Hello there,
I have a Samsung dryer, which recently failed, the pulley and belt went so I had to replace both.
During replacement I took out the drum and saw that the black patches are a bit melted, apparently due to they were touching the heater block while drum was rolling, as there might have been a problem with the belt being worn out or whatever. Anyway, I have replaced the pulley and belt and put the drum back in. I wonder if this is normal for a drum to have these melty black stickers or should I replace the whole thing ?
Pics attached. Thanks!
Good catch. I didn't even pay attention that the photos are of different areas of the drum and they do look rather thick and goopy. Probably to keep the drum from sounding like a... drum.
That looks like a document pouch. You've probably received packages with a small envelop containing the receipt or packing list. I would remove it so it doesn't generate a smell if it gets too hot again.
That does indeed look like a document pouch, but the black goop looks like the sound deadener found on stainless steel sinks. Could it be that on the metal drum to reduce impact noise from large heavy loads? There appear to be more than one. Possible balancing weights?
It's noise deadening. It's in different places on different drums.
Must be some very thin metal as I've seen people needing to patch holes thru the drum.
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The on/off and temperature control knob of my gas oven became harder and harder to move. I was unable to pull it off to clean it so I tried using pliers to pull it off. This caused a whoosh of flame underneath the stovetop. I was able to shut it off, finally, but a few days later I found the center of the front of the top of the stove, just above the oven control knob, was very hot. I could see a small flame, like a pilot light, under the stovetop.
By turning the knob "more off", whatever was leaking under there stopped leaking and this unwanted "pilot" was snuffed out. Another few days went by with no issues (aside from being unable to use the oven), then I found that flame on again, bigger and hotter. It had caused the control knob to soften enough that it was easy to turn, and I turned it past "off" and again the flame was extinguished.
Well now I am not comfortable having any gas going to that stove at all until I can fix whatever has gone wrong under there. What should I be looking for under there?
01-10-23, 07:13 PM
