going to the filter. I removed the back panel and I do see lint on the opposite side of the filter and out the exhaust.
The screws are on the opposite side that holds it for the big metal vent you cleaned at the end of the video. How do you remove that?
I have this exact model and almost had a fire tonight. I sweep the trap out but the back wall was glowing red,dryer hot to touch and cycle time was 40 minutes. Clothes still wet.
Hello sir. Any tips on doing this with a gas fed Whirlpool? Same design, but I don't want to cause a leak.
Too bad you don't live in Denver, because I need you right about now...
I dropped a plastic lid down the lint vent, would I have to remove it to get it out or would leaving it not cause any damage?
Great video. Quick question, I have something that fell in the LINT TRAP, how do I get it out?
Question : I got the same dryer and I’ve replaced the Thermal fuse and one of the thermostats and my dryer still auto runs basically the timer stays on past off and the gage goes into a different setting and it was over heating not sure if it still is since I replaced the thermostat. Any idea what it could be? I’ve looked and haven’t found an answer I suspect the timer but I’m not sure.
If the timer does not stop at "off" and goes to the next cycle, they the timer is bad and needs to be replaced.
I dropped a toothbrush down the dryer vent on my Maytag. What king of screwdrivers do I need to remove the outer and inner housings?
Thanks man, this helped me clean out my kenmore dryer! :) I just finished checking my ductwork and the inside of the dryer, but neither had any significant buildup of lint. (the dryer only had as much as you show here). Do you know any other reasons my dryer might be taking longer to dry? The drum is turning, it still seems to be heating up okay... im thinking maybe a thermostat issue.
Likely your exhaust vent to the outside is clogged.
I just had this issue - took 3 1 hour dry cycles to dry towels. When taking my dog out, I pulled off the cover of the exhaust hose and it was full of a huge ball of lint that came out. Dries fine now, but I am going to also replace the lint filter and clean the inside as this video shows.
@@rachelewilken930 WHAT IS A DOG ON A DRYER?
@@mikel.laughridge9480 a dog is a four-legged creature, also known as a canine. I took my canine to the exterior yard of my home to use the restroom, which also happens to be where my dryer is vented to, as it turns out that venting it inside your home can kill you.... and your canine. Anywho, while outside with my canine (my dryer was still inside with no canine in or near it), I removed the dryer vent cap and found it was full of lint; removing said lint caused the dryer to begin drying properly again. No canines were harmed in the making of this statement and I always make sure to keep my canine out of my basement and especially my dryer. I would recommend others also do not install dogs onto their dryers.
We have this exact dryer. We clean the lint trap out after every load, but it still takes 2-3 runs to dry. It came with the house we bought, so maybe the previous owners didn’t clean it out as much? Could the problem be as simple as taking the back off and cleaning it out? Anything else I should test if this isn’t the issue?
Air pipe leading behind the wall can be clogged.
hello, so glad I found your video. I accidentally dropped something down the lint vent and it must have gotten stuck in the fan, starting making horrible noice. Immediately turned it off. I figured I needed to take the back of dryer off to get to lint vent but when I did, I couldn't get the back of the lint vent off. Searched all night and gave up. Started again today and actually did everything in your video, however, the back of the lint vent would not just come out like it did for you after removing the screws. What am I missing? I took every screw off like you said and it won't come off!!! Need my dryer with wet clothes in it
to start working. HELP!!!
Question: what would cause water to condense in the vent hose? I just took apart my
whirlpool dryer (front and back) to clean out all the lint. I cleaned out the vent hose and the vent to the outside. some of the lint trapped in the vent hose was wet (not just damp, but you could wring water from it). I rinsed it out, cleaned it thoroughly and hung it up to dry. Then I reattached it to the dryer and the outside vent and ran the empty dryer on high for an hour and an no heat tumble for 30 minutes, alternating that 3 times. It then sat overnight. I thought it would be bone dry the next day, but when I uncoupled it from the dryer, there was about 1/2-1 cup of water in the hose and dripping out of the dryer vent in the back. This was an empty dryer!! What on earth caused this??? Is it just latent humidity from the air it's sucking in? Is there a way to prevent this? If it's happening regularly, no wonder my dryer gets stopped up so frequently.
