This really was a fail. My dryer timer knob broke off.
It's not a break that you just try to find a new knob, or use pliers to turn the rod instead of the knob.
The plastic sleeve the knob fits over broke.
Darn little hard plastic piece and now I may have to replace the entire timer to be able to use the dryer.
Timer are not cheap. Online, I see they're going for from $70 to $130. Can you believe that?
I can't glue it back together so it'd be strong enough.
That's the inside of the timer in the video I guess I should say. I took it off the dryer to see if I could somehow glue together that plastic piece that broke somehow. The plastic sleeve is also part of that central round white plastic piece, the crucial timer setter. I doubt I could just find that.
Well, I do a lot of cat laundry here, and I need to get this fixed fast.
big sigh. I hope you can find a quick and inexpensive solution. Soon.
ReplyDeleteKeep studying it and after a night's sleep, something might come to you. Could you wire in an on/off switch if the timer is not essential?
ReplyDeleteSeems like I could figure a way to bypass the timer and just turn it off and on, with a switch.
DeleteDo you ever look into Free Cycle or Pay Nothing, or similar groups? Maybe you could find someone giving away a dryer there. Sometimes when people replace their washer, they also replace a working dryer so they will have a matching set.
ReplyDeleteThe last washer I got off craigslist for $100 and its still working. It was from the family of an older lady who'd gone into assisted living. It's awesome, an old Maytag. It's worked for a lot of years.
DeleteI hope you find a solution soon. Hanging a lot of things out to dry is no fun.
ReplyDeleteYeah its not warm enough to get anything dry here.
DeleteI bit the bullet and ordered a new timer. Yikes they are expensive. I do need a working dryer however. It feels ridiculous because the only thing wrong with it is the broken plastic piece but because it broke, I can't use the dryer.
ReplyDeleteI did notice one of the cam levers is out of place. How in the world would that happen inside a closed box, I wonder. I've never taken it off before. Seems strange.
DeleteYikes. That's too bad. They make it harder to repair anything nowadays.
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