Dryer Troubleshooting: How to Disassemble a GE Dryer | PartSelect.com

In the final video of our Dryer disassembly series, we'll take you through the disassembly of a General Electric (GE) Dryer. For those of you who have watched our Whirlpool and Samsung dryer disassembly videos, this video will provide much of the same content, but will be more specific to GE brand dryers.

Check out our Whirlpool/Samsung Dryer Disassembly Videos:

How to Remove the Top Console (0:55)
Components of Dryer Door (1:58)
How to Remove the Front Panel (2:15)
Components of the Front Panel (4:53)
How to Remove the Drum (5:25)
Components of the Rear Panel (7:12)

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[cyclicmusings]

Very informative video. I simply needed to take out the front panel so I could more easily get rid of who knows how many years of lint that had made it past the filter and settled on the intake of the blower motor. I put it back together and just ran a load to dry, so far so good - I was half worried I would reassemble it the "wrong way" but watching this video and just doing the disassembly in reverse helped a lot.

[joethurman]

Straight to the point. Clear instructions. Saved the day.

[peter.c.bailey]

Thanks for this - helped me when my dryer's drive belt snapped

[potaterjim]

Thanks to this, I was able to take apart my dryer and discover the cause of the horrible grinding squeaks it's been making: three missing drum glides!

[emosongsandreadalongs]

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[AlaskaErik]

Here's a pro tip from AlaskaErik. Not all GE dryers disassemble this way. Mine is a regular front loader that I bought in 2015. To disassemble mine, I have to remove two screws from the back and slide the control panel back and then rotate it forward. Then I have to remove the five screws holding the control panel access panel located in the rear of the control panel. Then I have to remove all the wiring hooked up to the various switches so the control panel can be removed and placed aside. Once that's done, then I can remove the two screws located above the front door opening, as well as two screws located at the back, so that the the top panel can be removed. After that, it's the same as in the video. It seems GE was bound and determined to make owner/user repairs much more complicated than they need to be. It's a safe bet they want to call the GE service technician. So far, on my dryer, I've had to replace the igniter and the drum bearing assembly. Those two service calls would have probably cost me $500 to $600 total. I didn't pay much more than that for the dryer to begin with. For something that's had an easy life with maybe 1000 to 1500 cycles, that's not a very good record. My last GE dryer that I bought, in 1991, was still going strong when I sold the house in 2006

But here's the best pro tip. More than likely, once you remove the back cover of the control panel, you'll find disassembly instructions and a schematic taped to the back of that back panel. You can also remove that panel first, even though that's not how GE sequences the disassembly process, in order to get that instruction sheet.

[gigigiggs]

just disassembled to replace the solenoids for my (similar model) GE gas dryer. Getting the belt back on the pulley was the hardest part, but the dryer is working like new!

Thanks for the great video.

[TheOLVERAS]

Muy bien…
Muchas gracias por su gran trabajo saludos desde mexico

[nathancook]

This was a perfect guide and easy to follow - thanks!

[lindapan]

My GE dryer didn’t work for one week, so I just found this video on YouTube and disassembled the machine following the steps. It’s incredible useful! And I found the problem of my dryer is the belt has been broken. Now my question is how I should choose the replacement belt if I can’t find the machine model😂

[packrat]

These newer dryers come apart a little differently than the old ones. Not as easily serviced as my old Whirlpool with a rear panel easily removed for access to element and various components. The concept of how it works is the same but the design of the components, the heating element especially is laid out much differently. Thanks. 👍