This video, along with a couple others, helped me fix a dryer for $12 myself, instead of who knows how many hundreds. Really sorry to hear of his passing - hope his family knows that he's still helping people every day.
Just learned of his passing, very sad. I sincerely hope the afterlife offers comfort for the tortured souls who can no longer bear the weight of existence.
Ohhh wow, I was just trying to find a way to contact him to thank him for the detailed videos that definitely saved me hundreds on a repair. So sad to know he's gone, but happy to see he still lives on helping people.
He passed away? This guy has helped me fix a few of my appliances. He has saved us common folk millions in all the repairs he's showed us how to do. He will truly be missed.
This is the first time I've ever commented - seriously, I had to create a CZcams account just to THANK YOU for this step-by-step dryer belt replacement! Clear, concise, no advertisements or being condescending. I fixed my dryer by myself following your instructions (and a lot of 'pause' button). Thank you very much for valuable service!
Thank you so much. I have NEVER been as extremely satisfied with a how to video, as I am with yours!!!! Crisp, clean,precise and exactly what was expected. No pointless tangents or wasted time. I am now subscribed. I appreciate you!!!
I wanted to say thanks for the great video. Here in 2024, this video helped me replace the belt on a newer Samsung Model. Wanted people to know that even though Bill is not longer with us, he is still helping people with his pragmatic step by step how to videos.
Bill!!!! Thank you sooooo much for helping me save money!!! I cant help but celebrate and do a happy dance!! Im a female and I fixed my dryer!!!! Saved myself $250! Paid $8 for my belt!!!
Today Sir! I’ve followed your steps carefully. Thank you for taking your time out to make this awesome video. My Dryer is like new again. I was able to clean the entire inside before I got down to installing new pulley and the belt. My wife is very grateful as I am. Thank you 🙏 Thank You! Awesomeness….!
This video has helped me twice now on the belt change out. For Bill's family, thanks for keeping this treasure of vids posted. His mannerisms, video direct format were supreme. I hope is memory lives on with his loved ones. Thanks again.
This was awesome! Snapped a belt washing football uniforms. Got an estimate for $400 to fix. Ordered a belt on Amazon for about $30 and my wife and I replaced it. I am 100% NOT mechanical but this video made it super easy!
Thanks so much, Bill! This video, and the one about diagnosing the noises helped me fix my dryer. One of the rollers wouldn't spin which wore down the metal in the pulley wheel and snapped the belt. I didn't have the correct angle to get in the back hole with my right hand, and definitely not enough space for two hands. And I didn't have enough strength for pushing with my left hand to thread the belt the way you showed. But I thought through it. I looped the belt under the motor from the right side and under to the left side of the pulley. Then, with my left hand, I lifted the pulley all the way up with my last two fingers, grabbed the belt to the right of the motor with my thumb, and squeezed (and grunted) until I got it slipped around the left side of the pulley wheel! Same result, but I looped around the motor and then the pulley rather than the pulley and then the motor like you did.
This video is awesome. It helped me fix my dryer when the belt broke. One thing, though -- the idler pulley spring on my unit was insanely stiff and I couldn't get the belt over the drive wheel. So I took the spring out -- its super easy to remove -- and stretched it with a set of pliers in each hand. That gave me the extra stretch to get the belt on.
This video allowed me to fix my dryer for $0 and fix it the night the issue occurred. I otherwise would have paid $100 for my home warranty to fix it and would’ve waited weeks for them to schedule a visit to come out. Happy house all around! Will be watching more videos as things come up. Very much appreciated!
Thank goodness there was a video guide that was instrumental to assisting my husband with the repair. Keep making videos because we need them. Thanks again Dennis and Denise.
Omg bill, thank you! You saved us $100s with this video! My neighbor helped me replace our dryer belt with this video and now it works great. Only glitch was using my phone as a flashlight and accidently leaving it inside! Was able to get it out after removing the vent cover 😁 Thanks again, keep posting!
thank you for your videos, we have a Samsung dryer that had power but stopped spinning. with your troubleshooting i was able to see that the belt was still on but loose.removed the vent tube to inspect the motor and found that the tensioner had melted from a bad bearing. ordered and replaced tensioner and with this video routed the belt correctly and reinstalled. success.
Thank you Bill. My husband fixed our 2 year old dryer last night using this video! He does not like to do home repairs, but you made it easy and inexpensive!
This video helped me put on a new belt that had broken and I also took the opportunity to do preventive maintenance by also replacing the heating element. 5 star video, Bill Newberry saved me a lot of money.
Bill, thank you very much for the well done video. I first saw your one about "Samsung Dryer Won't Start or Spin - Troubleshooting and Repair Guide" and was "happy" to see a broken belt when I took off the top panel. Only $8.64 and 24-hours later I a replacement from Amazon. My spouse and I worked together on the project. Removal of everything was very easy. I had a few stumbles on putting things back but nothing major. If I tried it again I would get it done in less than 30-mins. The biggest challenge was getting my gas dryer back on the periscope vent. We also cleared out a great amount of lint build up before the blower motor. We feel much safer now and we suspect that clothes will dry faster as well.
This is the what made and makes CZcams great. Last year I fixed a different issue and now I am replacing the belt. Without CZcams I would 100% have broken the drying trying to take it apart. It also helps a TON to see how the belt goes on visually. Thank you. A thumbs up for sure and a Thank you. A world where we all fix our own stuff (when we can) is a better place. And then call in the "big guns" for tough stuff and pay them for expertise. YOU ROCK.
