How to Take Apart Kenmore 90 Series or Elite Dryer
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This video shows how to take apart a Kenmore 90 or Kenmore Elite dryer. You can take it apart to get to the fuses, thermostats, belt, heat element, etc for diagnosing and making repairs! 
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You couldn't have been clearer or more to the point. This was extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!
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Bro. That's the EXACT dryer we have and you could not have been more helpful! Thank you!!!
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I've had this dryer 25 year now. Works great. Repairman showed me to remove the front panel and clean out the lint every once in a while, but I couldnt' remember how to get that front panel off. Thank you! Mission accomplished.
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I repaired my dryer by myself for $8.99 thanks to this video! All it needed was a new belt. Once the dryer was disassembled it was easy to spot the problem, order a new belt & put the dryer back to gather again. I also did a deep cleaning & de-linting of the whole thing while it was taken apart. Dryer up & running as beautifully as always once again! Videos like these are the best thing about social media - Thank you!
I simply can’t thank you enough for this video. I followed it to install a repair kit *all by myself* and I’m hoping I’ll get a few more years out of this 22yo machine! I’m so grateful!
Glad to help!
I'm watching this again because the dryer is overheating and I forgot all the twists and turns on taking things apart. This is the best video on the internet. I hope there are others like it. I need to check once I get my dryer working again. What a life saver.
I am glad the video is helpful to you. Thanks for commenting!
Is it turning off by itself? I think mine is doing the same, but what should I be looking for?
@@arturoibarra1148 I really don't know. My problem was that the heating element would shut off and it was an element that would overheat and pop. I did two things. #1 I saw in a video how to reset it by smacking it or dropping it on a tile or cement floor. Check it each time with a meter to make sure it resets.
#2 Set the dryer for half the time you really need. I set mine for between 15 and 20. Not sure those are really minutes or what. When it shuts off, pull and clean the filter. Nothing overheats a dryer faster than lint stuck somewhere. Clean the filter and start it for the 2nd half of the cycle.
#3 let me know how you did. I really know nothing of what goes on at the circuit board. Good luck.
Again, every time I need to fix the dryer I refer to this. No extended chat about your fishing trip last week just to the point help. perfect ..
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Good job, Ken.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this. My grandparents dryer suddenly stopped working, and everything I’ve seen states it was a build up of lint. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me how to take off the front panel to clean it out for them.
Thank you so much
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Thank you for making and posting this. It's clear and paced just right. Thanks for mentioning your other video for lifting the console panel held in place differently on other models of Kenmore dryers.
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This helped me greatly, thanks for taking your time to show people properly. Most folks are scared to death to touch one.
This saves me from having to buy a new dryer! Thank you much!
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Thanks Ken. That was very instructive for taking 30 year-old Series 90. The components are in different locations but the ideas are the same. They made the edges sharp back then too!
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Thank you very much! Not only was this very helpful (it definitely saved me a lot of time and spared me from frustration) but it was also very entertaining. It's always fun to watch people who mastered their craft (and are gifted at communicating clearly).
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Still a great video after 3 years. Showed me how to access the parts I needed. Thanks!!!
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Thankyou. Needed to access my belt. Insides needed some TLC with the shop vac. Very thorough instructions. Exactly what I needed.
THANK YOU!!!! Spent the day tearing down and rebuilding the Dryer. It is working at the moment.
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Thank you for your help. Just replaced the broken belt in my dryer, and showing me how to thread the rollers was a godsend.
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Thank you for the video. You were very informative in helping me to take the dryer apart. Everything looked good so I just cleaned it up, lubricated the rollers and pulley and that stopped the squealing sound.
Thank you for the tutorial. I saved my folks a service call with a replacement of a thermal fuse. I will also replace the timer soon as well as ours is worn out.
Thanks for this. My son and I did this on a free Sunday and took us like an hour to fix the element and thermostat
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EXCELLENT you made this about getting it done and not about you . 2nd time I needed this
And Ken, I've watched a bunch of your content before I really knew how you tube worked and how you all get paid so I'm sorry I didn't subscribe sooner. My kid finally sat me down and explained it so I'll tip you whenever I can! I have shared your videos with so many ppl though!
Thanks for the shares! If I can help you with what parts you need, any tip you send would be greatly appreciated. My videos are NOT monetized, so RUclips does not pay me anything at all....
Thanks a lot for posting this. Sorry, I can't donate anything, but I hope you find some happiness in helping others as I do. Continue to be great!
