- Model Number
- LDG7334AAE
- Brand
- Maytag
- Age
- More than 10 years
Greetings. I have an old (25+ years) Maytag gas dryer, LDG7334AAE. it came with the house and has always run fine. About 4 years ago it starting developing a slight squeak at startup. I bought a drum roller/belt/slides parts kit but didn't use it until things got real noisy lately, so it (kit) sat in the garage for few years, on top of the dryer. When I finally installed
the kit, per video instructions, the dryer ran fine for a few loads, then got progressively noisier with clunky banging sounds and vibrating. It was found that every bit of rubber on the replacement rollers had disintegrated and fallen off down to the inner plastic cores. I still had the old rollers, so put them back on with new parts (axles and washers). Dryer ran fine for a few weeks, then started to squeak bad again. The new front drum sliders had disintegrated into particles/dust right down to the cork backing.
So now I've ordered new "improved 2022" rollers and new slides. New belt seems OK and is the only part of the kit that held up.
While obviously I should have used the kit sooner, I find it incredible that the kit parts, stored in the same location/environment as the dryer itself, would just fall apart. Now it is a hot humid South Florida garage so not ideal, but I've never seen that happen to other parts. I notice that particular parts kit is no longer available where I bought it (Amazon.)
So besides this report on my parts experience, I have a question: I couldn't find any kind of upgraded drum slides, and I'm concerned about using more of the same. And the drum where it rubs the slides has lost most of it's paint is down to bare metal from friction. Is there a lubricant/parts tip for that area? You'd think they might have come up with a better kind of bearing for that area. Even teflon wears out.
Anyway I will try my new parts and see how that goes. It's been a reliable machine and hopefully will continue to be.
the kit, per video instructions, the dryer ran fine for a few loads, then got progressively noisier with clunky banging sounds and vibrating. It was found that every bit of rubber on the replacement rollers had disintegrated and fallen off down to the inner plastic cores. I still had the old rollers, so put them back on with new parts (axles and washers). Dryer ran fine for a few weeks, then started to squeak bad again. The new front drum sliders had disintegrated into particles/dust right down to the cork backing.
So now I've ordered new "improved 2022" rollers and new slides. New belt seems OK and is the only part of the kit that held up.
While obviously I should have used the kit sooner, I find it incredible that the kit parts, stored in the same location/environment as the dryer itself, would just fall apart. Now it is a hot humid South Florida garage so not ideal, but I've never seen that happen to other parts. I notice that particular parts kit is no longer available where I bought it (Amazon.)
So besides this report on my parts experience, I have a question: I couldn't find any kind of upgraded drum slides, and I'm concerned about using more of the same. And the drum where it rubs the slides has lost most of it's paint is down to bare metal from friction. Is there a lubricant/parts tip for that area? You'd think they might have come up with a better kind of bearing for that area. Even teflon wears out.
Anyway I will try my new parts and see how that goes. It's been a reliable machine and hopefully will continue to be.
