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TIL a loose screw on my dryer drum bearing was the culprit after 3 weeks of noise
I was working on a Whirlpool dryer in a client's basement last Tuesday. The thing sounded like a freight train when it spun. I spent 45 minutes checking the belt, the rollers, and the idler pulley before I noticed the drum bearing housing had a single loose 5/16 inch screw. Tightened it up and the noise vanished completely. Made me wonder how many times I've overcomplicated simple fixes. Anyone else ever chased a complex problem that turned out to be something basic like this?
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barbara_butler10d ago
My buddy spent two hours replacing a furnace filter that wasn't even dirty.
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coleman.henry10d ago
Yeah, that tracks. It's funny how we're wired to assume the worst when most of the time it's just one dumb little thing that got loose or wore out.
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