Three appliances died in one week, my washing machine quit on a Tuesday

My fridge went silent Monday morning, the dryer drum seized up Tuesday, and the washing machine just filled and drained on repeat Wednesday. I managed to swap a $8 capacitor in the fridge and found a stuck sock in the pump on the washer, has anyone dealt with a seized dryer drum before or am I looking at a new machine?

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casey_torres6016d ago

Wait, did you try turning the drum by hand when it was empty? I've seen seized drums on older dryers where the belt snaps and wraps around the drum roller, locking everything up, but sometimes its just the drum support rollers that are frozen solid. Is the drum making a scraping sound if you force it, or is it completely locked tight?

brian_kelly9116d ago

Nah, you're overthinking it. 99% of the time if the drum won't budge, it's just the belt wedged tight around the roller. I've seen it a dozen times. Yank the belt off, and suddenly the drum spins free. Those support rollers do seize up, but usually they just squeak or drag, not lock it solid. Way simpler than chasing a frozen roller issue first.