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To Replace Front Basket Support Pillow Block Bearing
1. Discontinue power to dryer.
2. Remove backguard.
3. Follow steps 3 through 6 from "Replacement of Rear Basket Support Pillow Block Bearing".
4. Remove the two (2) retaining rings from the tumbler shaft.
5. Remove the two (2) bolts holding the front basket support pillow block bearing to the dryer.
6. Loosen bearing collar set screws (2) and as the end of the basket shaft is lifted up slightly, slide
the bearing off the shaft.
7. Prop a block of wood between the basket shaft and the bearing to the dryer.
8. Replace by reversing steps 2 through 6.
NOTE: Before replacing back guard, check basket lateral/vertical adjustment, as well as, belt
adjustment and readjust if necessary.
9. Reestablish power to dryer.
To Replace Front Idler Shaft Pillow Block Bearing
(Bearing nearest the back of the dryer)
1. Discontinue power to dryer.
2. Remove V-belts from idler pulleys.
3. Remove bolts holding each idler pillow block bearing to mount.
4. Remove idler shaft (with both bearings and idler pulleys still attached) from dryer.
5. Remove end retaining ring and loosen the two (2) set screws in the bearing race collar.
NOTE: Replacement idler shaft is now manufactured with a hump on the shaft therefor no
retainings are needed.
6. Slide bearing off the shaft.
7. Replace bearing by reversing procedure.
8. Align idler pulley with basket pulley before tightening bolts.
9. Reestablish power to dryer.