I have a Kenmore series 80, and aside from a few extra screws holding on the vent cover this worked perfectly, great video :)
Thank you for the most clearest and step by step explanation 🙏
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Thank you for the excellent, easy to do instructions. Made my repair quick and easy. Especially the tip about taking a pic of the upper wiring for the light.
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Just need to add- your videos are so good, me- a single mom- has had this sucker torn apart and back again a million times. I'm currently looking for a spare set so I don't have to have a new one who talks and then tells me how much water to wash with!
Great demo I struggled until I saw this well done video. Now I need to find how to convert to LP
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Thank you for the instructions I was able to remove the hanger wire that became entangled with the blower unit. A simple fix but your video made it a lot simpler. Thanks again
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@@kensappliancerepair9971 yep yep the vid is straight to the point. I'm pretty much a mechanical thinking guy and so its a big score to to get a instructional video on the same model etc....kind a made me look like the repairman....haha
I agree with the other comments, excellent instructions. Most of the other videos out there for troubleshooting my problem start with the dryer already assembled. This has the the missing steps. Thanks much,
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Thank so much I had to take this dryer apart because my coworker gave it to me and it started but was filled with leaves n stuff so I followed ur instructions n get er dun lol thx again
Thanks for this video. I know you made this 4 years ago but it still helped me a lot here in Oct2022.
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Thank you for the video, it helped me diagnose and fix my dryer problem. I put a too heavy Costco Detergent tub on top of my dryer, it bent the top down without me knowing, that created friction with drum, therefore it would not turn. After watching your video I could take it apart and diagnose this is what had happened, thank you. The manufactures should put a sticker on these dryers not to put heavy things on top of them.
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Great Video. Only video I've ever referenced that took as long as the video to complete the project. Normally a 10 minute video takes 3 hours to actually complete. Good job.
This video helped me repair my dryer in the first try, very informative and detailed, thanks a lot and keep up the good work.
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Awesome, at 4:55 learned how to open the panel beneath the door. Thanks!
Your Welcome. And I know I should have edited differently and shown that part sooner in the video. At least its there!
@@kensappliancerepair9971 All good..I will have to make sure the wife does not drop anything else down the lint trap slot (she was trying to clean it out) I had an 800 series dryer, worked perfectly. Got to clean out all the stuff in there after all these years.
Beautiful video mann. You seriously made this handyman job easier
Ken you are the man. Helped me replace my dryer motor perfectly, running like a beut now
Excellent step-by-step tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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Wow!🤔 You're The Best, Dryer Doctor* Ken!💐👏🏽
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That was a great help, thank you. My Motherinlaws dryer stopped working but had power and wouldn't start it wound up being the belt had broke.
The extra few seconds of detail on the yellow wire with the red stripe was very helpful. Thanks!
You're Welcome Philip, glad the video helped! And thanks for the donation, it is greatly appreciated!!
Thank you. Couldn’t access the bottom door panel screws until I found your video.
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Very helpful video. I've used it twice while working on my dryer.
Glad it has helped you with your repairs!
Thanks Ken...I needed the refresher....Worked on many, semi retired now, HVAC by trade and Appliances....Did the coin ops for years too....Apartment basements, dorms, other locations...Almost identical, except they eat money....I remember the buy out and when they first mingled the Kenmore/Whirlpool dryer with the Maytag....I hated it....The washers needed improvement, I'll admit, the dryers, especially the WP, should have been left alone...In my opinion the best that ever was, but they just had to screw with it....I have worked them all, The older WP/KM, still my favorite, GE, Hotpoint, Ropers, Speed Queen, (a tank), the old Norge, remember them, what a pain....WP/KM is still easiest to service, saves the customer bucks on the time and still a money maker for the service co. and/or man, and/or woman doing the job....Have to be inclusive now a days....Just more crap, being politically correct....It's SERVICE MAN, NOT SERVICE LADY.....lol...Thanks again for the video, doing one later today and I think it's the KM Elite.
Thank you sir. This was helpful. Successfully replaced belt tensioner and pulleys, since the amazon kit came with all of em, belt broke.
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Thank you for teaching us sir....Have a blessed day!
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Thank you! Clear concise instructions. Now, go take a break while I take mine apart.💪
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More info than i needed, which is a bonus. Many thanks
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Thank you…you saved me some aggravation trying to figure it how not to break mine.
