Maytag 111990" Automatic Dryers Service Manual page 49

INSTALLING DRIVE BELT
1. Install tumbler.
2. Place belt over the top of the dryer
tumbler with the smooth side
against the tumbler and position it
about 1 1/2" in front of the back
screws which hold the clothes
lifters. In order to get the belt
between the bottom of the tumbler
and the blower, it will be necessary
to lift up on the tumbler.
3. The best position to take while
installing the belt is to sit on the
floor facing and as close to the
dryer as possible. Place your left
arm along the left side of the
tumbler and your right arm along
the bottom of the tumbler (as close
to the blower as possible).
4\ With the right hand, loop the belt
over the top of the motor pulley
making certain the grooves of the
belt are against the pulley and that
the belt is properly seated into the
pulley.
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5. With the left hand, loop the belt
under the motor pulley.
6. With the right hand, position the belt
over the top of the idler pulley and
begin to work it around the circum-
ference of the idler pulley while
pushing the pulley up and to the left.
Note: It is neither necessary nor
advantageous to push extremely
hard on the pulley. This tends to
put the idler pUlley and motor pUlley
in a bind and also puts a strain on
the installer so he cannot work effi-
ciently with his hands to complete
the belt installation.
7. Once tl'1e belt is almost around the
entire circumference of the idler
pulley, use the left hand to push the
belt over"the bottom of the idler
pulley while at the same time
making certain that the belt is
between the idler pulley and the belt
gUide.
SECTION 3. SERVICE PROCEDURES
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