View Full Version : Squeaky Frigidaire dryer and GE the same?
boogie32b
Jan 11, 2007, 05:25 PM
After reading the posts where applguy helped so many people with their squealing Frigidaire dryers, I'm wondering if the same instructions would work on a GE. My dryer has the same symptoms. Any one know if the insides of these two dryers are similar?
ballengerb1
Jan 11, 2007, 05:53 PM
Dryers aren't identical but most are very, very similar on the inside. They all have an electric motor that rotates a drum via a flat fan belt. There are wheels or roller keeping the drum in place. There is also some mechanism that keeps the fan belt tight, a tensioner. The wheels and tensioner are the source of 95% of all the squeeks, so yes the instruction would apply to your machine.
y4hdesigns
Jan 13, 2007, 09:38 AM
Following info on this site, I had a GE dryer doing the squeaking thing, and the stuff here was right on... it was the rear drum bearing. In my case, I ordered the part for it, $15. Easy stuff, and while I wait, I lubed it up, and it fixed the problem, but I'm assuming that will go away soon enough. Good luck!