I have this exact dryer. It stopped working so I took the back off and the belt was completely shredded off. I Replaced that and it’s spinning again but now it’s not heating, any ideas on what I may have done wrong? Or is likely the heater has died too.?Single mum and id love to get it working again. I wish I had found this video from the start 😅

Hi Isky, great instructive videos .. well done!! My Simpson Dryer 6.5kg suddenly ran hot and then wouldn't heat at all. I think the heater has gone to heaven and I'll need to replace. You mentioned that you would do a video on replacing the heater, but I can't see to find one. Did you produce one? Can you help??

I have the same Westinghouse dryer, it's always been stiff to turn. Thanks for showing the idler and the capacitor replacement, I went looking for your video to see if the polarity of the capacitor mattered and you say it doesn't, so that's all good. I wish I'd seen your video earlier as your method of taking off the back was much quicker and easier than mine...

I have a stirling heat pump dryer that gives full error every 10 mins and restart works fine. Not sure how to fix it. Not interested to throw it away as it is just 3 years old and doing great if I can restart it every 10 mins

I have the same dryer. as soon as I start it the power runs through the lights and turn off what do you think it could be the issue? could it be thermal fuse ?

Good video, just had the same problem with my dryer, this helped!!

Thank you very much for your help!

Thanks For the great video!

Learnt so much fun your videos👍 I've got the 6kg Electrolux version only 3 years old of moderate use. It's making a really rough vibration noise. Pulled it apart and checked everything and cleaned out with no success. Idler, fan, rear bearing all seem immaculate. Unfortunately it seems to be the motor bit not to sure. Cheers

I just had to replace the drum belt for this machine. I thought it was going to be a big job but in the end it is relatively straight forward. Back panel is just screwed on, easy to get off enough for the belt. Motor is easily accessed when the front and rear fan cover and motor mounts are removed. I can say from experience though, the belt can be threaded the wrong way :( If it is loose, check the belt is threaded so that it has tension on the belt. Hopefully this will be the last repair for a few years. I have to do multiple repairs on this machine. It is about six years old.

Hey. Nice video. Im stuck on pulling the idle off. Is there suspose to be resistance?

I am looking of its motor the code is K58ZZJFA-2722

This is exactly my dryer which I suspect the motor needs to be replaced.. the motor rotates a couple of minutes but when the motor heats up it suddenly just stops spinning even without the belt and drum installed

Just thought I’d check in mate and see how you’re getting on with the restoration of your house, hope all is well.

My fisher and paykel ED45-U stops spinning after a couple of minutes of working and creates hisaing sound.. I suspect either the motor or the capacitor.. its hard to find parts here in victoria

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Saved me chucking an otherwise good dryer away.

Hey mate may I suggest you to have a UPS that way you can test the TV on site instead of getting a disappointment and wasting time.

Thank your so much what a thorough video step by step ordered and replaced the PULLEY IDLER ordered from Genuine APPLIANCE PARTS cost plus delivery $35 taken your advice and ordered a genuine part and not from EBay. Belt was in good condition. Like and subscribe thanks mate.

really nice video! thanks for sharing! I have an old dell u2711, some years ago it started to have a problem: it only works whe the brightness and contrast are set to low, when i try to increase any option, the screen turn off, i have to set them back to low (the buttons at the right lateral still works), turn off it and turn on again and the image appears.. after watch your video i opened it, tried to reatach the cables and done a little cleaning, but the problem persist, didn't find any bad capacitor on the boards too... i'm considering to replace the power supply board... do you think there's a higher chance of have another board with problem or have any other suggestion? Thanks for your videos! they are very useful!

Even if a Westinghouse/Electrolux dryer is not turning off or is taking a while to dry, I suppose that you can still use it on the timed dry settings.

Thank you for this video. Between this one and how to replace a pulley and belt, I have definitely saved time and significant amount of money.

Thanks just did it myself and didn’t need the husband

Why do you keep all those buggered idlers?

Thanks so much for the video; I've got the exact same model, opened it up and everything seems to be in fairly good nick. When face down, spun the drum around and it seemed to be noise free and turning smoothly. Back on its feet and I still can't get rid of what sounds like excessive grumble when the drum is turning only. Certainly louder to operate than when I first got it. It used to sound as quiet as when you got your one going. Any ideas? I'm about to lose my mind!