This was amazing, I ordered the part and it came with the rollers, my husband asked why I got the other parts. I told him just in case. When he got the drum out the belt wasn't broken, it was the rollers! He replaced them and went ahead and put the new belt on so we wouldn't have to do it again. Thank You so much!
After watching your troubleshooting video I figured out my dryer popped the belt @8pm Sunday night full of kids school cloths for tomorrow 😁 now that I watched this video it's up in running in 15min! Thank you!
Thanks to this video I was able to fix my dryer's broken belt and destroyed idler pulley on my own. I'm a programmer not a handyman so this was a big deal to me. About $25 in parts and elbow grease. Saved me at least over $100. Thank you for this!!
Thank you. After hours of googling my Samsung and calling Samsung, I came across your video. Not only did I learn my dryer had a sensor on the belt tensioner, you gave me Easy steps to fix it. Samsung quite $275. With your help $15 and one hour of my life.
Dude, thank you for these awesome videos, I had no idea how to trouble shoot my Samsung (no codes came up) but by watching these great videos I had a good idea what to look for. Turns out the tension spring came off and damaged the belt. Went to parts store, and about hour later, good to go. Please keep up the great work
I just bought a shipping damaged Samsung dryer from Lowes for $550, usually $1200. Big dent in the right side lower towards the rear. Got it home and there was scrapping noise when it ran. Thanks for this video, I fixed it in ten minutes getting inside and beat the dent out a bit. Great dryer bargain price!
I was so mad I tried to use this video to fix mine and a saw you put the belt on then start putting it back together, I stopped the video started to try and figure it out on my own then I remembered you removed the vent on the back, came back to your video to watch the whole thing and it was just what I needed. Got it fixed with no issues . Thank you
I successfully replaced my dryer belt with this video. When I opened the dryer up, there was no belt. It had snapped due to wear. I checked the part number from Sears and ordered the belt off of Amazon. I dried a full 48 minute load and its running great. Thanks for the awesome and helpful video. You saved me $70 on a repairman.
Extremely helpful as my Samsung dryer stopped suddenly today. Followed video instructions and quickly realized I need a new idler pulley assembly. Saved myself some $$$ because of this gentleman!
What a superb video. I'm a bit of a Luddite, so I watched the video and wrote down the instructions on a card to have next to me while I worked on the dryer. The instructions in the video are so clear that I didn't even have to come back to the video to complete the repair. Truly an excellent explanation.
Best ever video that helped me repair an unusual Kenmore Elite 592-893080 Dryer with zero-experience! Due to the bad design, it was really difficult to disassemble the covers and reach the parts from the small vent hole. Many thanks for sharing!
Wasn't a broken belt for me, it was a broken idler pulley WHEEL. After watching your video I could see what it was supposed to look like since my wheel was missing. Wondered why I had so much slack in my belt...HA! Anyway I subscribed to your channel since your video did actually assist me in figuring out what my problem was. And I will add that your videos are actually very well done, straight to the point and very straight forward. Thank you!
Same here. Melted what's the part number you all ordered to replace? Was it easy to put on? Was there a video that helped you install the idler pulley?
Nicole Arbuckle Abling, I ordered mine on Home Depot website. I removed the dryer vent hose and tube and reached my arm in to replace it. It’s just one screw and a spring. I used this video to see how to put the belt back around it
Thank yuuuuu! My daughter and I just finished changing the dryer belt ourselves bc of your awesome video. Very easy to follow. As we followed the steps we put the screws in numbered ziplocks that we labeled so we could reverse the steps to put the dryer back together. The final step with the pulley was the worst and it took both of us reaching in to get the belt on the pulley and knob. In case another novice reads this grab someone to help. Again thank you!!!
I was fully counting on the fact that I would need to buy a new dryer. Then I stumble upon this video and boom, just like that it's working like a charm. You saved me hundreds of dollars, thank you so much for the video!
Thanks for making this video. I just fixed my dryer by replacing the Idler Pulley/Arm, which cost $9.97 plus tax on Amazon. I appreciate your help in having made that possible.
Thanks Bill, I liked and subscribed. You wasted no time getting right to it and I was able to follow what you did and fix my dryer. The repair man is out 30 days and it was $100 just to take a look. Took me all of 15 minutes with your instructions and some help from my wife. Thanks for taking the time to post this. Huge money and time saver.
Thank you!!! My husband is our resident handyman, but he was out of town and our dryer broke. I was able to diagnose and fix it (within several hours of it breaking) thanks to your video, saving a few hundred on a repair bill (and getting a great sense of satisfaction and some hilarious social media comments thanks to my chronicles of a wild and crazy Thursday night)! ;) And now I can dry the laundry that's hanging all over the house!
Bill, thank you so much for providing an easy to understand, step-by-step video! Today, my son and I changed the belt on our Dryer within and hour and a half. What an accomplishment for both of us! Like another poster, we did struggle with the belt tightening. When my son tried to put the belt on, he didn't pull hard enough and thought at first, oh no! the belt is the wrong size because it did not tighten up. There was a very depressing moment. Then I helped him by holding up the "wheel," while my son wrapped belt around other wheel and that did the trick. We plugged in the dryer and held our breath. All good!!! Thanks again!
Just did mine, thanks to you it took about 20 minutes and cost me 10 bucks, likely would have been a hundred to get a repair man out here. I really appreciate your making of these videos, thanks.
