Maytag dryer not heating up thus not drying clothes

sounds like bad timer points, they tend to burn and get stuck on some places ?

You will need to check all the duct work for lint buildup. This is the reason clothes won't dry or take a few cycles to dry.

there is no truth to the fact that dryer elements start to burn out there fore it takes longer to dry cloths the only reason a dryer will take longer to dry cloths is due to lint build up within the unit take the back off and vacume all the old lint out and around the heating element and it will work like new

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HI- Usually when the clothes take a long time to dry it is an issue with the vent. Look in the back of the dryer and make sure the vent is not crushed, crimped or blocked. As well, go outside when the unit is running and feel how much air is coming out of the exit vent. It should be blowing pretty good. If not replace and clean the vent, if the vent goes through the wall and makes a bunch of turn over a long distance you will need to have a vent cleaning service out to brush and vacuum the vent. You can test this by detaching the vent where it goes into the wall and putting pantyhose over the end and see if it dries better. You could also have a thermostat issue but I look at the venting first. Hope this helps.

most dryers have two heating elemts and when one goes out this increases the drying time and could cause a elec. short and trip a braker can be replaced.. There is also a saftey switch that goes bad and will not let the heating elemt work properly ?

how do i set this dryer to dry my clothes??? what is the right setting?? should i use the time dry setting or the more dry/less dry setting?? Clothes never dry???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

First, The most common part would be the over limit safety, it will be mounted to the element housing. Second, there is a thermal fuse usually a small disk with a little fuse inside. You can find these (with your model no.) at www.Repairclinic.com .Good luck.

Is your vent stopped up? Or your lint screen? Usually an element will be all out, not just a little.

Depending on the size of your loads, it could very well be that you have the dryer past it's "normal" capacity. This happens quite frequently around my house and the Mrs. will turn the dryer on two-three times on one load, but it's usually overloaded.

As per your question about the belt and it not spinning the drum fast enough, if the belt was slipping, you would smell the rubber burning as it slid over the drum.

As per the heating element, there is no such thing as it burning out. It is either working or IS burned out. there is no middle ground with electric elements.

Might I suggest you try making your loads smaller and see if you get different results. Always know that denim and heavy t-shirts, by default, are gonna take longer because they are more dense.

If, after going through these few steps, you are getting no new results, verify the blower is working properly by placing a few wash cloths, or other light pieces of clothing, and see how long it takes for those to dry.

Lastly, make sure you don't have your exhaust hose crimped or the outside vent is not completely stopped up(though I think you have already gone through these few steps) as this can cause a nasty fire and we don't want that.

Hope this helps.

the gas coils have a problem. as the dryer heats p the coils on the gas valve are failing causing the dryer not to heat. replace the coils and you should have no problem