Amana Electric Dryer Takes forever to Dry

I have an Amana Electric Dryer (model LED20AW) which is 8 years old. I started noticing that the clothes took longer and longer to dry. Finally I unhooked the dryer from the outside vent and seen that the vent was full of lint so I cleaned it out, shortened the flexible tubing and thought all was well. When I turned it on hot air would fill the flexible tubing but it still takes a lot of time to dry things. Also my lint catcher hardley ever has anything in it.

I think now I have figured it out. When I took my front door lint catcher sceen out I took a flashlight and looked down into the dryer and I can see that it is full of lint! I took a wire clothes hanger and put down there and pulled a little out but I can tell it is packed.

The big question I have is how in the world do I take the dryer apart to get all of the lint that is in the dryer beneath the drum out?? I don't know where to start. Not a lot of visible bolts etc... is this something a novice person can do or will I have to have a repair person out? Are there inexpensive service books on Amana products that you can buy? I am hoping I can figure it out.

Any help on how to clean the dryer out would be greatly appreciated!!

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UNPLUG UNIT... RUN A PUTTY KNIFE BETWEEN THE TOP AND FRONT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ABOUT 2-3 INCHS IS A CLIP.. PRESS IN WITH PUTTY KNIFE AND PUL TOP UP SAME TIME... ALSO DO THIS RIGHT TO LEFT FOR OTHER CLIP... YOU'LL SEE THE RST THEN,,,,,

 

Will try it later today. When putting it back together do you just push the pieces together? Thanks again!!!

 

Yup... top will snap back down.. good luck