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A customer have this tumble dryer, turned out that the jockey wheel was worn. Have ordered a new part for me to fit it tomorrow afternoon.
The question is, how do I put the belt onto the jockey wheel? It looked like that I do not have the luxury to take advantage of the spring loaded jockey wheels like I do with other machines and this machine seems very rigid.
Am I looking at brute force to pull the belt onto the jockey wheel? Would my hotpoint tumble dryer belt fitting tool fit? Just that I use it on the older models but not on newer models.
Looking at this particular model, it looks very similar to what they have been making for the last twenty years but I have not been able to find out where the belt fitting tool can slot into. There got to be a way or is there a knack to it?
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
Is this a condenser type,where you can remove the fan cowling and then unscrew the pulley,hook the belt over the new pulley and then screw back in place …..?
Martin
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
It is the condenser model. Yes you need to unscrew the pulley.
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
Then you should be able to put the belt on the pulley,fit and loosely tighten the furthest screw and then swivel down pulley to tension the belt and also line up the remaining screw hole, or holes
Martin
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Turned out it not as easy as you make it out. The belt need replacing as I knackered it also the jockey wheel seems to break easily. Will get on to second wheel. Is the belt the same as IS60v?
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF852BI – Belt fitting
twicknix wrote:A customer have this tumble dryer, turned out that the jockey wheel was worn. Have ordered a new part for me to fit it tomorrow afternoon.
The question is, how do I put the belt onto the jockey wheel? It looked like that I do not have the luxury to take advantage of the spring loaded jockey wheels like I do with other machines and this machine seems very rigid.
Am I looking at brute force to pull the belt onto the jockey wheel? Would my hotpoint tumble dryer belt fitting tool fit? Just that I use it on the older models but not on newer models.
Looking at this particular model, it looks very similar to what they have been making for the last twenty years but I have not been able to find out where the belt fitting tool can slot into. There got to be a way or is there a knack to it?
Hpt t/d – AQCF852BI – Belt fitting and jockey wheel
Turned out that it is not my day today!
Original problem was worn jockey wheel, attempted to replace it, the new part got damaged in the van (long story – something fell onto the bag and broke the jockey wheel) so I had to get another one.
Fitted the second replacement part onto the dryer and had troubles with swivelling the belt onto the jockey wheel and ended up breaking the jockey wheel and torn the belt.
Now I am faced with replacing the belt and jockey wheel (third set) which I have now ordered it for collection tomorrow morning. Am I looking at complete strip down of the dryer to replace the belt or is there an easier way?
A step by step guide would be good as I have not attempted to replace belt on condensing dryer before.
These things are sent to try me!
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
You have had a bad day!
Been a while since i fitted a belt to a condensor type myself, but frommemory its not that much more complicated than a vented type, you should be able to get away with removing the front panel, and sliding the belt over the drum, then with the side panel removed you should be able to put thebelt on as i described earlier….if i am incorrect, im sure someone helpful will correct me!
I wont take offence LOL
Martin
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
You have had a bad day!
Been a while since i fitted a belt to a condensor type myself, but frommemory its not that much more complicated than a vented type, you should be able to get away with removing the front panel, and sliding the belt over the drum, then with the side panel removed you should be able to put thebelt on as i described earlier….if i am incorrect, im sure someone helpful will correct me!
I wont take offence LOL
Martin
Taking the front panel of allows you to check the condition of the front bearings at the same time but i prefer removing the rear bearing pin and push the back panel back to allow the belt to be slipped over the drum, dont think there is much in it timewise to be honest.Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
So it’s open the back panel with rear teardrop unpinned then slide the belt over the drum? Ok got that.
What about the motor shaft? It’s on plastic base. Where do I slip the belt? Can I unbolt the motor and where do I do that? Do I need to remove the rear fan blade? Can the belt slip from the rear or front and would the motor wires get in the way? Just trying to remember how I did it on the vented variants.
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
Normally I rotate the pulley forward but it can be tight if your not used to it,
If your struggling their is a second method, first the new belt will be very tight try and stretch it by standing in it and give it a good pull, will make your life a bit easier, remove the side and remove the front fan and cover, replace the jockey wheel and fully fit it to the motor, best way to swap the belt is down the back of the drum but I always take it out TBH to have a good clean and check the front bearings, remove the heater cover and heater, remove the rear fan, once the fan is off their are 4 bolts the hold the motor in just in the duct, remove these and now you can rotate the motor, place the belt over the motor shaft and rotate the motor and jockey wheel back , you will find you can just slip the belt over now, with a screwdriver in the motor between where the front and rear housings meet rotate it forward until the 4 rear bolt holes align and refit and it came apart
Re: Hpt t/d – AQCF532BI – Belt fitting
madangler1 wrote:
If your struggling their is a second method, first the new belt will be very tight try and stretch it by standing in it and give it a good pull, will make your life a bit easier, remove the side and remove the front fan and cover, replace the jockey wheel and fully fit it to the motor, best way to swap the belt is down the back of the drum but I always take it out TBH to have a good clean and check the front bearings, remove the heater cover and heater, remove the rear fan, once the fan is off their are 4 bolts the hold the motor in just in the duct, remove these and now you can rotate the motor, place the belt over the motor shaft and rotate the motor and jockey wheel back , you will find you can just slip the belt over now, with a screwdriver in the motor between where the front and rear housings meet rotate it forward until the 4 rear bolt holes align and refit and it came apartThanks Madangler – your advice is spot on and it helped me greatly and not only it helped me so much but it was so straightforward and easy. I found that if you take out the front fan cover and the disc, unclip the front fan and as well the rear fan, you have a lot of space to move about, especially when it comes to slipping the new belt onto the shaft.
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