This video *really* helped my Uncle and I fix a Kenmore dryer that is the exact same. We referenced this video multiple times not only for easier disassembly but also for your excellent camera work *inside* the dryer. It's such a small hole to work through. That video footage of inside the dryer was essential in us doing this job. This is the second time we've been in this dryer. The heating element went on it a couple of years back and we replaced that. If you're able, doing it yourself really saves tonnes of money. We've always been a do it yourself family. My Grandfather was a farmer so that's where that comes from I think. Anyway, thanks a million! I'm sure I'll find more of your videos useful in the future. 👍
GREAT video. no bs, just crisp, clear step-by-step process. great details -- super useful to include screw counts as you go. this is exactly the level of info a layman needs. thanks bill!
Just awesome! When you go searching for solutions to household problems, you hope for videos like this! Thanks so much Bill! Scary moment turns into a $9 repair thanks to you!
man, thank you, I just replaced mine, took me about 25 minuted to do the whole thing, my big arms gave me trouble when doing the last part but i was able to fit both in there. awesomeeeee
Called appliance repair shop this morning. "We're booking a week out". Tennant just moved in. Watched your video, picked up the required belt and had it all done within 4 hours of getting the call from my frustrated tenant. You saved my ass! Thank you for posting such a valuable set of videos! I ALMOST feel like I should be sending you a check! :-)
Thanks sooo much. I was able to change the belt myself! I never thought I'd be in a situation that I'd have to rely on myself to fix something like a dryer but thanks to you I was able to!
Great video! It helped me replace the broken belt on my Samsung DV438 dryer. NOTE to the VIEWERS: Before putting the new belt on, yank the drum out (it is not attached to anything... it is being held in place by the back and front covers). Once the drum is out, vacuum everything and inspect the tension pulley. You may need to replace that as well (it may be the cause for the ripped belt). GREAT VIDEO! THANKS BILL!
Your Samsung dryer diy troubleshooting vid helped me isolate a broken belt on my dryer. After receiving the new belt it didn't take much time to replace it and got the machine working like new again. Thank you so much for making it simple and easy. Saved me a lot of money not having to pay someone to do it. Bill, I really appreciate what you do and please keep up the good work! 🤓
Thanks Bill, you just saved me a $100 service call. Belt had just came off the pulley system. Watched your video and 15 mins later we were back to a perfectly running dryer. Thanks again and this will be the first place I look to if anything happens down the road.
Thank you! My dryer sounded horrible and with the help of your videos I was able to replace the rollers, belt, and idler pulley for $35, and it really didn't take very long.
Thanks dude! Saved me $900+ on a new Samsung Dryer. Bought the belt and rollers and spring tensioner for $40. Took about 3 hours in total taking my time. :)
This video was perfect! I was able to make the repair with a 6 week old wrapped on my chest and 2 and 4 year old running around “helping”. All together took less than 1 hour. Came out of the ordeal only missing 2 screws and now the dry sensor doesn’t work. It is a 15 year old dryer so I will consider this a success!
Very nice video, thank you! A coworker just gave me a similar Samsung dryer that should only need a belt, which is less than $10 online (and maybe the idler pulley, which isn't much either). Then I can see if anyone in the family needs a dryer, and if not I can sell it for easy money. Thanks for showing the process and giving me the confidence to order the belt.
I just saved a bunch of money because of this video. I’m very handy but wasn’t sure about the dryer but with this simple video I was able to figure out that my pulley for the belt was busted and had to be replaced. Thank you 🙏🏾
SWEET! Thank you!! It was like a magic moment, WHAT is behind Door #1 as I was slowly taking off the lid, good news, bad news....YES!!! No belt seen, broken belt, easy fix! $39.95 at the parts store in town, or if you have a day, for $41 on Amazon there's a kit that replaces everything, belt, 4 drum rollers, idle-pulley assembly & spring for belt tension. Except I did a stack mount dryer on top of washer with zero clearance and it's a B to perfectly line up the vent. Very happy I attached an extra long cord originally, I was able to set the dryer on a 1ft tall wooden box and didn't even need to unplug the dryer from behind the washer... Or turn off the breaker!! lmao
My 10 year old Samsung Dryer belt finally snapped this morning... and THIS VIDEO saved the day!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! (Was expecting a $200 service visit and after watching this video and a trip to the local Lowes... $8 and a beer...... THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
My dryer is SHOT and has multiple broken things I’ve rigged, so it shreds a belt every few months. This video is a god send for me and one of my favorites 😂
So glad you made this gem of a video. Easy step-by-step instructions. Managed to replace the belt in about an hour and a half. Saved me a ton of money, maybe even a new dryer! Thanks again!
Your clear, step-by-step instructions were easy to follow and gives a lay person the confidence to tackle the repair job, after a quick purchase of the requisite belt from Amazon. The most difficult part was getting the belt on to the two pulleys - nearly sprained my left arm, operating at an awkward angle fighting against the pulley's spring. FWIW, my dryer model is DV448AE/XAA and I used belt part 6602-001655. Thanks again - my wife is super happy :-)
This video gave me everything I needed to replace the dryer belt in my Samsung dryer. A side note is I heard a clicking sound after replacing the belt. I took off the three plastic ribs inside the dryer drum and found a dime in one of them. Belt replaced and clicking sound solved. Thanks for the help...
