American Dryer Corp. AD-100 - Manual (Page 18)

3. Remove front panel (Page 9-4, Figure 1)
a. Disconnect wires from main door switch.
b. Remove front panel screws and grommets.
c. Pull bottom edge of panel away from dryer and remove panel.
4. Remove backguard (Page 9-21, Figure 1)
a. Remove nuts and washers from rear of dryer. Remove backguard,
5. Remove pulley from tumbler shaft (Page 9-8, Figure 15)
a. Remove belts from pulley.
b. Remove bolts holding pulley to bushing. Thread bolts into unused
hole, and tighten to free pulley from bushing. Remove set bolts.
c. Remove pulley and key from shaft.
d. Tighten bolts evenly when replacing pulley and bushing.
6. Remove tumbler assembly and tumbler shaft bearing support (Page 9-6,
Figure 3).
a. Loosen set screws on both bearings,(Page 9-8, Figure 5)
b. If tumbler cannot be removed easily, hold a block of wood against
end of shaft and strike with a mallet to move shaft past burrs
made by set screws. DO NOT STRIKE END OF SHAFT WITH MALLET DIRECTLY.
7. Remove tumbler from tumbler support (Page 9-6, Figure 3)
a. Remove screw from center tumbler back wall. (Page 9-6, Figure 4)
b. Remove tie rods holding txmibler to the tumbler support. Retain
shims for reassembly.
c. To replace, reverse the procedure.
NOTE: Reinstall shims as necessary to align tumbler axis with support
shaft.
TO REPLACE PULLEYS:
1. Tumbler pulley (Page 9-8, Figure 15)
a. Replace pulley by reversing removal procedure (Paragraph 5 above),
2. Motor and idler pulleys (Page 9-9, Figures 16 ^ 18; Page 9-10, Figure 11).
a. Replace pulleys by reversing removal procedure (steps shows in
Paragraph 5 above),
TO REPLACE BEARING:
1. Tumbler bearings (Page 9-8, Figure 5)
a. Remove belts and tumbler pulley.
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