The dryer squeals extremely loud when drying. It sounds like metal scraping against metal.It appears the drum may be rubbing against something. I have lubricated all moving parts.

could be one of the rollers the drum turns on, since there are no bearings in a dryer.

yes most likely it is the drive belt. pretty easy replacement. go to repairclinic.com or appliancepartspros.com for very good videos to show you how this is done. good luck

The dryer drum rides on a center bearing (plastic on metal mount). In time the plastic bearing disintegrates and the ball begins to rub the metal mount. If left like that after a while the ball will be cut in 2.


Another thing that goes south is the plastic slides that the drum rides on in front.

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Could be the drum support rollers for a free video on this go to www.appliancehelponline.com/servicemaual.html

check that all the support springs are connected and one is not broken. It is also possible that something is between the drum and the frame.

check wear pads around front of drum or rear depending on brand. Ge's are particularly prone to scraping sounds, but still one of my preferred brands. IF a ge, did it get any dents around the sides or back? The drum is close to the sides and a dent in right place will do it. Also the rear panel can push the drum forward rubbing in front.
Ge - wear strips in front, plastic bearing in rear center, replace both, inexpensive.
Whirlpool- felt pad and wear strip in front, felt seal in rear with roller support. check rear seal lube rollers
Maytag -roller in front and rear with front and rear felt seals. some designs have front drum support posts with wear pads. ck these.
Frigidaire (include some sold under GE name) rear bearing cup (plastic)-lube, front feltpad with wear plates if plates gone get new pad/wearplate asm.
Maytag and ge nomenclature tags are in rear .

Told by several GE Service Techs that the noise is normal metal expansion & nothing can be done. Anyone else have this issue?
First dryer in over 40 years we ever heard this type of noise.

Can you push the drum up and down. If so then the main bearing has gone bad and needs to be replaced. This is the only metal on metal rubbing you will get unless the machine is off balanced. This is caused usually by doing to heavy of loads and wearing out the bearing

sounds like the back drum shaft has worn and dropped through back[plate ... there is a fix for this by buying a new drum shaft and support kit comes with front bearing also .. can be a tricky job tho ....