Wow, ordering and installing the Dryer Drum Seal was easy. First of all, we were getting black marks on our clothes so I found a video online and they suggested that the drum seal may need to be replaced. Second, I got on Sear Parts Direct to find the seal and was so happy about how easy it was to find the part. I simply put in the model number of my dryer and the page came up with a picture of my dryer, even the blue color that it is, and several diagrams of all of the parts. The parts are all numbered so after finding the part, which was easy, all I had to do was scroll down to the number and order.
I have to admit, I was a little concerned about the installation so again, I looked online for a video. I could not find my exact dryer, however, it was close enough for me to get the idea of what to do.
I just wanted to state that I am a woman and that I performed the repair with my two daughters. We took the dryer apart in about thirty minutes, after unplugging it. The part that took the longest was cleaning the old adhesive off the drum. After installing the new seal we let it dry over night. It took us about forty-five minutes to put the dryer back together.
When we turned the dryer on it squeaked loudly, yikes. So, when we had the dryer apart we noticed that there was a lot of black stuff all over and that one of the wheels was not real secure. I order a new wheel and installed it rather quickly since we had learned so much the first time. When we turned on the dryer it did not make a sound. We can hardly tell that it is on. It works so nice, like bran new. I was so happy that we were able to perform this ourselves. I know that nobody would have cleaned my dryer the way we did and we had a lot of laughs during the process.