Dryer Heating Element

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jmellc said:
It was actually a thermal fuse link. I went to closest Sears & the parts dept closed in August. Called the other one in town and got a phone tree where I asked for Parts, Service & Repairs. Line stayed busy. I went across town to it and was told they didn't have a parts dept. I simply said "no wonder Sears is dying". I returned home & ordered the part from their website. I saw too, that the site transposed the part number to something else. I later checked a Whirlpool site & saw it is a Whirlpool part. I went Saturday to our local parts store and got it for half the price. I will keep the one I ordered as a spare.

I should have thought of this from the beginning, but hindsight is always perfect.

Yes, Sears is dying for sure. Just need a date on the death certificate. I have had a lot of irritations with them over the years. Only reason I went back at all was they did have a few good people in parts dept and a few clerks here & there who I liked. My loyalty was to those few employees, not to Sears. I quit buying Craftsman tools years ago. Screwdrivers kept breaking tips & cutters had poorly aligned blades, etc. I bought a battery drill there & ordered a new battery a year later. Battery fit my drill but not my charger. I bought a razor knife that was a shelf item. Blades were a special order. Messy stuff like that.

1 former boss had us doing appliance installs for Sears about 12 years ago. I urged him not to do it but he needed the money, the little they paid. It lasted about 2 months. We got barely half the install fee and did all the work. We picked up the new one at the store, installed at the home and carried the old one away. We got $85 out of it, so we were nearly free labor.
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My experience is with a Maytag washer I have. Drive hub keeps shearing splines on the hub, I have replaced it several times since owning the washer. Local Maytag store is also a repair/parts center $25 for the hub. Sears parts direct has same hub for only $5-6, but may take couple weeks before you get it. I ordered 4 or 5 of them the last time I needed one. Same part is supposed to fit many washers in several brands - I think it is getting to where a lot of them are all made from same components anymore and maybe even assembled on the same line, and sold to different distributors that used to manufacture under a particular name, they may have minor differences in specifications, but major components are all the same.
 
jmellc said:
I found a bad thermostat but am unsure about the heating element. It is labeled 5400 watt, 240 volt. That should ohm out to about 22 ohms, 18 at 80% rule. A Youtube video says it should ohm about 16. I am getting 10 ohms.
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Sounds about right.
 
kwired said:
My experience is with a Maytag washer I have. Drive hub keeps shearing splines on the hub, I have replaced it several times since owning the washer. Local Maytag store is also a repair/parts center $25 for the hub. Sears parts direct has same hub for only $5-6, but may take couple weeks before you get it. I ordered 4 or 5 of them the last time I needed one. Same part is supposed to fit many washers in several brands - I think it is getting to where a lot of them are all made from same components anymore and maybe even assembled on the same line, and sold to different distributors that used to manufacture under a particular name, they may have minor differences in specifications, but major components are all the same.
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I haven't done any work on washers but I need to learn. We have a small issue with our washer too. It doesn't always spin when it should. Have to manually set it to spin sometimes. I suspect a timer issue maybe?

The little I've done, I like being able to get parts locally so I don't gave to pay shipping and wait for the part. We can really get behind without washer & dryer.

The little I know of hiring techs, it is nearly cheaper to buy a new or used machine and take old one to a local guy who rebuilds appliances. He fixes what he can, strips parts from other stuff and takes leftover scrap to scrapyard nearby. He sells used appliances for reasonable prices. It naturally costs a lot for a guy to come to the house, diagnose the problem and have to go out for parts if he doesn't have them.

Growing up in our small town, most of us bought appliances from our 1 dealer in town. He did free delivery and charged very little for service calls. Parts were the main cost. He could more easily do that, as much of his service area was about a 5-10 mile radius. Much of that was our 1 or 2 square mile town. He knew good service kept our business too. He may have added charges for further trips out. That would have been reasonable.

I sure loved the old Maytag commercials with their lonely repairman. They were hilarious. Their new ones are OK but nothing like the old ones. :)
 
norcal said:
No, they are selling Crapsman, Stanley Black & Decker owns the brand.
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Dime's worth of difference. I still don't see why they want Craftsman in their stores. I've had some of their Kobalt tools and they are much better than Craftsman IMHO.

Does Craftsman still have a good name in some circles? Like people who've been living on Mars?
 
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