Recent content by headrush

MoS2 is the wrong lubricant for a dryer drum roller shaft. I used Safe-T-Eze dry MoS2 spray, which I believe is only MoS2 after it dries. Within a few loads my dryer started squeaking again. It was a different squeak but highly annoying. This time I disassembled both rollers and looked...

Yes, smooth metal, although there is no way to know the original surface roughness. I don't know the speed, but I wouldn't call it low. The load is certainly low. Why is because similar materials weld themselves together. It's called adhesive wear. What I don't know is if the axles were...

Without lubrication of the shafts? Steel-on-steel without a lubricant seems like the worst possible situation to me. I purchased a rebuild kit after I attempted to fix the drum roller squeak. It was a screaming deal on Amazon ($35) which includes rollers, axles, an idler pulley, and a belt...

I have a Maytag dryer model DE512 manufactured in 1988. That's 36 years ago. My grandmother gave it to me around 1995ish, although I honestly can't remember the date. We had a 3 person family (2 women) until one left for college, so it hasn't seen heavy use. Heavy use would be a family with...