Saturday, January 22, 2011

My dryer repair

This really should go on the Nitroblue-Investment blog, but Heidi wanted it on hers. Well, the dryer had been making a racket for a few weeks and Walt said that he was going to just call somebody and pay him to fix it. I volunteered to just do it myself, because hey, I'm freakin' Danny McMillan. I watched a few instructional youtube videos and completed the project in pretty good time. The problem was the drum roller--a bushing instead of a bearing--that had rusted and was causing way too much friction.

It took me only 5 minutes to get in. Skills.


A birds eye view with the drum removed. Lots of lint.

Drum roller with evidence of rust

Tons of debris on the shaft. Cleaned it with some WD-40, then re-oiled both sides with 80W90 gear oil. It was money. The best part? Free fifty free!




1 comment:

Julia M. said...

You are freakin' Danny McMillan, and we always think of you when we are in the dredges of some repair! Thanks for the inspiration. :)

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