GE Hotpoint overheating? Step-by-step guide to unstop Lint build up.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video I’ll show how to take apart a GE or hot point dryer and unstop and clear out lint buildup. This is not the only cause of Dryer fires but it is one of the main causes.
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Great video I am commenting because it just saved me money on my dryer repair and the more things that a person can do for themselves is more money left over to feed their family's. In our current economy the more you can save the better.
Thanks so much for giving detailed step by step instructions and getting straight to the point and without unnecessary talk. This was a first for major appliance fix for me and your instructions made this a very easy task.
I'm 64 and I watch self help videos and this was worth watching did not have to rewind any of the video to figure out how he did that!
Glad to help
Dude, you are amazing, exactly what I needed to fix my old piece of garbage dryer! Liked and Subscribed!
Spectacular video. I was sold one of these second hand and immediately had overheating issues. Your video is very helpful, and when I took the drum out I saw the vent was actually ripped completely open and caked the entire thing in lint. I'll be watching this video again when I put it back together and I'll also be seeking compensation for all the extra work I had to put in
Yeah GE dryer‘s are difficult sometimes. Good luck.
I think I have the exact same dryer and the lint build up was the issue. Now, it runs well!
Your video was very helpful to me. My GE dryer was taking longer and longer to dry clothes, so I checked down below the lint screen and there was gobs of lint built up outside the fan motor. My model was slightly different from yours, but the basic disassembly was the same. I took the drum out and used my shop vac to get the lint out of the rear. After cleaning it, I got it put back together and it's working great! Thanks again!
Glad to help.
This video saved me. My son put legos in the lint trap..... I was able evacuate them thanks to your wonderfully thorough video. Thank You!
Glad to help. I bet Legos are super loud against that fan. Lol
Awesone video!!! My dryer top would get so hot! With your super easy to follow instructions I was able to fix my dryer. Thank you so much.
Cool. Glad to help
Thanks for making this video. I am not experiencing any issues. We always clean out our lint trap, and I have a second one in my vent pipe. I was cleaning this the other day and then figured I should make sure the dryer is clean.
I searched and found your video. Which was great! I didn't know about the area at the back of the drum, I plan to clean this now.
I don't have compressed air, but I will pull the drum out and use my ShoVac to remove as much as possible.
Thanks so much and keep up the great work and content!
Thank you for the video. I was able to repair my GE dryer by myself. Good job!
Thank you for the video, it just saved me $500 for a service call on a vent sweep and dryer overhaul. My newer one was a lot more screws but same principle, using the guidance I knew kind of what to look out for. Cheers!
Great video. I really appreciated the screenshot of where the belt goes. Very helpful. Right to the point. 👍👍
glad to help
6:50 kitty!!! Cute calico!
Excellant - I got a used non working 2006 dryer and I didn’t want to start taking it apart to fix it until I knew how to deep clean it -‘great demo!
Glad to help.
great video big thank you 👍👍 just what I needed back of the drum was scary full of lint.
I'm very confident this will fix my dryer.
This is a great video. Talk about thorough! I didn't go as far as taking the dryer apart though. I was able to tape a flexible tube (actually one of those children's toys that makes noise when you spin it), and suck out the lint below the filter. I agitated the lint with a paint stir stick so it would loosen and get sucked up.
I couldn't clean the fan this way, but I think I definitely got the majority of the lint out. I was able to get the lint out of the back of the drum by simply using the vacuum wand touching the holes. Just stick a thin cylindrical object in there to agitate the lint, and it will free up and get sucked up (I used the end of a thin artist's brush). I'm sure it's as clean as if I removed the drum.
Having just followed this video's instructions, I have great doubt you could clean it nearly as well without taking the drum out. I'm sure yours is better than it was, but the lint on mine was so thickly caked, matted, and wedged into the crevices, that it would seem practically impossible to get it by any other means than removal of the drum.
@@omgwhatever Eh, it's better than it was for sure, but probably not perfect. Thanks for reaching out, I'll consider that next time.
Great video, thanks, man my dryer is so jammed up with dog hair and lint I’m going to take it outside to clean it
Love this video! GE dryer bought in April, 2022 had made a really loud thump/or now like a pair of tennis shoes are in the dryer. It is my Mom and Dads dryer (Elderly) so my Dad just doesn't have strenght to do as he once did! So I to try or do it things for them.