It's 10:30 pm on a Thursday night and my wife emerges from the laundry room saying, "Umm, the dryer is not drying the clothes. Can you take a look?" Since I had to work all day Friday and it was the start of a 3 day weekend, I knew I had to diagnose the problem that night and get the part on Friday. Your video saved the day! I dismantled that Samsung dryer and diagnosed a bad heating element. Luckily a local parts supplier - Ideal Appliance Parts in New Orleans, LA had the part in stock! Thank you, sir!
Thanks! My son and I followed the directions and were successful in fixing the dryer! Only suggestion is to warn about different screws and keeping track. Great video!
**TRICK FOR REATTACHING BELT** My model had only a small circle cut out in back so I could not get two hands in and I couldn't get the leverage to push up on the spring while wrapping the new belt around with one hand. Soooo... I took apart the dryer again and used a clamp to secure the pulley in an upright position then put the drum and belt back on, and it was much easier to wrap the belt around everything without having to keep the pulley up. Everything else in this video was great. Could not have done any of this without the video. Thanks!
This video saved me a lot of money. Thanks for what you’ve shown here. My Samsung was a bit different and had to put that belt on one handed…. Not easy but doable. Again thanks
Thank you so much! My belt had just come off of the idler pulley, so I was able to put it back on myself for free! If you had a Patreon, I would donate!
Thank you so much for this video! Just bought a condo with included appliances.... After washing my clothes, I had the surprise to realise that the belt on the dryer was broken.... 30$ for a new one and 2 hours of work and it runs like a new one!
Thanks for this video pal. I'm a new homeowner so all appliance issues are new to me too. When my dryer stopped spinning I thought I was done for and had to buy a new one. Very thankful for your tutorial, when I'm not lazy I'll post when I fix my dryer. 😅
Thanks to your clear and concise directions on how to fix my dryer belt I saved a bunch of money. I am thankful for folks like you that are willing to share knowledge.
Bill, thanks for the great video's!! There is a spring steel clip that holds the motor in place and apparently if you overload the dryer that clip will bend and finally give way. I bent the clip back to what I thought should be its original shape and like magic the drum started spinning again. Thank you very much for taking the time to put all the diagnostic videos together.
Dryer broke this morning. Took me 2 hours to fix it. An hour and a half for Lowes to open, and 30 minutes to actually complete the repair, thanks to this video.
Thank you for this informative and detailed video. When our dryer stopped working, my husband wanted to buy a new dryer, and let's buy a new washer while were at it. I was able to change out my dryer belt completely by myself, and my dryer works great for only the cost of the dryer belt and my time. Thank you so much for posting such an excellent video!
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this video. We had a mouse crawl into the dryer and then die. I won't describe the smell. You can only imagine. Got the mouse out, and thoroughly cleaned the dryer to remove the stench (Baking soda, peppermint oil, lysol and bleach (at separate times) did the trick. However, when my wife was cleaning the inside of the drum, she must've tried moving the drum the wrong direction, because she heard a snap. Thanks you your video, I was able to confirm that the belt came off the pulleys, and successfully (amidst some colorful words) get it reattached, and now our dryer is back to its pre-mouse condition. And more importantly, I"m not out a few hundred bucks for a weekend repair call. Thanks again!
Hey Bill. Thanks a ton for this video brother. My son and I were able to change the drive belt on our dryer because of it. There are no appliance repair folks around these parts so it is either fix it yourself or buy new. Your videos saved us a lot of money.
thank you so much! Being a single women home owner, this was a big help and saved me several hundreds of dollars! it was $8 fix and easy to do. The only thing I would suggest that somehow to say which belt is needed. I bought one at Lowes that I was told was what I needed and even some of the websites sent me to but it wasn't long enough! The one I bought was 1/4'x 88" what was needed is a 5/16x 92 big difference. I ended up ordering it through Amazon so I had a disassembled dryer for 2 days but once it came in 1 hour and it was running and put back together.
This video, along with a couple others, helped me fix a dryer for $12 myself, instead of who knows how many hundreds. Really sorry to hear of his passing - hope his family knows that he's still helping people every day.
Just learned of his passing, very sad. I sincerely hope the afterlife offers comfort for the tortured souls who can no longer bear the weight of existence.
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Damn. He just helped me for sure. R.I.P 🙏
How sad! He helped my husband and I (we are 68 &71) fix our 17 year old dryer! I hope he’s having a good time in Heaven…
Ohhh wow, I was just trying to find a way to contact him to thank him for the detailed videos that definitely saved me hundreds on a repair. So sad to know he's gone, but happy to see he still lives on helping people.
I know Bill is no longer with us but thanks for keeping his videos online, he was a good teacher and his videos are top quality.
He passed away? This guy has helped me fix a few of my appliances. He has saved us common folk millions in all the repairs he's showed us how to do. He will truly be missed.
This is the first time I've ever commented - seriously, I had to create a CZcams account just to THANK YOU for this step-by-step dryer belt replacement! Clear, concise, no advertisements or being condescending. I fixed my dryer by myself following your instructions (and a lot of 'pause' button). Thank you very much for valuable service!
I have no experience w this, yet I was able to and saved 250 bucks. Thank God for this man and CZcams.
Thank you so much. I have NEVER been as extremely satisfied with a how to video, as I am with yours!!!!
Crisp, clean,precise and exactly what was expected. No pointless tangents or wasted time. I am now subscribed. I appreciate you!!!
I followed your directions to the LETTER and got my dryer up and running in an hour. Thanks, guy!
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Same here! Thanks
I wanted to say thanks for the great video. Here in 2024, this video helped me replace the belt on a newer Samsung Model. Wanted people to know that even though Bill is not longer with us, he is still helping people with his pragmatic step by step how to videos.
