Product review (5 stars): GE Electric Dryer Rear Bearing Replacement
Replaced an aging and very noisy GE dryer rear bearing assembly. Removal and installation of the bearing set is easy, if you follow the online instructions in Youtube. The accompanying instructions provided, looked just like my GE electric dryer from the front, but once inside, it is a different picture. Knowing how to disassemble the dryer, and removing the drive belt and drum assembly, it came down to the bearing two pieces to replace. Starting with the dryer drum, removal and installation is fairly straight forward. The heater coil pan assembly is a little bit more involved. STOP here. Let me point out, that you should have a SHOP Vacuum handy and are using it along the tear down and assembly process. Dust and dryer lint is everywhere you can't see it, so remember to vacuum everything and everywhere while inside the unit. Removing three of the mounting screws on the heater pan will not give you enough clearance to gain access to get the pilot bearing out when it drops behind the pan. Loosen the top left pan screw, without removing it and retrieve the pilot bearing assembly. And, vacuum the area with extreme prejudice. Install the new pilot bearing assembly to the heater cil pan, mount heater coil pan and check for more loose DUST bunnies anywhere in there, because you and I both know, you have no plans to do this again, or anytime soon! SUGGESTION: Replace old or worn components, i.e. drive belt, Idler pulley, Idler pulley sensor/switch, etc before reassembling your refurbished dryer. My handiwork lasted two weeks before the drive belt shredded because of a seized Idler pulley and due to the snap-back of the idler pulley rod, it broke the Idler pulley safety switch, thus rendering the dryer, DEAD! All failed parts replaced, New parts on order thru Amazon.com for next time and the house is very happy home for all to live here to have the electric dryer up and running. Very satisfied with both the product and Amazon.com price and look forward to making future purchase, again, and again, and again, ....