Just so happen yesterday, I found my Mom had washed a load of my Dad's clothes he had picked up peacan's and put them in his pockets. So I found in the washer and of course the dryer vent lint filter, leaves bits, outdoor trash bits of ground and so on. As I looked down into the lint holder, I saw pea's ( he still gardens, plenty of the pocket lint of leaves and pecan trash
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Okay, to my question. I followed your instructions. As I went to take off the front door the drum was already loose. Pulling the door forward, the drum did not do as yours did. The belt was on. Or a red belt was on. By this time, I was flustered and just wanted to get it back the way it went since I knew I needed to know the reason the drum would need me to lift up, Way up and really adjust (it seem to fall forward and to one side). No tilting while taking apart. Reverse putting it back together was "WHEW" ! I had to hold the drum up to get the front panel back on. So I know something isn't correct. GE Model GTD42#ASJ2WW Any suggeston? I mean this dryer is 7 months old. Used by two seniors. Light use or at least never heavy loads. I just moved in to help so I am noticing the things they don't. They hadn't noticed the noise, Loud Noise!
Thanks for any information.
Good heads up on the motor pully, been doing this work for over 45 years and up until now it’s always been obvious where the belt rides. Leave it to the Engineers at GE to screw up the design of a part that the belt has to be connected up to by feel ! I recently had to go back on one of these machines after three months and replace the belt AGAIN, i’ll bet I didn’t have the belt strung on the pulley properly, I wish I seen this video yesterday but I’m pretty sure got it right this time, I guess i’ll find out soon !PS, judging from the marks on the drum in your video here it looks like someone had the belt on wrong part of the pully on this machine too !
Thanks for the help brother. Lady has this same dryer with the low heat complaint. I’m gonna go follow this process.
Glad to help.
These kinds of videos deserve more views than most of these stupid entertainment videos.
Thanks
Thank you so much! People like you are the real heroes in this world! You saved my bacon and money. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊❤️
Robert R. very good show. well done. Thank you
Very informative video! I was too afraid to take the drum off. I knew I wouldn’t be able to put it back
Most of the time 90% of Lent will be in the compartment where the filter sets. You can take the rest apart but a lot of the time your biggest part of the problem will be right there. Hope you got your machine running well good luck.
@@WasherDryerMoney I did thanks to your video! It works like a champ now
Very useful/simple. Reminds me of fixing stuff with my dad and the few times we recorded a video
Thanks
My dryer has to run 2 full 180min cycles to get the clothes dry. I pulled the hose off the back and vacuumed out a ton of lint with no improvement.
I’m thinking this is the next step on getting the dryer to be efficient. Going to give it a try soon 😊
Thanks you, this work perfect!!
Thank you so much for this video! We had a lot of lint behind the drum it was sticking out and kind of charred. I am concerned if now that it’s cleaned if it’s safe or if I should shop for a new dryer!
Thank you for this!
thank you! I just fixed my dryer!
Excellent video. Thank you.
Very educating. Thank you for sharing
Fantastic. Thank you. Perfect video
Glad to help
I watched another video where they just took the plate off with the drum in the machine. I did that, vacuumed it out. But when I removed screws the drum shifted. Now I can't get it back in right place cause when I turn on the dryer its grinding.
Same here, how did you fix this?
@@caylinmartin9289 I unfortunately had to take my dryer apart. But I did it! 😁 I'll never do it again!!! 😂
Awesome video, thank you!
super demo Thanks, my next project :)
I did everything right now I hook the bottom 3 latches right when I pull up to get the 2 screws in it won’t line up And lock it place like you did towards the end of your video
Very informative and helpful video!
Thanks good video
Replaced start Button and door switch Runs as long as you hold start button in. Thanks in advance
I’m not sure if it’s the same for GE but some dryers have a switch this on the motor is self. It detects with the motor is running at full speed. It’s called a centrifugal force switch.
Question - based on the symptoms of my dryer it looks like I have a lint clog but on the front of the dryer on the other side of fan. Originally, I pulled the dryer out and vacuumed the lint from the rear of the dryer and did get a good bit of lint out but apparently there's more, so I've been on a quest to try to access the part on the front under my lint trap. I have an old school model (DCSR483EA1WW) that is not digital. It's just a wind-up timer dial kind of GE dryer like the one on your video. I can't find a video on TH-cam or internet for my exact model but the dryer on your video is very similar and the dryer on another video was also very similar. On the other video (not yours), the guy took the door off, and there were 2 screws at the top right inside where the door shuts that he took off. On your video, you didn't have to take door off, and you didn't take any screws out of the top just inside the door. I can't tell if your model even has those 2 screws at the top just inside the door. The problem was I took the door off and then when i went to take the 2 screws at the top out one of them stripped. The other screw I got out, but it was also very hard to crack. My question is does your model have those 2 screws at the top just inside the door? If yours does and your front panel came off, then I may not even have to remove those 2 screws and the door after all to get my front panel off.
I did put a brand new dryer vent on the exterior of my house when I cleaned the lint out of the back of dryer and vacuumed the round duct hose out and ran my vacuum wand up the duct connection pipe at the back of the dryer and got some lint out. The dryer seemed to dry ok for about a month then i started noticing my clothes weren't dry and the lint felt wet. So I assume that means the problem is there is a lint build up on the other parts of dryer that my vacuum cant reach. I never dry on high heat and have always used medium heat. Its producing heat and didn't feel too hot but i dont use high heat setting either. Clothes were partially dry so i guess mine is getting some circulation but definitely not drying like it was in the past. My dryer is on an exterior wall and I arranged it so the duct is running straight and out the wall so that shouldn't be the cause but I'll check it again.
QUESTION: Thanks so much. I followed all of these steps very nicely, found a lot of lint in the blower and the back of the drum, put it all back together and tested it out.. Same problem. It shut off after about 5 minutes, and won't start up again until it cools down. Is it the thermostat or thermistor? or something else? The clothes in the dryer were hot, the heating element looked good and intact. Suggestions?
Could be the motor going bad.
Some of those dryers had a switch on the idler pulley to shut the dryer off when the belt breaks. It could be that switch if it has one starting to go bad.
@@WasherDryerMoney Thanks! Is that switch built into the motor or a separate replaceable piece? I can't find that switch in the parts diagram. Thanks again, and a happy new subscriber 🙂
@@BW-pr8qr it may not have the switch. Not all GE dryer’s came with it. If it has a switch, it is on the bottom of the idler pulley arm.
@@WasherDryerMoney We tested the dryer on the "No Heat" setting, and it never shut off. Only kicks off in a heat setting. I purchased the 3 separate thermostats and will try to replace them first. Thanks again!
Thanks for the vids, dude...my mom has this machine and her door switch went bad. Watched your vid on replacing it and am now looking at all of 'em. lol Is it a matter of good maintenance to go ahead and replace the drum belt since I'll have this thing torn apart already for the door switch? What about the duct felt? FYI...the front bearing kit you link to on Amazon says it's currently unavailable.
i am surprised the ge ones don't have a thermal fuse like whirlpools. the one i have the coils are in a tube on the right hand bottom .
I have already removed drum, cleaned all the lint in front and back and dryer still smells like smoke, help
I have an old GE DDE5700GBLWH. What is the best and easiest way to replace my broken belt? Do I have to remove the drum, as you did here?
Great TY
Need to reconnect all the wires on back panel .
Yes this was a very helpful video. I was getting frustrated at how to take off my drum. Any idea where I could get some new pads for the top part of the drum you were talking about? Mine are missing.
Sorry I just saw this comment. You can order them on Amazon if you look in my description you’ll see a link to the ones I like to use.
cleaning now,, thanks!
Glad to help
One of the tabs broke off on the top of my dryer top can I still put it together or do I need to buy a new piece question
Thanks dude
Please Help GE Profile Harmony Dryer Model TDS850GM0WW need to get front panel off to reconnect lint vent pipe. Thanks
Great work.
Thanks
Thanks!! My dryer won’t cool down on last cycle could it be the same problem!?? Clothes comes out supper hot!!
Sometimes it can be caused by lack of airflow by either lint buildup or a bent exhaust line.
It’s more rare but it could also be a bad thermostat.
Be very careful with a overheating dryer. It’s one of the top reasons houses catch on fire.
My drum is touching the top of the fan housing is there something the drum is attached to other than the belt
I would guess it’s the drum bearings. Possibly the piece that also holds the bearings. If it’s worn out, it will lower than tire drum.
