A stuck dryer drum in a basement apartment taught me to check the felt seal first

I was on a call for a noisy Whirlpool dryer in a basement unit over in the West End. The owner said it was making a grinding sound, and I assumed it was the usual worn-out rollers. After getting the front panel off, I found the drum was completely seized. It turned out the felt seal around the front had completely disintegrated and jammed everything up, a problem I hadn't seen in about two years. Anyone else run into this specific failure on older models, and what's your go-to fix for it?

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hill.troy17d ago

Ever seen a felt seal actually lock up a whole drum like that? I've had them get noisy and worn down, but to completely jam the works seems pretty rare. Are you sure there wasn't something else going on, like a roller bracket bent out of place or a belt issue first? That much felt gunk would have been screaming for a while before it fully seized.

elizabeth_bailey2617d ago

Saw my buddy's dryer lock up from felt once.