Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Older GE Space Saver Dryer Assembly

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drdarrow
07-31-07, 08:04 PM
Okay, I have myself in deep... go ahead and laugh. I deserve it.

I was trying to get to the "blower" are inside the top-dryer on this old 70s or 80s GE Spacesaver to vacuum out all the lint that was stuffed in to the inner parts...

See images:
Dryer front:
http://www.darrowart.com/other/forums/dry1.jpg
Close-up of controls:
http://www.darrowart.com/other/forums/dry2.jpg
Whole machine (lying on its back on floor, photo oriented to look like machine is standing)
http://www.darrowart.com/other/forums/dry3.jpg

I got myself in trouble by removing screws around the front... I got enough offf that the front suddenly popped off, metal made a scraping sound, and the sides kind of popped out, and I just don;t know how to get it all back on with the drum and all... Might anyone out there have schematic, or exploded view of something like this so I can maybe put this thing back together?

drdarrow
08-01-07, 07:45 AM
Solved it myself with great patience. Works fine.
boman47
08-01-07, 04:14 PM
Heheh, don't you hate when you take something apart and springs and who knows what go flying everywhere? Did it have holes/slots and pins/hooks to align the front to the cabinet?

drdarrow
08-01-07, 04:23 PM
Nope. I actually had to take it apart much, much further and put it back together in an order that worked with gravity. I had the thing lying on its back, and just reduced/disassembled the heavy door assembly to basic parts, stacking them from the floor up. It worked, and once again I have stunned my wife.

And that alone is worth not calling the appliance repair man.