Always hard to tell when I’m not there to look at it. Good luck.
is my kenmore a hotpoint ? it has an inside lint screen . is the top pull style superior?
Ok im people took the 3 screws inside the middle out now drum bounces around smh atleast i have a answer now to line it up
What if you don't have an air compressor? How do you get that thick wall of lent out of the trap?
You can wash it with the water hose and let it dry back out completely before you put it back on.
Use a Leaf Blower
Great video! Thank you. Subbed
Thanks
Hi, I did all this to clean the dryer well and it was crazy how much lint there was. My problem is that when I turn it on it sounds like somethings rubbing (like the fabric seal) on the front. There’s also a burning smell.
Also, should the seal thing on the front wall be a thick felt like strip?
Update: it’s not spinning freely
Can I vacuum the the back of the drum from the inside of the dryer just to prevent build up?
I vacuum what I can reach out just bc I don’t have help to take the drum out
hi, I watched a few of your videos, but I could not find an answer to my dryer issue. I have a gas GE dryer 335008. It starts to spin, shortly after, it is a noise like an aircraft that’s taking off ( of course not very loud, but crescendo) and in a few seconds it shuts off. Any idea what can be and if I can fix by myself? thank you.
It’s always hard to guess what’s wrong without actually seeing the dryer. But my best guess would be either the fan has come disconnected from the motor or has something stuck against it. This usually happens if the lint filter was not on while the dryer was running. It could also just be a Motor going bad.
One other thing you could check is if the drum is still spinning while it’s making the noise.
Good luck
I have a new GE Laundry Center and I have been having a lint problem. There is so much lint coming out of my vent that it is creating a huge white mess on my black roof. I just realized today that I have been using regular Tide detergent in it and it is an HE machine. Could that be the source of the problem? Thanks for your feedback.
I have seen some have a little bit of Lent stuck where the filter is supposed to sit. It will make this filter not quite get all the way in to place. The filter will slightly be sitting up and allowing unfiltered air flow around the edge of the filter. Check that also check the filter itself for a hole.
Mine is overheating and after i turn it on, it turns off after like 15 minutes and smells a little bit like burning. Any idea what can be problem?? Im going to open it to clean it up but not sure if that will solve the peoblem. Thanks
Definitely don’t keep running it if it is getting hot. Unplug it and see if it’s clogged up. That’s 99% of the time the problem. When they’re clogged up there’s not enough airflow and they overhead.
In GE’s there’s a common clog right underneath the filter. Also check for kinked exhaust line or stopped up outside vent flapper.
I put a belt on now it’s not heating up can you help me out
That’s strange if it was heating beforehand. I would unplug it. Take the drum back out to make sure the heating element is in good shape and the thermal fuse is not blown.
Awesome video really appreciated to explaining all things so detailed ❤❤❤
Thanks a lot ❤
Mine doesn't have the screws in the front door area. :|
Great video and very helpful. Still have a problem though. After a thorough vent cleaning, I still have a tremendous amount of moisture accumulating inside the drum. Vent is clear, and it also appears as condensation on the stainless steel plate on the back of the drum. The entire vent system is actually very wet. Help!
Behind the stainless steel plate is a common place for lint buildup to happen. Take a flashlight and see if there is a large amount of lint built up around the edge of the stainless steel plate. If there is lint buildup there you’ll have to remove the drum completely. Do not attempt to push the lint out without taking the drum out of the machine. Just behind that stainless steel plate is the heating element and you do not want to push lint onto it.
@@WasherDryerMoney What about the moisture? After unplugging, and sliding the dryer away from the wall, literally every inch of the ventilAtion is wet
@@brainmeece5218 that is odd I’m not sure without actually looking at it. Airflow is usually the most common problem for a dryer. One thing you can check is blowing out well from the back of the machine and after you plug it in to the exhaust line if it’s blowing out well from the outside of the house. It should push out about as hard as a hair dryer on High.
Also make sure the door seal is properly working. Otherwise it will suck air from around the door and not through the heating element.
That exact dryer worked A1 until last night i accidently pushed the start button too quickly and made a sound like if something slipped.. and opened the sides from the back and the belt is in the right spot but its making lot of noise and seems to gets too hot too ... i dont get it ... it was working A1 before that press..
Difficult to say maybe the fan is not turning because it broke loose of the shaft. Hard to say without looking at it.
