Appliance Repair Revelation, A Peek Inside the Whirlpool (and Kenmore) Duet Dryer

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If yours is the gas version, the gas burner assembly is conveniently accessed from the front of the dryer by simply removing the quarter panel below the door panel. You’ll see the assembly on the right hand side, as shown below.

Whirlpool / Kenmore Duet Dryer:  Gas Burner Assembly
Gas Burner Assembly

All appliances these days have a tech sheet hidden somewhere inside of them. To find the tech sheet on the Duet dryer, you have to remove the top panel and thar she blows, as Samenilla points out below.

Whirlpool / Kenmore Duet Dryer: Tech Sheet Location
Tech Sheet Location

If you need to get deep into the guts of this beast, such as to replace a belt or change the venting from the side to the back, then you’ll need to remove the door panel assembly. To do this, you first need to remove the top control panel. You’ll undo some screws, as shown below, and then the control panel slides up and out. Be sure to secure this panel because if it slops around, you could damage some delicate ribbon connectors. With the control panel lifted off, you have full access to all the mounting screws for the door panel. The rest is trivial and I won’t bore you with it.

Whirlpool / Kenmore Duet Dryer: Remove Top Panel to Remove Control Panel
Remove Top Panel to Remove Control Panel

Ok, tear ’em up!

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grasshoppers sitting with the master doing a special gas conversion


 

One thought on “Appliance Repair Revelation, A Peek Inside the Whirlpool (and Kenmore) Duet Dryer

  1. Anonymous

    Unfortunately I can’t manage to get the front panel of the kenmore model 86983110 off, like I could it’s predecessor. The top front panel has everything but the bottom off, whereas the bottom front has me puzzled…

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