Dryer Was Not Spinning – Here Is How I Fixed It

There’s nothing more infuriating having washed your clothes than to find out that your tumble dryer isn’t spinning, leaving you with a pile of wet laundry and no way to get it dry.

If you’ve had this issue before, you’ll know how annoying it can be, not too mention, expensive if you’ve had to call the experts to take a look at it.

Although on occasion, the issue may be severe enough to warrant an expert giving it a once over, or putting it into the shop for a repair, the good news is that 90% of the time, these issues can be resolved by yourself, with little to no cost, quickly from the comfort of your home. Not bad, huh?

Follow our 5 tips below, and you’ll never have to ask yourself why is dryer not spinning?

As we’ll have your dryer spinning and winning in next to no time, leaving you to focus on what really matters, the next bag of laundry that needs doing.

• Broken Belt
• Broken Idler Pulley
• Worn Out Drum Roller Or Axle
• Damaged Drum Glide
• Jammed Rear Drum Bearing
• Malfunctioned Motor

A Broken Drive Belt.

Broken drive belts are a common issue in older dryers, or they can occur just through lousy luck, always when it’s least convenient.

This sounds like a complicated issue, but with a little patience and direction, you can fix this issue yourself, with next to no stress or strain.

Really, any abled body person should be able to take care of this issue on their own.

A drive belt rotates the dryers drum; over time, this can wear away and eventually snap.

To replace the drive belt, you will need to find the correct belt for your dryer; this information is easily accessible on our website simply by entering your dryers model number into our repair help search bar.

Once you have the proper belt model, you will need to remove your dryer’s front panel and the front bulkhead to give you access to the innards!

Then simply follow the manufacturer’s instructions for popping the new one in, it’s easy enough.

There’s nothing more infuriating having washed your clothes than to find out that your tumble dryer isn’t spinning, leaving you with a pile of wet laundry and no way to get it dry.

If you’ve had this issue before, you’ll know how annoying it can be, not too mention, expensive if you’ve had to call the experts to take a look at it.

Although on occasion, the issue may be severe enough to warrant an expert giving it a once over, or putting it into the shop for a repair, the good news is that 90% of the time, these issues can be resolved by yourself, with little to no cost, quickly from the comfort of your home. Not bad, huh?

Follow our 5 tips below, and you’ll never have to ask yourself why is dryer not spinning?

As we’ll have your dryer spinning and winning in next to no time, leaving you to focus on what really matters, the next bag of laundry that needs doing.

• Broken Belt
• Broken Idler Pulley
• Worn Out Drum Roller Or Axle
• Damaged Drum Glide
• Jammed Rear Drum Bearing
• Malfunctioned Motor

A Broken Drive Belt.

Broken drive belts are a common issue in older dryers, or they can occur just through lousy luck, always when it’s least convenient.

This sounds like a complicated issue, but with a little patience and direction, you can fix this issue yourself, with next to no stress or strain.

Really, any abled body person should be able to take care of this issue on their own.

A drive belt rotates the dryers drum; over time, this can wear away and eventually snap.

To replace the drive belt, you will need to find the correct belt for your dryer; this information is easily accessible on our website simply by entering your dryers model number into our repair help search bar.

Once you have the proper belt model, you will need to remove your dryer’s front panel and the front bulkhead to give you access to the innards!

Then simply follow the manufacturer’s instructions for popping the new one in, it’s easy enough.