@@WasherDryerMoney can I remove the tub and start the motor to see if the fan spins or without the weight of the tub it’s gonna spin too fast the fan?
@@imperius_lxxvii9999 if you can get to the fan it will be very obvious if it is broken loose. You will not have to turn it on. In fact be sure to have the machine unplugged when you open it. Very dangerous to have a dryer plugged in while you’re working on it.
@@WasherDryerMoney I did check the fan when I opened it 2 days ago and everything looked normal to me I guess and I could turn it kinda freely
@@imperius_lxxvii9999 it should turn easy when you have a Dryer opened up. The difference will be if you can turn up the fan and the shaft of the motor does not turn. That means it has broken loose of the shaft of the motor. This is a very rare problem and probably not it. But it’s all I can think of without actually looking at it.
Hi. Would this video apply to a GE DBLR333ET0AA? I have one that appears to have been run with no lint filter at all and now it has a very low volume of air discharge out of the exhaust.
Most GE’s with filters on the inside are very similar. Definitely if your dryer was running without a filter lint is going to be built up everywhere inside the dryer. It’s very dangerous and you’ll have to probably take the drum out and clean all around it as well.
@@WasherDryerMoney Good news. I took it apart today. I think it was an older model but it was very similar to the one in your video. It was blocked up with lint in the exact same spot on the front panel down near the exhaust blower. I cleaned that and everywhere else in the dryer. I don't think there is a single speck of lint left anywhere inside the dryer. It now blows plenty of air and is running perfect. Thanks for your help by posting the video. I'm trying to get in good with the chick who owns the dryer and I think she was very impressed.
Good luck with the girl.
I hope you got a lint filter for it now. I would never use it without one.
@@angelaackerman8934 Yes I did. Thanks.
I have one of the new digital GE dryers(looks exactly like the one you have here on this video) I bought it 2 years ago, It has been a great dryer but now the numbers started flickering and the dryer is acting up, sometimes it won't turn off even if you press the power button. It'll work on certain modes like bulk, but not to dry cotton.. Could this be related to what you're demonstrating here or it sounds more complicated, like a sensor or something?
Anytime a machine gets a digital board they’ll act weird compared to hey manual timer machine.
It’s always a good idea to make sure they’re not for Lent but it could be something as simple as the plug that goes into the dryer has a loose bolt. Before you mess with anything with Power be sure to unplug the dryer.
@@WasherDryerMoney That makes sense. I’ll check all lose connections first and of course disconnect that 220v from the wall. Thank you 👍🏻
Thanks for your time..... but I was giggling when u had the drum off cleaning the back end u kept saying... hit this hole .....hit this hole... hit this hole... sorry I. A male....
I got a ge dryer that shuts off after 30 seconds. It spins and heats but then shuts down.
Interesting maybe a bad motor. Not really had that issue before with a GE
@@WasherDryerMoney it turned out to be a cracked knob that wasnt turning the timer. When i turned the timer with a pair of pliers it ran fine
I have a GE GFDS140ED1WW and this video does not help me at all
Jesus was eating food
someone who uses raunchy cologne put incompletely washed (FAR from completely) dirty clothes into the dryer and now the dryer is contaminated and every search result is a goofy video on this LINT topic dammitt ! 😖
What if we don’t have an air compressor? And how do I disconnect the light wire?
So I have to take it completely apart😬
Yeah, just take it step-by-step. Also make sure the line from the dryer to the outside of the house has not stopped up. Good luck.
Fixed the squeaking by replacing the shroder and glide tabs... but now the dryer is getting extremely hot only on the back metal panel after about 5 to 10 mimutes.. so confused. Any thoughts?
Definitely do not continue to run the dryer if it’s getting hot. That’s very dangerous.
More than likely, it’s an airflow problem.
GE dryers have a weird spot that collects lint in the back of the drum. To get it out you pretty much have to take the drum back off.
Another thing to check for is a grounded heating element. This means the heating element is touching the frame of the dryer. It will come on and stay on and overheat the dryer. Less common then airflow problem, but it does happen occasionally. Good luck and be sure not to run the dryer until it is fixed.
@@WasherDryerMoney thx. For the response. I took the drum out and cleaned all the dust/lint in the back of drum. Hoping that will do it. Tried assembling drum back on and noticed there was no o-ring. So, trying to find one @ hardware store as ordering it will take to long. Smh