GE Appliances & Lighting
Part Instruction
WE49X20697
GE Appliances & Lighting
General Electric Company
Louisville, KY 40225
GEAppliances.com
WH00X5630
The drum slide assembly is located on the
back side of the front panel and utilizes 4
drum slides. Two white outer slides
WE1M504
are used as guides, and 2 green
center (top) slides
WE1M1067
are used to
support the weight of the drum.
Caution
: Do not replace the center (top)
support slides
WE1M1067
with the white
guide slides
WE1M504
. Damage to the
dryer will result.
To remove the drum slide top
bearing assembly:
1.
Remove the light bulb (if present).
2.
Grasp the top of the drum slide
bearing assembly and pull down and
inward to release the assembly from
the 2 tabs located at the top of the
front panel.
3.
Reassemble
Drive Belt
The drive belt
WE12M22
is a 4-rib belt and
extends from under the motor pulley, over
the top of the idler pulley, and around the
perimeter of the dryer drum. Belt tension is
maintained by the idler pulley and driven
by a pulley attached to the motor shaft.
To remove the drive belt:
1.
Reach under the left-hand side of
the drum, push the idler pulley
down and to the right, and lock the
idler arm on the top corner of the
motor bracket to release belt
tension.