Thank you so much for your help. Bill's legacy lives on and still impacts people today.
Bill!!!! Thank you sooooo much for helping me save money!!! I cant help but celebrate and do a happy dance!! Im a female and I fixed my dryer!!!! Saved myself $250! Paid $8 for my belt!!!
Today Sir! I’ve followed your steps carefully. Thank you for taking your time out to make this awesome video. My Dryer is like new again. I was able to clean the entire inside before I got down to installing new pulley and the belt. My wife is very grateful as I am.
Thank you 🙏 Thank You!
Awesomeness….!
This video has helped me twice now on the belt change out. For Bill's family, thanks for keeping this treasure of vids posted. His mannerisms, video direct format were supreme. I hope is memory lives on with his loved ones. Thanks again.
This was awesome! Snapped a belt washing football uniforms. Got an estimate for $400 to fix. Ordered a belt on Amazon for about $30 and my wife and I replaced it. I am 100% NOT mechanical but this video made it super easy!
Thanks so much, Bill! This video, and the one about diagnosing the noises helped me fix my dryer. One of the rollers wouldn't spin which wore down the metal in the pulley wheel and snapped the belt.
I didn't have the correct angle to get in the back hole with my right hand, and definitely not enough space for two hands. And I didn't have enough strength for pushing with my left hand to thread the belt the way you showed. But I thought through it.
I looped the belt under the motor from the right side and under to the left side of the pulley. Then, with my left hand, I lifted the pulley all the way up with my last two fingers, grabbed the belt to the right of the motor with my thumb, and squeezed (and grunted) until I got it slipped around the left side of the pulley wheel! Same result, but I looped around the motor and then the pulley rather than the pulley and then the motor like you did.
This video is awesome. It helped me fix my dryer when the belt broke. One thing, though -- the idler pulley spring on my unit was insanely stiff and I couldn't get the belt over the drive wheel. So I took the spring out -- its super easy to remove -- and stretched it with a set of pliers in each hand. That gave me the extra stretch to get the belt on.
This video allowed me to fix my dryer for $0 and fix it the night the issue occurred. I otherwise would have paid $100 for my home warranty to fix it and would’ve waited weeks for them to schedule a visit to come out. Happy house all around!
Will be watching more videos as things come up. Very much appreciated!
Thank goodness there was a video guide that was instrumental to assisting my husband with the repair. Keep making videos because we need them. Thanks again Dennis and Denise.
You absolute legend! I thought I'd been sent the wrong belt until you showed how it fits. Thanks
Omg bill, thank you! You saved us $100s with this video! My neighbor helped me replace our dryer belt with this video and now it works great. Only glitch was using my phone as a flashlight and accidently leaving it inside! Was able to get it out after removing the vent cover 😁 Thanks again, keep posting!
thank you for your videos, we have a Samsung dryer that had power but stopped spinning. with your troubleshooting i was able to see that the belt was still on but loose.removed the vent tube to inspect the motor and found that the tensioner had melted from a bad bearing. ordered and replaced tensioner and with this video routed the belt correctly and reinstalled. success.
Thank you Bill. My husband fixed our 2 year old dryer last night using this video! He does not like to do home repairs, but you made it easy and inexpensive!
Thank you! I used your video yesterday to replace my broken belt! Saved me $300 on a service call! Great instructions!
Perfect tutorial. This video, a $20 replacement belt and about 30 minutes is all you need!
This video helped me put on a new belt that had broken and I also took the opportunity to do preventive maintenance by also replacing the heating element. 5 star video, Bill Newberry saved me a lot of money.
Bill, thank you very much for the well done video. I first saw your one about "Samsung Dryer Won't Start or Spin - Troubleshooting and Repair Guide" and was "happy" to see a broken belt when I took off the top panel. Only $8.64 and 24-hours later I a replacement from Amazon. My spouse and I worked together on the project. Removal of everything was very easy. I had a few stumbles on putting things back but nothing major. If I tried it again I would get it done in less than 30-mins. The biggest challenge was getting my gas dryer back on the periscope vent. We also cleared out a great amount of lint build up before the blower motor. We feel much safer now and we suspect that clothes will dry faster as well.
This is the what made and makes CZcams great. Last year I fixed a different issue and now I am replacing the belt. Without CZcams I would 100% have broken the drying trying to take it apart. It also helps a TON to see how the belt goes on visually. Thank you. A thumbs up for sure and a Thank you. A world where we all fix our own stuff (when we can) is a better place. And then call in the "big guns" for tough stuff and pay them for expertise. YOU ROCK.
This was amazing, I ordered the part and it came with the rollers, my husband asked why I got the other parts. I told him just in case. When he got the drum out the belt wasn't broken, it was the rollers! He replaced them and went ahead and put the new belt on so we wouldn't have to do it again. Thank You so much!
May I ask where you purchased belt and rollers?
After watching your troubleshooting video I figured out my dryer popped the belt @8pm Sunday night full of kids school cloths for tomorrow 😁 now that I watched this video it's up in running in 15min! Thank you!
Thanks to this video I was able to fix my dryer's broken belt and destroyed idler pulley on my own. I'm a programmer not a handyman so this was a big deal to me.
About $25 in parts and elbow grease.
Saved me at least over $100.
Thank you for this!!
Thank you. After hours of googling my Samsung and calling Samsung, I came across your video.