I’m having a struggle I’m going to check the air duct now that I know how to check it but the out exhaust keeps getting clogged but my lint trap is always empty and it stops drying I just don’t understand
I have a maytag that is oretty doing what you said. No lint in lint tray and steam and kint inside dryer. I just bought the dryer and tye heating element burnt out within a few days. And we had to load it up. And take it back. The guy fixed the heating element but this is still happening . My husband is 52 and loading this up and taking in 45 minoes each way is getting frsustrating. Is this an easy fix? The lint appears to go deep in the back not a sinple pull off. Or shoukd we sejd it back for a different dryer? Thank you for your help
I have a problem with the photo that is right around it but I put it like that because it's not bad but it's going to what should I do is there any other that I have to do because the filter is around this route like a half of it can you tell me what you do and if I have to do any other things thank you God
When I go to pull my lent trap out it will roll off and fall inside the dryer. Whether it be a small amount or large. I need to know how to get inside my dryer to get all this lint out. I'm scared to use it because I am afraid it will catch on fire!
I purchased the long brushes and the attachments for a vacuum. But both are too short to go to the base of the dryer.
I have a Whirlpool dryer. A sock fell down the lint trap. My vacuum attachment won’t fit down there so how do I get it out?! Would the sock have gone all the way through to where it comes out on the outside of the house? I’m gonna check.
Hi there.
What about it your dryer began to smell like lighter fluid and I have already vacuumed out all the lint from everywhere?
I have a basic whirlpool dryer that looks like the dryer in this video. We purchased new and it’s run like a charm for three years and still no problems But recently I’m noticing the lint filter doesn’t seem to be filling and it seems damp? I’ve checked down inside and there’s nothing visible obstructing and also checked both ends of hose from back of machine to wall and looks great. Do you have any suggestions? Should I worry before it starts to not dry
Clean the exhaust hose that goes from the back of the dryer to the exterior of the house or up to the roof. If that exhaust hose is blocked by lint or somehow got kinked, the hot moist air cannot escape, and there’s not enough airflow to trap the lint against the lint screen.
This can be very dangerous and start a dryer fire. For your family’s safety, take immediate action!!!
I've been told you should also clean errant lint under and around the actual drum. How can I get to that?
My mom has a old Maytag dryer and she doesn’t want to replace it. She has never had a deep clean done on it that I’m aware of. With the burning smell prob coming from the element in it or build up… is it worth it for me to open it up you think? Or just retire it out. She’s stubborn and doesn’t want to let it go if either I can fix it or have it fixed 😂
The rectangular air duct assembly came off the dryer and I can’t figure out how to attach it back to the duct and the housing…please help?
My dryer is 1 year old and some moist started coming out from where the duct are connected. Past few weeks I have noticed that the filter is coming cleared after few loads of drying 🤔. I know something wrong is happening but I couldn't figure it out. Any help please! Thank you for your video.
I dropped the filter screw in the filter hole by accident. Will this effect anything?
I pulled the lint trap out and the lint didn’t come along with it. I put it back in there to try to get it out with it but instead I pushed it back farther. Should I even dry my clothes tonight?
Hi Caitlin did you ever get an answer to this?
For some reason my dryer won’t catch any lint. Why could that be? Screen is in tact and it just blew a huge dust bunny out the back. I took it apart and cleaned it in the summer
The inlet grill on my five year old Maytag is very corroded and jagged and discolored. I have never smelled smoke. Everything I have looked up says nothing about how I should handle this... Can you give me any advice. Thank you.
Are these the main spots to clean up any lint or debris?