Product review (2 stars): This in turn made my wife's Whirlpool dryer useless. What happened was the ceramic posts holding the ...
The heating element did do what was expected and heated up the clothes for almost 1 year, however it only lasted for 9 months (Dec 2013 to Sep 2014) before the coils inside started bending, then fused together causing it to not heat up anymore, so I took away some stars in my rating.  This in turn made my wife's Whirlpool dryer useless.

What happened was the ceramic posts holding the coils are just twisted place rather than welded, soldered, etc.  So, I think over time, when the coils get hot, the ceramic holders for each coil start to turn causing the coils to turn toward each other.  My heating element broke when 2 of them fused together.

Next time I will buy a OEM or FSP part.  I'm not sure this was an FSP part.  I learned my lesson.