Not a new tale I'm sure, but my dryer started making awful noises about a year ago. Like the good little Gen-Xer that I am, I ignored it for as long as possible. When it started sounding like I was drying a load of bricks instead of clothes, I guessed it was time to take action.
My first thought was, Oh no... I can't afford a new dryer right now. Then I thought of this subreddit. People here wouldn't immediately go buy a new dryer. They would try to fix it first. Off to YouTube I went were I employed my skills as a researcher, found some videos and set to work.
I feel bad admitting this, but I am not mechanically minded. My father was, and tried his hardest to teach me...but my passions were of the digital nature. I have a garage FULL of tools bequeathed to me when he passed and I don't know how to use half of them. /shame /rings bell /shame!
Still, I managed to diagnose the problem, get the part, install said part and the dryer is humming along nicely downstairs for the first time in a month. I'm so proud of myself I could just spit.
TL:DR - I fixed my dryer, cost me 20 bucks and two fingernails. :)
January 14, 2017 at 12:29PM
