Product review (5 stars): 25 year old Maytag back in action
My 25 year old Maytag dryer started making a squealing sound and would cut off mid cycle. Then it wouldn't start at all. If I pushed in the door switch and gave the drum a helping push it would start. My first thought was that a roller or idler pulley had seized. It turned out it was the motor. I bought this motor, a new idler pulley, a belt, and a new blower fan. I suggest getting a new blower because it's pretty cheap and mine pretty much fell apart when I took it out. Also I got the slides for the drum. Everything was easy to install after watching the video on YouTube. You'll have to change a couple of terminal ends to fit the new motor, but there are instructions that help you through it. The hardest thing for me was putting the spring clips that hold the motor back on. Finally I used vise grips to hold them in place and hit the vise grips down with a hammer which did the trick. I put everything back together and now it works as good as new for under $140. Hopefully it will work for another 25 years.