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Discovered a 5 dollar part that fixed a 30 year old dryer rattle
Had a customer in Phoenix with a Whirlpool from the early 90s, loud metallic rattle that drove them nuts. I figured it was the drum rollers, but after pulling the whole back panel off, it turned out to be a loose idler pulley bracket. The fix was a 5 dollar spacer washer kit I found at a local PartsZone, not the 90 dollar roller assembly I almost ordered. Took about 20 minutes to shim the bracket and the rattle was gone completely. Has anyone else run into a simple washer or spacer fixing what seemed like a major drum issue?
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lily_ramirez416d ago
A 5 dollar part that fixed a 30 year old dryer rattle" is basically the plot of every repair job I have ever done, where the scary noise turns out to be one dumb little washer. You spent 20 minutes and 5 bucks while the rest of us are out here ordering the 90 dollar roller kit because a YouTube video told us the drum was toast. I bet that bracket had been slowly working itself loose since before some of us were born. It is funny how the loudest rattle always comes from the cheapest fix. Meanwhile the customer probably thinks you are a wizard for not replacing the whole machine.
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