quickest way to remove motor from old kenmore dryer

**ilyaz** · 10-10-2010, 01:06 PM

A neighbor put an old Kenmore dryer at the curb. The model is 110.87371600. I want to pull out the electric motor. What's the quickest way to do it? I removed the back panel but could not see where the motor is, so I guess I'll have to take it apart some more. What do I need to remove before I can get to the motor? Is it hard to take the motor out? Thanks.

**tristatescrap** · 10-10-2010, 07:01 PM

You will need 1/4, 5/16 nutdrivers, wire cutters, a couple of screwdrivers and a hammer. I take apart the whole dryer. you will have to remove the lint chute after you take the back off. There is a fan blade under the lint chute that I break off with a hammer. Then the cabinet needs to be removed to get to the front of the motor. There are 2 clips that need to be removed with a flat head screwdriver. Should take about 15 minutes to remove the motor. Some of the dryer drums are Stainless Steel.

**luniticfriend** · 01-05-2014, 10:43 AM

Dryers in general are very easy. tip the dryer on its front. look about half way down on the right side. there should be 2 slide pieces and a bolt or 3 screws kinda close together. you will also see (tward the backside of the dryer) there should be about 4-5 self tapping screws that go side to side. if you have a torch (stay high on the ribs) if you can while cutting a hole around the motor. use a pair of gloves, vice grip to pull the metal away and the motor should come with it but not very far. There will be a tensioner, belt, and bracket for the motor. snip the belt, cut the tensioner and bracket. either cut the shaft for the dryer fan, or take a prybar and get aggressive with the motor pulling it against the plastic fan. total time about 2 minutes and the motor is at your feet

**MattInTheHat** · 01-05-2014, 11:02 AM

the drum is also nice for scrap storage/sorting. I get beat up garbage cans for free, but I would hate to buy new ones for scrapping

**collision** · 07-07-2014, 08:37 AM

Usually you can remove the motor very easily. Just unclamp it, and lift it out.

**eesakiwi** · 07-12-2014, 01:26 AM

First, check if the wire in the motor is Copper or Ali.
Fir some reason the driers often have ali wire in the motors.

I read that ali wire motors don't get hot like copper wired ones do. That seems right when yiu take into account all the furry stuff that's in driers.