Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Amana Electric Dryer Takes forever to Dry

I have an Amana Electric Dryer (model LED20AW) which is 8 years old. I started noticing that the clothes took longer and longer to dry. Finally I unhooked the dryer from the outside vent and seen that the vent was full of lint so I cleaned it out, shortened the flexible tubing and thought all was well. When I turned it on hot air would fill the flexible tubing but it still takes a lot of time to dry things. Also my lint catcher hardley ever has anything in it.

I think now I have figured it out. When I took my front door lint catcher sceen out I took a flashlight and looked down into the dryer and I can see that it is full of lint! I took a wire clothes hanger and put down there and pulled a little out but I can tell it is packed.

The big question I have is how in the world do I take the dryer apart to get all of the lint that is in the dryer beneath the drum out?? I don't know where to start. Not a lot of visible bolts etc... is this something a novice person can do or will I have to have a repair person out? Are there inexpensive service books on Amana products that you can buy? I am hoping I can figure it out.

Any help on how to clean the dryer out would be greatly appreciated!!

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UNPLUG UNIT... RUN A PUTTY KNIFE BETWEEN THE TOP AND FRONT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ABOUT 2-3 INCHS IS A CLIP.. PRESS IN WITH PUTTY KNIFE AND PUL TOP UP SAME TIME... ALSO DO THIS RIGHT TO LEFT FOR OTHER CLIP... YOU'LL SEE THE RST THEN,,,,, :coffee:

Will try it later today. When putting it back together do you just push the pieces together? Thanks again!!! :)

Yup... top will snap back down.. good luck :coffee: