Questions & Answers for: how can i tell that the timer is bad on my dryer

...bad new one so I got another new timer (at $77.00 each) and it still does not work. Nothing is binding around the knob or timer mechanism. I'm stumped Please help! Maytag model # MDE7657BYQ HI, If ...

timer to tell it when to advance, and the other wire goes to the other thermostat (the high-limit thermostat), which is mounted to the heating element housing, to tell it when to cut the element on or

...be: the element the hi limit the timer OR a bad breaker It ain't the thermal fuse because if it was the dryer would not run'so that tells me you have a stopped up vent pipe or a bad heater

timer bad or are electronics bad ? Or how can you tell ?? please remove vent line from dryer,turn on see if timer starts to advance if so...possible vent line clogged...or dryer has plugged with lint.

...clothes properly. Any suggestions? If the vent and the heat are fine then the only other thing that could be going bad is the timer motor. The timer motor tells the dryer how long to heat the

...tell the timer to move. If your not getting any heat your sensor might not tell the timer to move. So lets start with the no heat problem. First make sure your Vent is clear or just disconnect the ...

...bad timer cause this problem? You can turn the timer to any setting and it will just stay where you turn it until you turn it to 'off'. The timer will never advance unless the thermostat tells it to, ...

...posted inside the back panel. If you can read it, you can figure out whether a thermostat controls the timer motor. (I've never had to work on a Whirlpool dryer control problem, so I can't tell

...timer would tell the burner when to be on and when to shut down. http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=265840&diagram_id=28265980#d28265980 21 Enlarge Photo Timer Part ...

tell if the timer has failed? does it rotate over a period of time .if not then it is bad and it could still be bad if it turns ok but does not heat properly the contacts can burn due to corrosion etc