So sad 😢 I hope everything has been going great for you

Hey just fixed my dryer because of this video (same model). Interestingly that my fault seemed to be a combination of the spring holding the motor dislodging itself and also the bearing where the drum connects to the dryer back completely being shredded. Found an identically sized bearing for $1.80 from local HW store and dryer is back up and running. I guess it’s pretty old now so not sure how long it will last but I really appreciate this video mate. Well done!

Just used this video to repair my electrolux. Thank you

4:30 that's for the addwash feature

3:05 question for you if you have the answer. My partner just pulled apart our 8kg fisher and Paykel heat pump dryer as it was making a clanging sound with every drum rotation and he found it was this copper clip thing at the back centre of the drum. Didn't appear to be doing a lot except lifting and flicking the bolt every turn. He decided to just bend it back out of the way but I'm hoping it's not there for some serious reason. Looks like this clip you have on the back here at 3:05, any ideas? Thanks so much

why tv is misoriented it should be in the middle

Hey man you just saved me 200 bucks. 🎉

Thanks I appreciate that how do i check if motor is ok

Hey Mate, love your videos...... Have you ever Fixed a Stirling SHPD7 Heat Pump Dryer ?? My dryer now is not giving heat.... ive googled around people rekon the condenser might just be really filthy not letting air through.. .but im about to tear it down but it would be good if there was a video to show me what i have ahead of me.... any help would be appreciated....

How do you remove a stubborn pulley on a simpson eziset dryer.

Thanks for the your time making this video as i just picked up one of these dryers for free and needed to fix the belt and you were very helpful showing how to replace the drive belt cheers 👍

As funny as it might sound the current version of this Dryer the Westinghouse EasyCare 4.5kg, I do actually recommend it as a brand new dryer if someone is after a dryer that isn’t too fancy and just does the job then I’d say that these ones even though they are cheaper made are probably a winner.

I just want to say thank you! I have fixed my dryer twice now thanks to your videos! My husband wasn’t keen on me doing DIY but it’s only cost me $40 in total to replace to bearing, idler pulley and belt over 2 years on our second hand dryer 🤣

Cheers mate for reminding me how to do this. Just over 10 years ago, our Westinghouse dryer belt kicked the bucket, so I ordered two on-line and fixed it. The one I put on just broke as well and thankfully I still had that second one I ordered but could not remember how to install it. Your video saved me heaps of time! One thing I've noticed the first time I did this, was that the buggers are putting the travel path of the belt too close to the element, which slowly burns it away. Anyway, I've managed to get 20 years of service out of this dryer and hopefully another 10 are coming up. Cheers once again!

Thanks mate!! Saved me heaps! 😁 Only issue I have now is it sounds a bit thumpy, no issues with spinning and I took videos along the way, so everythings back where it should be (also ny my first time doing DIY haha) Any ideas what this could be?

I should have found your videos before I undid that last screw and had the plate get dislodged! We were replacing the door because the original one was completly cracked and split at the hinge side. We managed to take the back off the drier, and lay it on its face with part hanging over the edge (enough to se the screw holes). Then reached in from the back and moved the plate around until we could see the screw holes when looking up from under the front face (needed two people - one to move the plate and the other one lying on their back looking up at the screw holes). Got one screw in and then stood it back up for the rest of them. We were glad because we didn't fancy pulling the drum out! When reassembled, the new door would not trigger the micro switch for the door closed detection. Comparing the old and new doors, we found the reason: The replacement door's prong that pushes the switch was 3mm shorter than the original one (the new door was some sort of after-market version). We glued a small piece of plastic on the end to lengthen it and it works (no need to stick something in the hole to force the switch to "always on", which is dangerous).

Hi Mate Great Videos.

Very good, I will do this. Two questions: 1. How does pushing the clothes to the back help it start up? 2. What is the purpose of the vent deflector? The guy who installed mine 15 years ago didn't fit it, but luckily I still have it. I'm planning to fit it vertically, as you started to do. It looks like it will catch a lot of the lint flying out, instead of spraying the wall behind with it. Probably need cleaning out at some stage too?

Thanks for your video mate. Just saved me from buying a new dryer. Cost me $13 and half hour of my own time. Legend

Love the postie portion Hey I have one of these dryers but it’s dead no sound /or won’t power up any ideas what to check? Thanks

Have you ever done the rear bearing on one of these we have this exact one and it’s making load bearing noise on spin cycle

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Thanks you just remedied the sound coming from my dryer saving me a lot of time. Thanks heaps!

Great video

Thank u! U r awesome. Save our family lots of money buying new dryer