20 Most Recent GE DVLR223 Dryers Questions & Answers

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

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Sounds like you have bearings problems that need need grease. Normally the drum rests on two separate bearings up front and one located at the drum center at the rear. Since you know how to take it apart you should be able to locate the bearings. A mall amount of general purpose grease will do the trick. The scatching noise may come from loose object floating around, may be a shirt button ? investigate. Good luck and good repairs. A dryer repair is not too difficult since you have already checked to condition of the belt...Here an extra tip for the performance of your dryer, always clean the screen air filter with soap an water to remove the invisible screen deposit by the Fabric Freshner Sheet also called Fleecy. This will allow air flow to exhaus the dryer more freely.

Regular heat is hotter and sould be a shorter run time.

bad drum bearing, bad drum teflon pads or both possibly or both possibly or in combination the belt could need replacing & if your not sure get a service tech so you dont do more damage

sounds more like a thermostat

Check the belt.

you'll have to call in a tech to check it out or replace the dryer,nobody can answer that question without being there and checking the dryer with a meter,if the wires from the timer touched metal and i can't see how that happened unless someone worked on it without unplugging it you could have cooked just about any wire or part that those wires go to but then again you could change the timer and it could work but you have to check it with a meter first,that timer cost around 140 dollars,to much money to just guess at.

the model you sent is for a g.e. electric dryer

Most likely you have a burnt element....A good handy man could replace the element fairly easily.. Cost of a new element about $50-$75

Get a piece of hose and listen to each bearing. The hose should help isolate the problem.

Thermal Fuse

What is the make and model?

Check the door switch for continuity. Here is the switch to order in case it is bad.

The fuse is located on the heater element which is bolted to the back wall behind the drum. I have several home movies and repair pix on my DIY blogpage:PAW PAWs DIY GE HOTPOINT DRYER Repair page If you need further help, reach me via phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/dan_73bbd84fe1d95b61

Does the heat start and stop or does the drum?