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Section 5 Service Procedures
To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the dryer(s) before servicing.
• Close gas shut-off valve to gas dryer(s) before servicing.
• Never start the dryer(s) with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the dryer is properly grounded.
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WARNING
50. CABINET
a. Remove the three screws holding the control
assembly to the control hood rear panel. See
Figure 4.
b. Rotate the assembly forward to access inner
wiring.
c. Disconnect wiring from inner components and
carefully remove components from control
hood assembly.
NOTE: Refer to wiring diagram when rewiring
component parts.
d. Rotate control hood assembly forward and lift
to free assembly from hold-down clips.
e. Remove two screws from bottom edge of lower
front access panel. See Figure 5.
f. Swing bottom of panel away from dryer to
disengage hold-down clips and locators from
bottom edge of front panel.
g. Remove two screws holding bottom tabs on
front panel to dryer side panels. See Figure 5.
Swing bottom of front panel away from dryer
far enough to disengage hold-down clips and
locators from cabinet top.
h. Disconnect wires from door switch. See
NOTE: Refer to wiring diagram when rewiring
switch.
i. Remove two cabinet top hold-down screws.
j. Lift cabinet top to a vertical position by hinging
it on the rear hold-down brackets. See
Figure 24.
NOTE: Cabinet top may be raised and hinged on
the rear hold-down hinges or supported against
wall behind dryer while servicing.
k. Carefully withdraw wire harness through hole
in cabinet top and lift the top off the hold-down
brackets. See Figure 24.
l. Disengage belt from motor and idler pulleys.
NOTE: When reinstalling belt, be sure belt is
properly installed on motor and idler pulleys and is
on the correct side of the idler lever. See Figure 19.
Belt must be positioned around cylinder between
center and rear baffle screws with the ribbed
surface against the cylinder. After installing belt,
manually rotate cylinder counterclockwise to check
that belt is properly aligned.
m. Remove four screws holding bulkhead to front
flange of cabinet and lift complete bulkhead
assembly out of slots in cabinet. See Figure 25.
n. Carefully remove cylinder out through front of
dryer.