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Thank you this was extremely helpful. I just didn't know what to do with a clip that was on the bottom it fell off when I took the door off. I see it did not fall off when you took your door off. These are not the 2 clips on the bottom that hold the small piece
I will need to see the clip you are talking about. You can email pictures of it to me at manfredcanyon@gmail.com and I will try to help you with it!
Truly appreciate your detailed instructions
I and I appreciate you watching my video!
Very nice! Don’t know how far I’ll end up having to take mine apart but we will see. Hopefully I’ve gotten enough gunk out of the lint and vent ducts that it will work… but may have to replace a few parts if that wasn’t enough. About to go put the lint trap back together now 🤞
Excellent instructions. My dryer just stopped working and this is exactly what I need to troubleshoot it. Thank you!
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With the help of your videos, I was able to successfully troubleshoot and fix my Kenmore 90 dryer today! Thanks again for saving me a lot of money!
That's super, glad the video helped you with the repair!
Hi Ken. Thank you so much for you video. I feel the same way Jodi did 3 weeks ago. Your video helped me tremendously to take apart my dryer.
You are welcome! Glad the videos are still helping people save money!
Thank you for the excellent instructions. The model you're working on looks identical to mine, so I'm definitely saving this video for future reference.
I wish the camera quality were higher, especially at the start, but thankfully your verbal instructions were very clear and to the point. Thanks again!
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Video is years old but still applicable thank yku
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Thank you for the excellent instructions. Saved me a lot of time and cuts :-)
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Can I take the bottom panel off without taking off the whole front? I need to clean out the lint, thanks! You've helped a lot.
On this style dryer, yes you can. Be sure to unplug it first though, some of those wires are live all the time inside the dryer. You can also remove the lint filter, and then remove the lint filter housing to clean it out, it has two screws, one on each side up close to the top of the housing. There also might be one screw attaching it to the face of the blower box where the blower wheel is located.
Good Luck!
@@kensappliancerepair9971 - Thanks so much! We have this exact dryer and as of now, it's hard to even get that piece on the bottom off - I am afraid of breaking a clip. It smells of burning and want to see if clearing out all lint is the culprit. Thank you again.
I cleaned the lint filter and used a dryer brush to get deeper. Now a terrible sound when the dryer runs. I must have pushed something down lower? I used your video to remove the lint intake inside the dryer, and hot out what I could. How do I remove the gray panel in the bottom front to see inside more???
Awesome instructions, I have an older model but everything is almost identical! Thank you!!!
Thanks just cut the grass n now dryer Whinnying this was a big help.I got her now!
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This video has helped me twice!! Thank you
You are welcome! Glad it's still helping people out
Great job! video was very helpful 👍 didn’t know how to get to the belt.
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Hey Ken! Is there a video on replacing the door switch? Is it a similar first few steps. Thanks for your help!
Great video thank you! Do you happen to know where the long springs attach to? It’s two of them and I think they are door springs but I’m not sure where they go.
Thank you! For crying out loud! Nobody who shows this stuff explains the clips like you did. I finally got that blasted front panel open. Again, thank you so much for being clear.
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This is so helpful and easy to understand. Thanks.
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What a perfect video, Ken! Thank you! Tip given, Sir.
You are welcome for the video, and Thank YOU for the tip! That was really generous of you, and much appreciated!
@@kensappliancerepair9971 So glad to be able to contribute, Ken. Much appreciated. :)
Excellent, excellent video. Thanks so much for a great explanation!
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Your repair video was extremely well done and helpful, except I can't seem to get past step 1. You said you had another video on the other type of endcaps for this dryer, but I cannot find the video and there is no link. I don't know whether RUclips took it down or is hiding it or what.
Do the other type of end caps remove or do they rotate upward with the rest of the panel?
I can't find a putty knife so am using a small screwdriver. A clip on the right side popped but not on the left.
I bought this thing used so the left may not be seared correctly. But it does not appear that these things detach from the rest of the panel.
Thanks for any help!! Keep making great videos!
thank you - how do I clean the inside of the lint trap / the part that ultimately leads out to the vent hose?
Hi Ken - mine is the same but doesn't have the side panels up top to pull back the console. I can't find your extra video on how to spring the console loose by tabs underneath.
Here is a link that shows how to open the newer spring clip type console ruclips.net/video/9CWTIn9XuDo/видео.html
GOD BLESS YOU FOR HELPING PEOPLE WITH YOUR KNOLAGE.
They sure made the older Kenmore's better and easier to work at.