Not only did I learn my dryer had a sensor on the belt tensioner, you gave me Easy steps to fix it.
Samsung quite $275.
With your help $15 and one hour of my life.
Dude, thank you for these awesome videos, I had no idea how to trouble shoot my Samsung (no codes came up) but by watching these great videos I had a good idea what to look for. Turns out the tension spring came off and damaged the belt. Went to parts store, and about hour later, good to go. Please keep up the great work
I just bought a shipping damaged Samsung dryer from Lowes for $550, usually $1200. Big dent in the right side lower towards the rear. Got it home and there was scrapping noise when it ran. Thanks for this video, I fixed it in ten minutes getting inside and beat the dent out a bit. Great dryer bargain price!
I was so mad I tried to use this video to fix mine and a saw you put the belt on then start putting it back together, I stopped the video started to try and figure it out on my own then I remembered you removed the vent on the back, came back to your video to watch the whole thing and it was just what I needed. Got it fixed with no issues . Thank you
I successfully replaced my dryer belt with this video. When I opened the dryer up, there was no belt. It had snapped due to wear. I checked the part number from Sears and ordered the belt off of Amazon. I dried a full 48 minute load and its running great. Thanks for the awesome and helpful video. You saved me $70 on a repairman.
Extremely helpful as my Samsung dryer stopped suddenly today. Followed video instructions and quickly realized I need a new idler pulley assembly. Saved myself some $$$ because of this gentleman!
What a superb video. I'm a bit of a Luddite, so I watched the video and wrote down the instructions on a card to have next to me while I worked on the dryer. The instructions in the video are so clear that I didn't even have to come back to the video to complete the repair. Truly an excellent explanation.
Just did my Samsung front loader thanks to you! Job was very doable, replaced all rollers, belt and idler pulley. Thanks!
Best ever video that helped me repair an unusual Kenmore Elite 592-893080 Dryer with zero-experience! Due to the bad design, it was really difficult to disassemble the covers and reach the parts from the small vent hole. Many thanks for sharing!
Wasn't a broken belt for me, it was a broken idler pulley WHEEL. After watching your video I could see what it was supposed to look like since my wheel was missing. Wondered why I had so much slack in my belt...HA! Anyway I subscribed to your channel since your video did actually assist me in figuring out what my problem was. And I will add that your videos are actually very well done, straight to the point and very straight forward. Thank you!
MUG SHOCK turned out to be the same for my dryer. Very helpful.
Same here!
Same here. Melted what's the part number you all ordered to replace? Was it easy to put on? Was there a video that helped you install the idler pulley?
Nicole Arbuckle Abling, I ordered mine on Home Depot website. I removed the dryer vent hose and tube and reached my arm in to replace it. It’s just one screw and a spring. I used this video to see how to put the belt back around it
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Thank yuuuuu! My daughter and I just finished changing the dryer belt ourselves bc of your awesome video. Very easy to follow. As we followed the steps we put the screws in numbered ziplocks that we labeled so we could reverse the steps to put the dryer back together. The final step with the pulley was the worst and it took both of us reaching in to get the belt on the pulley and knob. In case another novice reads this grab someone to help. Again thank you!!!
Got everything done in 1 hour and some change. Paid 12.95 for the belt on Amazon. You saved me a ton of cash! Thank you!
I was fully counting on the fact that I would need to buy a new dryer. Then I stumble upon this video and boom, just like that it's working like a charm. You saved me hundreds of dollars, thank you so much for the video!
Thanks for making this video. I just fixed my dryer by replacing the Idler Pulley/Arm, which cost $9.97 plus tax on Amazon. I appreciate your help in having made that possible.
Thanks Bill, I liked and subscribed. You wasted no time getting right to it and I was able to follow what you did and fix my dryer. The repair man is out 30 days and it was $100 just to take a look. Took me all of 15 minutes with your instructions and some help from my wife. Thanks for taking the time to post this. Huge money and time saver.
Thank you!!! My husband is our resident handyman, but he was out of town and our dryer broke. I was able to diagnose and fix it (within several hours of it breaking) thanks to your video, saving a few hundred on a repair bill (and getting a great sense of satisfaction and some hilarious social media comments thanks to my chronicles of a wild and crazy Thursday night)! ;) And now I can dry the laundry that's hanging all over the house!
Bill, thank you so much for providing an easy to understand, step-by-step video! Today, my son and I changed the belt on our Dryer within and hour and a half. What an accomplishment for both of us! Like another poster, we did struggle with the belt tightening. When my son tried to put the belt on, he didn't pull hard enough and thought at first, oh no! the belt is the wrong size because it did not tighten up. There was a very depressing moment. Then I helped him by holding up the "wheel," while my son wrapped belt around other wheel and that did the trick. We plugged in the dryer and held our breath. All good!!! Thanks again!
Just did mine, thanks to you it took about 20 minutes and cost me 10 bucks, likely would have been a hundred to get a repair man out here. I really appreciate your making of these videos, thanks.
This video *really* helped my Uncle and I fix a Kenmore dryer that is the exact same. We referenced this video multiple times not only for easier disassembly but also for your excellent camera work *inside* the dryer. It's such a small hole to work through. That video footage of inside the dryer was essential in us doing this job. This is the second time we've been in this dryer. The heating element went on it a couple of years back and we replaced that. If you're able, doing it yourself really saves tonnes of money. We've always been a do it yourself family. My Grandfather was a farmer so that's where that comes from I think.
