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If the motor runs and the drum doesn't turn then most likely the belt is broken.

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  • Posted on Aug 10, 2011

SOURCE: When i tried to turn on the dryer, i get a humming

Hi,

There can be many reasons why your dryer will not start or turn...

The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor goingbad...

Here are a couple of tips that I wrote will help you to figure out why yourdryer will not run...

Dryer Repair - The Dryer is not Turning

Dryer Repair - The dryer will not start


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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 07, 2011

SOURCE: When i tried to turn

Hello,
Those symptons (humming/buzzing ¬ starting) are 99 out of a 100 times a sign of a motor that has locked up.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 19, 2011

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Hi, If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heatingthe most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glowssometimes it is still not working properly. if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip.... If you have an electric dryer, you can have many differentthings that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat. check outthis electric no heat tip...

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  • Posted on Jul 19, 2011

SOURCE: The dryer makes an electrical

Hello,
it could be the motor ,or perhaps the belt is broke but sounds more like the motor since ge uses a belt switch so if the belt were broke it would not even make the buzzing sound.
get some help from someone in the house and set the timer to any cycle,open the door and push in the door switch then have the other person engage the start switch while you rotate the drum if the dryer runs like that but wont start with the door closed and engaging the start switch as normal the start winding is bad on the motor and the motor would need to be replaced and the cost of that is about equal to a new dryer
Good luck!!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 16, 2011

SOURCE: ge dryer - buzzes when

Hi,

There can be many reasons why your dryer will not start or turn...

The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor goingbad...

Here are a couple of tips that I wrote will help you to figure out why yourdryer will not run...

Dryer Repair - The Dryer is not Turning

Dryer Repair - The dryer will not start


heatman101

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