Spinning drum Motor running and heater working, but drum doesn't spin. Belt is intact though... Does the TDC32P Aquarius have a belt tensioner?

SOURCE: drum not turning

no brushes in those motors you need new one or different dryer

Curtis Sewell

• 7482 Answers
• Posted on Nov 11, 2009

SOURCE: I have power to the dryer, drum not spinning?

ALWAYS UNPLUG YOUR DRYER BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DO ANY WORK ON IT.
Sounds like your problem may be a belt may have slipped off of the motor pulley, or idler arm pulley.
If you have to replace or check the drum belt and if you have a front loading machine.
Remove the electrical console that holds the timer switch, start switch, etc. from the top of the dryer. Be real careful not to knock any of the wires off of the timer switch. Then remove the top of the dryer.
Remove the front of the machine, this will expose the belt and drum, remove the drum and belt and this will expose the drum rollers, idler arm bracket with pulley, and motor with pulley. Pay attention to the route of the belt, this will come in handy when you go to reinstall the belt and drum.
Sometimes the belt will slip off of the idler arm or motor causing the drum not to turn.
While you have the drum out, I would recommend that you lubricate the drum rollers at the shaft of the roller with a good grade of machine oil like 3 in One oil. This will save you a problem later with the rollers getting noisy, also check your drum rollers for flat spots, if they have flat spots on them this will cause a noise like a thumping type noise. You will need to replace the drum rollers if they have flat spots on them.
I will include these two websites for parts and further help:
http://www.partselect.com/
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/index.aspx
Both also have chat assistance 24/7.
Good luck,
I hope this helps

Barry Coates

• 3463 Answers
• Posted on Jan 28, 2010

SOURCE: Replacing the belt on a Hotpoint VDT20P

There is a tool avaiable, but it is about £30.00.
The belt is meant to be tight, as it is a stretch belt.
You really have to pull down hard on the belt to get it round the motor pulley.
It is better if you can get someone to help you, as this gives you more pulling power, but WATCH YOUR FINGERS.
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Thankyou.

Testimonial: "Thanks for your advice, in the end it was a mixture of strength and using a screwdriver to stretch it onto the drive shaft. Its harder than it looks. "