My dryer belt blew today and can't find a replacement locally. Are all kenmoore belts the same? I have a 90 series..
No they are not all the same. Need to look up correct part number using your model number from the tag on the panel the dryer door closes up to. If you send me the model number, I will look it up for you
Thank you sir! Very good instructions! They helped me save money!
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Great video, thanks!
I had trouble to take the lower panel off, trying to access the air flow.
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This video was great! Just what I needed.
Your instructions were great it is helpful
We did opened up our dryer because the belt needed to be replaced, my husband and I cleaned everything inside and outside the dryer and put them back together and turned on to dry my clothes, on high cotton for 50 minutes. After the drying cycle was over the clothes out were not dry and were still damp.
There is heat coming But not to dry the clothes 🤔😞
Do you know what reason cases this issue?
If it has heat but doesnt dry, it usually means there is a blockage of the air flow, either at the blower housing, blower wheel being caked with lint, or a build up in the duct out the dryer and to the wall. It can also be blocked in the wall duct or at the outside air vent. You have to have good air flow for it to dry properly.
Thanks for this helpful video!!
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This is a fantastic video for diy thank you and I love it as well not a lot of chit chat but straight forward thanks 🥰❤️
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Thanks Ken! I wish I started here lol. I had all kinda screws off the back and was fighting the front lower panel for a while haha. Also our Elite model slightly different and had to do the putty knife slip trick to get the top control panel to hinge back, no problem!
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from one Ken to another, thanks.
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Excellent Vid, bookmarked!
Are you replacing a fuse?
Lol.
Great video need more like it
Very clear and detailed 👌 thank you! This was very helpful!
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I can feel a small something drop into one of the plastic fins when I spin the drum by hand. Your video reveals there are very small holes in the exterior of the drum aligned with the fin, so is tipping the drum back and forth with that fin at 6 o'clock once the drum is removed the best way to stop that noise? How could something get in there? Thanks Ken.
Actually, I see coins in those fins all the time. They can slide in under the edge of the fin where it meets the drum. Easiest way to fix the noise once happens is to remove the screws on the outer drum where the noise making fin is located. They hold the fin to the drum. Once removed the fin drops off and can be cleaned out, then hold the fin in place with one hand and replace the screws from the outer drum to reattach it. hope this helps!
@@kensappliancerepair9971 Thanks so much! I didn't want to take it all apart and not know what to do at the end. you are awesome!
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Apologies for commenting on such an old video, but what exactly is the yellow/red wire and green/light green ground wire that you run into when pulling the door panel off? Mine is missing the entire metal strip and spade in the inside of the of the lint trap for that yellow/red wire to connect to yet it has the wire for it
Is there a video that shows how to put it back after diagnosing? 😊
Great video!
Thanks!
great video could not have done it without it thanks
Thanks for the video. Thermal fuse reset and my dryer is working again..
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Excellent! I hear Hollywood a-callin'.
Glad the video helped!
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This helped me sooo much. Thanks.
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This is a helpful and accurate video. Do you have one that shows how the light bulb socket is wired? One wire from it goes to the door switch. Where does the other wire go? (I have a machine where the second wire is missing.)
No, I dont have one that shows the wiring on the bulb socket. There should be a wiring diagram tucked inside the control panel up top, if it is still there you can get it out and use the wiring diagram to see where each wire goes. Hope this helps!
I figured it out. One wire from the light socket goes to the door switch. The other wire from the light ocket connects to a wire from the body of the dryer. You disconnect 3 wires coming from the body of the dryer at 6:50 in the video. Two of them go to the door switch. The third wire ( black with a cylindrical connector) from the body of the dryer is disconnected from a black wire that comes from the light socket. That leaves one wire from the light socket still connected to the door switch..
Thank you Ken! Very helpful
Maybe adding a diagram of how to put the pulley back would be helpful but perfect video otherwise
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Great video and great teacher
Thank you very much. You're my new hero.
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Is it recommended to disassemble like this to clean inside? Or only the duct outside the unit requires cleaning?
Anywhere you have lint build up will need to be cleaned out, including inside the dryer as needed. Lint build up reduces air flow, which increases drying time and also can lead to a complete blockage, which would severely increase drying time and could cause thermal fuse to blow.
@@kensappliancerepair9971 you were right. the insides of that dryer were full of lint. the gap between each fan blade was clogged too. and the heater tube was full with blackened lint. I don't know how it didn't catch fire. Running like new now, and only one finger needed a band-aid. Thanks so much!
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