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Is the air blowing from the exhaust in the back of the dryer and are clothes drying?
if the motor turned the other way, you would have no air flow. The dryer is working as designed. Also, if the drum turned clockwise, the idler pulley would not keep the belt tight. Some dryers turn clockwise, some counterclockwise.
have you try to rotate the drum when belt is attached or installed, unplug your machine and try to spin it manualy at the back opening where you can access the mechanical part
try to use the belt when turning it counter-clockwise see if it will turn the drum, if not then the fproblem is the bearing
The first and most important thing you need to do, is to disconnect
the dryer from the wall outlet before doing any kind of work on it.
Most parts will need to be checked for continuity and the dryer must be
disconnected from the wall outlet. Most of the times the part causing the problem is behind the dryer and you can gain access by removing the back panel.
Check inside the drum to make sure the three screws in a triangle in the rear center are all there, if they fall out the drum goes off center and the motor can no longer drive it.
This model has no rollers, the front of the drum has plastic glides mounted on the front of the drum that ride on teflon impregnated pads that are glued around the door.
The rear is supported by a steel ball screwed to the rear of the drum (the 3 screws that I think are causing your troubles) that rides in a plastic saddle screwed to the rear of the machine.
If the excess drum movement is only up and down you should replace the front glide system.
Good Luck
Quentin
remove rear panel remove screws in blower housing ck for objects in blower ..if you still have dryer apart remove belt from motor pulley and try turning by hand
Shows how it goes. The lower right graphic has the Kenmore 70. There are slots in the bottom of the dryer to lock it in.
If you spin the drum by hand, only spin it counter-clockwise the same way the motor spins it. Mine kept coming off and found it was due to spinning it by hand clockwise. For some reason the belt slips to the side of the tensioner then off the lip... when spun clockwise.
drum spins counter clockwise
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