Help fixing Maytag dryer?

[SZR48207]

Has anyone had to fix the timer on a Maytag dryer? I have a early 2000 model Maytag standard dryer and the timer does not advance. Some internet reading suggests that the timer is probably fine, and that the timer motor went out.

I have disassembled everything so I have the timer split from the motor. There is no physical damage to any of the parts, so I wonder if the motor possibly just wore out.

I'm mostly trying to see if anyone else has run across this issue and can positively confirm that it was the motor that went out, and not the expensive timer assembly (which runs around $150).

Thanks!

 

[greenaccord02]

You could try 6v across the motor terminals and see if it moves.

 

[strongt]

I used to work as a Maytag repair tech, about 12 years ago. The timer unit has to be replaced as a full unit.

Even if the timer motor is shot, the little motor is not sold separate.

 

[expat]

Originally Posted By: strongt
I used to work as a Maytag repair tech, about 12 years ago. The timer unit has to be replaced as a full unit.

Even if the timer motor is shot, the little motor is not sold separate.


But you could try it with another motor from a Junker. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[Bob Woods]

Check out this site for a new timer,

http://www.partstore.com/?s=M2K505

 

[Patman]

I've got a Whirlpool dryer with the same problem! My dryer never shuts off so I have to keep remembering to do it manually (and have forgotten a few times and had some clothes in there for 5 or 6 hours, yikes!) I don't have the money to fix it though (or the dishwasher which leaks water all over the floor)

 

[doitmyself]

Originally Posted By: Patman
I've got a Whirlpool dryer with the same problem! My dryer never shuts off so I have to keep remembering to do it manually (and have forgotten a few times and had some clothes in there for 5 or 6 hours, yikes!) I don't have the money to fix it though (or the dishwasher which leaks water all over the floor)
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98 Corvette

Patman, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't your "baby" get weekly wash and drys throughout the winter at the robowash? That, my friend, is some serious "man priorities".

Most repair parts are relatively inexpensive through the net and there are tons of diy step by step instructions available. I enjoy the samurai repairman at :
http://fixitnow.com/2004/05/appliance-tip-of-day-replacing-drive.htm

Peace.

 

[mrsilv04]

I'm lucky to have a Maytag dealer, where I can go into the store, tell him what's wrong. He'll go grab a part, sell it to me.... and then tell me how to install it.

Each time I ask him "Aren't you going to charge me a service call and come over to install this". He'll respond "Naaahhh, you're smart enough to put it on yourself.... Here's how..."

So far, he's been right every time...

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: Patman
I've got a Whirlpool dryer with the same problem! My dryer never shuts off so I have to keep remembering to do it manually (and have forgotten a few times and had some clothes in there for 5 or 6 hours, yikes!) I don't have the money to fix it though (or the dishwasher which leaks water all over the floor)


It will probably cost you more if you keep waiting.

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: doitmyself


Patman, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't your "baby" get weekly wash and drys throughout the winter at the robowash? That, my friend, is some serious "man priorities".

I stopped using that detail shop when I got laid off last February actually. I'm working again but at a much lower wage than before, so I've got to continue pinching pennies for a while.

Quote:

Most repair parts are relatively inexpensive through the net and there are tons of diy step by step instructions available. I enjoy the samurai repairman at :
http://fixitnow.com/2004/05/appliance-tip-of-day-replacing-drive.htm

Peace.


I'd do more harm than good if I tried fixing it myself.

 

[Patman]

Originally Posted By: PandaBear


It will probably cost you more if you keep waiting.


You could be right, but I always figured I'd just keep putting it off until I had enough money to just completely replace both of them with new units. No sense dumping a couple of hundred dollars on 10 year old appliances when that money can go towards new ones in a couple of years.

 

[doitmyself]

Patman,

Sorry to hear about your job challenges. My comment was meant to laugh at "us guys" in general and was not targeted towards you specifically. My position was eliminated during the '81 recession and I know first hand about the challenges that involves.

Michigan has the highest unemployment in the U.S.. I worry about my job security every day. My family members have gone through tough times recently.

Best of luck to you and let us help you get your appliances repaired inexpensively if we can. Whirlpool is based in Michigan.....I have contacts....what's your model number?

Best Regards.

 

[eljefino]

The macgyver solution would be retrofitting one of those "heat lamp" 110VAC switches that are used in bathroom fans and who knows where else. Only sad part is they usually only go up to 15 minutes.

This dryer has no automatic humidity sensor? US code at least has required them for quite some time.

Have you looked on ebay for the part?

 

[Steve S]

This dryer has no automatic humidity sensor? US code at least has required them for quite some time :!That is a place to start, I had the same problem.

 

[Gary Allan]

Don't you mean a high temp cutout? That would be the only "code" issue I can figure. The dryer may not have an "automatic" setting and be strictly a timed unit with 3 heat settings.

 

[eljefino]

Nah Gary some energy star type thing, they got rid of the super cheezy dryers that only had timers. People were running them for 90 minutes or whatever the max was without regard for actual drying needs.

 

[andyd]

MY Maytag washer was a POS. I will never buy another Maytag appliance. My wife went out and bought a front loader to replace it. So far so good. When the 7 yr old dishwasher needed a lousy bearing in the pump and the only way to fix was a new pump/motor assembly. I picked up another dish washer from Craigslist free stuff. Ive gotten a trouble free yr out it so far.
Granted 150$ is tought nut,,but a free running drier is kinda hazardous and surely expensive. Timers are a 10 minute job and pretty idiot proof.

 

[SZR48207]

I was able to find a timer motor, so hopefully that will be the trick.

The timer itself works as I can start the dryer on various settings, but the timer is unable to advance from any position. It has the moisture sensor built in, but it doesn't mean much because the sensor can't send the signal for the motor to advance the timer to gradually end the dryer process.

 

[Gary Allan]

Originally Posted By: Reddy45
I was able to find a timer motor, so hopefully that will be the trick.

The timer itself works as I can start the dryer on various settings, but the timer is unable to advance from any position. It has the moisture sensor built in, but it doesn't mean much because the sensor can't send the signal for the motor to advance the timer to gradually end the dryer process.


You're right. Even on AUTOMATIC the timer advances to the OFF position.