Anyway, thanks a million! I'm sure I'll find more of your videos useful in the future. 👍
GREAT video. no bs, just crisp, clear step-by-step process. great details -- super useful to include screw counts as you go. this is exactly the level of info a layman needs. thanks bill!
I hear you.
I am a 56 year old woman and was able to fix my dryer with this video. Thank you so much for saving me money. A rather quick fix!!
Awesome video. No 40 minute introduction, just a quick walkthrough and all the details you need. Thanks!
Just awesome! When you go searching for solutions to household problems, you hope for videos like this! Thanks so much Bill! Scary moment turns into a $9 repair thanks to you!
you just saved me $100s. I bought the belt for $13 and via your video, I have a working dryer.
man, thank you, I just replaced mine, took me about 25 minuted to do the whole thing, my big arms gave me trouble when doing the last part but i was able to fit both in there. awesomeeeee
Called appliance repair shop this morning. "We're booking a week out". Tennant just moved in. Watched your video, picked up the required belt and had it all done within 4 hours of getting the call from my frustrated tenant. You saved my ass! Thank you for posting such a valuable set of videos! I ALMOST feel like I should be sending you a check! :-)
Thanks sooo much. I was able to change the belt myself! I never thought I'd be in a situation that I'd have to rely on myself to fix something like a dryer but thanks to you I was able to!
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Great video! It helped me replace the broken belt on my Samsung DV438 dryer. NOTE to the VIEWERS: Before putting the new belt on, yank the drum out (it is not attached to anything... it is being held in place by the back and front covers). Once the drum is out, vacuum everything and inspect the tension pulley. You may need to replace that as well (it may be the cause for the ripped belt). GREAT VIDEO! THANKS BILL!
Your Samsung dryer diy troubleshooting vid helped me isolate a broken belt on my dryer. After receiving the new belt it didn't take much time to replace it and got the machine working like new again. Thank you so much for making it simple and easy. Saved me a lot of money not having to pay someone to do it. Bill, I really appreciate what you do and please keep up the good work! 🤓
Thanks Bill, you just saved me a $100 service call. Belt had just came off the pulley system. Watched your video and 15 mins later we were back to a perfectly running dryer. Thanks again and this will be the first place I look to if anything happens down the road.
Bill, You ard a lifesaver! our belt came off the motor pulley and you saved us a TON of time, aggravation and money...Appreciate your help!
Thank you! My dryer sounded horrible and with the help of your videos I was able to replace the rollers, belt, and idler pulley for $35, and it really didn't take very long.
Thanks dude! Saved me $900+ on a new Samsung Dryer. Bought the belt and rollers and spring tensioner for $40. Took about 3 hours in total taking my time. :)
Thank you sooo much for this video! I’ve had no dryer for 2 weeks. Thanks to this video my dryer is up and running!
This video was perfect! I was able to make the repair with a 6 week old wrapped on my chest and 2 and 4 year old running around “helping”. All together took less than 1 hour. Came out of the ordeal only missing 2 screws and now the dry sensor doesn’t work. It is a 15 year old dryer so I will consider this a success!
Very nice video, thank you! A coworker just gave me a similar Samsung dryer that should only need a belt, which is less than $10 online (and maybe the idler pulley, which isn't much either). Then I can see if anyone in the family needs a dryer, and if not I can sell it for easy money. Thanks for showing the process and giving me the confidence to order the belt.
You are a life saver. Father's day and the belt on my dryer broke. You saved the day with this video ❤ You rock!!
My pulley came off yesterday (Father’s Day)! You are not alone!
7 years after this video is still very helpful. With 10 usd and the time to watch this video I was able to fix my dryer. Thank you for your help.
I just saved a bunch of money because of this video. I’m very handy but wasn’t sure about the dryer but with this simple video I was able to figure out that my pulley for the belt was busted and had to be replaced. Thank you 🙏🏾
SWEET! Thank you!! It was like a magic moment, WHAT is behind Door #1 as I was slowly taking off the lid, good news, bad news....YES!!! No belt seen, broken belt, easy fix! $39.95 at the parts store in town, or if you have a day, for $41 on Amazon there's a kit that replaces everything, belt, 4 drum rollers, idle-pulley assembly & spring for belt tension. Except I did a stack mount dryer on top of washer with zero clearance and it's a B to perfectly line up the vent. Very happy I attached an extra long cord originally, I was able to set the dryer on a 1ft tall wooden box and didn't even need to unplug the dryer from behind the washer... Or turn off the breaker!! lmao
My 10 year old Samsung Dryer belt finally snapped this morning... and THIS VIDEO saved the day!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!! (Was expecting a $200 service visit and after watching this video and a trip to the local Lowes... $8 and a beer...... THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
A $9 belt, Phillips head screwdriver and this guy's video is all you need. Thank you very much!
My dryer is SHOT and has multiple broken things I’ve rigged, so it shreds a belt every few months. This video is a god send for me and one of my favorites 😂
Fantastic video. Belt replacement took 1 hour. Make sure that the spring that provides tension is i n place. Ours had fallen off. THANK YOU
So glad you made this gem of a video. Easy step-by-step instructions. Managed to replace the belt in about an hour and a half. Saved me a ton of money, maybe even a new dryer! Thanks again!
Just replaced all 4 bearings, spring and pully, thank you so much! Saved me a couple hundred bucks and some headache!
Thanks Bill! You just saved me $200 in repairs. I found the belt on Amazon for $9 and followed your instructions. Worked like a charm.
