Where is the heating element in a dryer
How To Replace a Heating Element | Whirlpool Dryer Repair 279838
hi it's steve from partselect today
we're going to show you how to change
the heating element on your dryer it's
an easy repair all we need is a quarter
inch nut driver and a pair of needle
nose pliers very first thing that we
need to do is disconnect the power to
the driver but that's a plug merely
remove that from the socket if it's a
hardwire dryer we need to find the
source and disconnect the power there
second thing we need to do is remove the
dryer vent we need to pull the appliance
out because all of this repair is going
to be done from the back now we need to
remove all of the screws holding the
back panel on in this model there are
nine quarter inch screws
their back panel removed we now have
access to our heater element the first
step we need to do is remove the
high-limit thermostat from housing it
may be held on with a couple of
quarter-inch hex head screws or may be
just held on with the terminal arms
under the heater
next we will remove the two wires from
the heater terminals
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now we have two quarter inch hex head
screws in the middle on each side hold
the element to the housing we need to
remove those
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and the heater will just slide down and
over
to install our new heater locate our
terminals at the back on the bottom
slide the new heating element into the
housing lining up holes for the quarter
inch screws reinstall the quarter inch
hex head screws reinstall our thermostat
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reinstall our wires to the heater
terminals make sure they're firm tight
and that's it last thing we need to do
is put our back panel in place
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it really was an easy repair wasn't it
good luck with your repair
and thanks for watching
