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id suggest the belt may be broken or loose, have you tried with no clothes in it? a lighter load might relieve stress on a loose belt and allow the drum to spin. since heat and fan works, i would not suspect motor failure, as safety mechanisms should not allow heat while the drum isnt spinning.
could be a broken mount or bracket between motor and drum as well
Probably a broken belt or it came off the drive roller. Can you hear the motor running? Dryers are very simple, just a big drum with a belt and motor to spin it and a heating element with a thermostat for temp. Finally a fan to blow air which frequently gets clogged with lint. You can take the front off most dryers and see everything you need. Unplug it first.
The humming noise indicates the motor is either trying to run, but not doing so because of a bad motor or capacitor, or the motor IS running but cannot spin the drum because the drive belt is off/broken. If you can spin the drum easily by hand, the belt is probably the problem.
either the motor is defective or the drum belt is broken or off the pulleys, if you can't hear the motor start and run w/o belt attached and it just buzzes the motor start cap could be bad
So,. basically your drum doesnt turn. SO your getting heat still even though the drum isnt turning. Is this right? Sounds strange??? Do you hear any humming noise when you push the start button? I need to know a little more about the problem because im kinda confused as how you decribed the problem. Iv never seen a dryer heat but the drum not spinning. especially your model dryer. Its electric heat right? because if the drum doesnt spin, maybe your motor is bad. and if your motor is bad, then your heating element wont heat up because the centrifical switch in the motor is not switching to complete the circuit to the heating element. So this is why im confused when you said" Dryer heats when knob turned but when "push button" pressed, drum doesnt run." Because your belt wraps around the motor pully and the motor is what makes the drum turn. Like i said, i never seen this model dryer heat with out the motor operating. So if you can give me some more info, ill do my best to help you out....Thanks!!!!
The most likely cause is a broken belt. Of course there are other possibilities, but start with the most likely. If you hear the motor running and if it's blowing air out the exhaust vent, then you probably need a new drive belt to spin the drum.
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