Hey what was the serial number or part number you ordered? Please and thankyou
Your clear, step-by-step instructions were easy to follow and gives a lay person the confidence to tackle the repair job, after a quick purchase of the requisite belt from Amazon. The most difficult part was getting the belt on to the two pulleys - nearly sprained my left arm, operating at an awkward angle fighting against the pulley's spring. FWIW, my dryer model is DV448AE/XAA and I used belt part 6602-001655. Thanks again - my wife is super happy :-)
This video gave me everything I needed to replace the dryer belt in my Samsung dryer. A side note is I heard a clicking sound after replacing the belt. I took off the three plastic ribs inside the dryer drum and found a dime in one of them. Belt replaced and clicking sound solved. Thanks for the help...
It's 10:30 pm on a Thursday night and my wife emerges from the laundry room saying, "Umm, the dryer is not drying the clothes. Can you take a look?" Since I had to work all day Friday and it was the start of a 3 day weekend, I knew I had to diagnose the problem that night and get the part on Friday. Your video saved the day! I dismantled that Samsung dryer and diagnosed a bad heating element. Luckily a local parts supplier - Ideal Appliance Parts in New Orleans, LA had the part in stock!
Thank you, sir!
Thanks! My son and I followed the directions and were successful in fixing the dryer! Only suggestion is to warn about different screws and keeping track. Great video!
**TRICK FOR REATTACHING BELT** My model had only a small circle cut out in back so I could not get two hands in and I couldn't get the leverage to push up on the spring while wrapping the new belt around with one hand. Soooo... I took apart the dryer again and used a clamp to secure the pulley in an upright position then put the drum and belt back on, and it was much easier to wrap the belt around everything without having to keep the pulley up. Everything else in this video was great. Could not have done any of this without the video. Thanks!
This video saved me a lot of money. Thanks for what you’ve shown here. My Samsung was a bit different and had to put that belt on one handed…. Not easy but doable. Again thanks
Thank you so much! My belt had just come off of the idler pulley, so I was able to put it back on myself for free! If you had a Patreon, I would donate!
Same problem on my dryer!! This video saved me!!
Thank you so much for this video! Just bought a condo with included appliances.... After washing my clothes, I had the surprise to realise that the belt on the dryer was broken....
30$ for a new one and 2 hours of work and it runs like a new one!
I too put the belt on one handed in the name of solidarity. This video was a life saver, thank you so much for your help!
Thanks for this video pal. I'm a new homeowner so all appliance issues are new to me too. When my dryer stopped spinning I thought I was done for and had to buy a new one. Very thankful for your tutorial, when I'm not lazy I'll post when I fix my dryer. 😅
many thanks Bill, your a DIY handyman's best friend. your now a part of my "swiss army knife" of channels!!!
OUTSTANDING step by step process to repair my daughters dryer. Incredibly helpful - good job thank you .
Bill thanks for this video. I fixed my dryer for just $11. Great video and so simple to understand.
All repair videos need to use this as a template. Saved my neighbour a costly house call. Thank you.
Thanks to your clear and concise directions on how to fix my dryer belt I saved a bunch of money. I am thankful for folks like you that are willing to share knowledge.
Bill, thanks for the great video's!! There is a spring steel clip that holds the motor in place and apparently if you overload the dryer that clip will bend and finally give way. I bent the clip back to what I thought should be its original shape and like magic the drum started spinning again. Thank you very much for taking the time to put all the diagnostic videos together.
Dryer broke this morning. Took me 2 hours to fix it. An hour and a half for Lowes to open, and 30 minutes to actually complete the repair, thanks to this video.
Thank you for this informative and detailed video. When our dryer stopped working, my husband wanted to buy a new dryer, and let's buy a new washer while were at it. I was able to change out my dryer belt completely by myself, and my dryer works great for only the cost of the dryer belt and my time. Thank you so much for posting such an excellent video!
Decided to try your instructions before calling a repair company. I was able to complete the repair on my own with your guidance! Thank you!!
Hey Bill, this is Maria... Anyways I fixed my dryer... With your video... ;) Proud of myself. Thank you.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this video.
We had a mouse crawl into the dryer and then die. I won't describe the smell. You can only imagine.
Got the mouse out, and thoroughly cleaned the dryer to remove the stench (Baking soda, peppermint oil, lysol and bleach (at separate times) did the trick.
However, when my wife was cleaning the inside of the drum, she must've tried moving the drum the wrong direction, because she heard a snap.
Thanks you your video, I was able to confirm that the belt came off the pulleys, and successfully (amidst some colorful words) get it reattached, and now our dryer is back to its pre-mouse condition.
And more importantly, I"m not out a few hundred bucks for a weekend repair call.
Thanks again!
Thank you so much brother. It cost me $9 and 2 hours of my time to fully clean inspect and repair my dryer
Hey Bill. Thanks a ton for this video brother. My son and I were able to change the drive belt on our dryer because of it. There are no appliance repair folks around these parts so it is either fix it yourself or buy new. Your videos saved us a lot of money.
thank you so much! Being a single women home owner, this was a big help and saved me several hundreds of dollars! it was $8 fix and easy to do. The only thing I would suggest that somehow to say which belt is needed. I bought one at Lowes that I was told was what I needed and even some of the websites sent me to but it wasn't long enough! The one I bought was 1/4'x 88" what was needed is a 5/16x 92 big difference. I ended up ordering it through Amazon so I had a disassembled dryer for 2 days but once it came in 1 hour and it was running and put back together.