Comments for Appliance Repair http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on I groped to solve a squeaky Frigidaire dryer without replacing parts? by Joseph the Gray http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/i-groped-to-solve-a-squeaky-frigidaire-dryer-without-replacing-parts/#comment-19 Joseph the Gray Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:31:45 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/i-groped-to-solve-a-squeaky-frigidaire-dryer-without-replacing-parts/#comment-19 Yes. Use wax like from a candle on the drive belt. Don't hurt yourself. Yes. Use wax like from a candle on the drive belt. Don’t hurt yourself.

]]> Comment on I groped to solve a squeaky Frigidaire dryer without replacing parts? by Liquidator1 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/i-groped-to-solve-a-squeaky-frigidaire-dryer-without-replacing-parts/#comment-18 Liquidator1 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:35:37 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/i-groped-to-solve-a-squeaky-frigidaire-dryer-without-replacing-parts/#comment-18 There are a dozen things that could be wrong. The most likely cause, however, is that the belt is old. A belt hardens with age it then tends to slip a little while running which creates friction and therefore heat which accelerates the aging process of the rubber and the squeaking turns into squealing which indicates more friction and more heat and soon the belt breaks. If that is the problem and the belt is not yet too hard/brittle, it is possible to stop the noise by tightening the belt which is done by loosening the bolt that holds the pulley in place and moving the pulley a little bit (not too much) to put a little more tension on the belt and then retightening the pulley holddown bolt. Replacing the belt yourself is not terribly difficult but you have to know how or be mechanically inclined. Squeaking can also be caused if the metal pulley itself has lost lubrication in which case you can add a drop of motor oil or similar lubricant to the center of the pulley (NOT to the belt or anywhere near the belt). It could also be a motor bearing which means the motor would have to be replaced since small motors like those are typically not meant to be relubricated. PS, do NOT apply WD-40 or any lubricant to the belt. That will make the belt slip and you'll get rid of the noise, but the dryer will not work! There are a dozen things that could be wrong. The most likely cause, however, is that the belt is old. A belt hardens with age it then tends to slip a little while running which creates friction and therefore heat which accelerates the aging process of the rubber and the squeaking turns into squealing which indicates more friction and more heat and soon the belt breaks. If that is the problem and the belt is not yet too hard/brittle, it is possible to stop the noise by tightening the belt which is done by loosening the bolt that holds the pulley in place and moving the pulley a little bit (not too much) to put a little more tension on the belt and then retightening the pulley holddown bolt. Replacing the belt yourself is not terribly difficult but you have to know how or be mechanically inclined. Squeaking can also be caused if the metal pulley itself has lost lubrication in which case you can add a drop of motor oil or similar lubricant to the center of the pulley (NOT to the belt or anywhere near the belt). It could also be a motor bearing which means the motor would have to be replaced since small motors like those are typically not meant to be relubricated. PS, do NOT apply WD-40 or any lubricant to the belt. That will make the belt slip and you’ll get rid of the noise, but the dryer will not work!

]]> Comment on Relatively new to San Diego area…? by Jeff http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/relatively-new-to-san-diego-area/#comment-17 Jeff Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:04:07 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/relatively-new-to-san-diego-area/#comment-17 yep, already deleted! yep, already deleted!

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by jst4pat http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-16 jst4pat Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:24:52 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-16 At the Gilroy Ca. Hi-way 101 truck weigh station, they have large signs on the closed truck bay doors. STOP DO NOT ENTER UNTIL DOOR IS OPENED.. At the Gilroy Ca. Hi-way 101 truck weigh station, they have large signs on the closed truck bay doors. STOP DO NOT ENTER UNTIL DOOR IS OPENED..

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by macerally http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-15 macerally Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:43:07 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-15 Thanks I love these. Thanks I love these.

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by old fart http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-14 old fart Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:38:17 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-14 on the back of peters sausage company truck sausage eaters prefer peters on the back of peters sausage company truck
sausage eaters prefer peters

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by WACVET75 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-13 WACVET75 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:27:55 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-13 Thank you, I love getting up and finding things like this. A shrink years ago suggested that everyone read the funny's in the newspaper every morning. He said studies had found people who started their days with a laugh, had lower blood pressure, was less likely to have a heart attack that day, less likely to have a stroke that day. Was more pleasant to work for on that day, and more likely to get more work done. Children who read them or even had them read to them had better results on tests and we less likey to fight with sibblings. I have tried to to that every day, some days I don't and I always wonder if I was more of a grump that day? Thank you again for starting my day off with a good laugh. Thank you, I love getting up and finding things like this. A shrink years ago suggested that everyone read the funny’s in the newspaper every morning. He said studies had found people who started their days with a laugh, had lower blood pressure, was less likely to have a heart attack that day, less likely to have a stroke that day. Was more pleasant to work for on that day, and more likely to get more work done. Children who read them or even had them read to them had better results on tests and we less likey to fight with sibblings.
I have tried to to that every day, some days I don’t and I always wonder if I was more of a grump that day? Thank you again for starting my day off with a good laugh.

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by SapphireB http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-12 SapphireB Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:27:42 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-12 I like those. I don't recall the man's name, but there is a sign (if you will) hanging on the wall in the court house in Hugo, Oklahoma on the second floor to the right as soon as you are at the top of the stairs that has "(his name), died during erection (date he died)." What it is really saying is he died during the erection of the building of the court house. They just worded it wrong. I was told about it by my ex-father in law as he lives there in Hugo. One day while we were there visiting, he took us there to see the sign. I wished a 1,000 times that I had taken a picture of that. I like those. I don’t recall the man’s name, but there is a sign (if you will) hanging on the wall in the court house in Hugo, Oklahoma on the second floor to the right as soon as you are at the top of the stairs that has “(his name), died during erection (date he died).” What it is really saying is he died during the erection of the building of the court house. They just worded it wrong. I was told about it by my ex-father in law as he lives there in Hugo. One day while we were there visiting, he took us there to see the sign. I wished a 1,000 times that I had taken a picture of that.

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by Gladys http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-11 Gladys Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:17:48 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-11 Sid, those were a hoot. It makes you wonder why someone would even consider eating a urinal cake? Only in Wisconsin . . . I can say that since that's where I live! These remind me of an ad I saw in the yellow pages promoting the phone company. It just happened to be on the page with the funeral home listings. It read: "Miss the ones you love, reach them with long distance." Thanks for the laugh! Sid, those were a hoot. It makes you wonder why someone would even consider eating a urinal cake? Only in Wisconsin . . . I can say that since that’s where I live!

These remind me of an ad I saw in the yellow pages promoting the phone company. It just happened to be on the page with the funeral home listings. It read: “Miss the ones you love, reach them with long distance.”

Thanks for the laugh!

]]> Comment on Q & A: Silly signs? by mister ed http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-10 mister ed Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:17:39 +0000 http://appliances.dostuffbetter.com/appliancerepair/q-a-silly-signs/#comment-10 i like the one i saw in your part of country "live boiled crayfish"!!! also the only place i saw signs for "convent store"!!! i like the one i saw in your part of country “live boiled crayfish”!!! also the only place i saw signs for “convent store”!!!

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