HT fix lint trap

[Jada59]

I have a front loading LG dryer. Not sure how old. Maybe 10 years? The door won't shut with the lint trap in. I feel like the lint trap maybe isn't all the way in.

Normally when this happens. I will find a bit of lint, stuck somewhere in there. Today, I did find a little well packed lint in the nooks and crannies around and under the filter. And at the edges of the filter. Also looks like a facial tissue or paper towel got in there. Also found some on the bottom edge of the door.

I used a flashlight, screwdriver, vent brush and canned air. For sure, I got all the packed stuff. Now there is just a tiny bit of fluffy stuff down where I can't quite reach it.

I have never been able to remove the screws to the housing. They are screwed in to the max! The vent to the outside was cleaned out mostly by my gardener but his tool broke so I had a handyman finish the job off with his leaf blower. For whatever reason, the gardener was afraid to use the leaf blower. I believe this job was finished in Nov. or Dec., so less than a year.

I just did a load of laundry and am risking it by not using the lint trap. I would hang the stuff to dry but there's a towel in there and I don't like air dried towels.

I suspect the gardener is somehow behind this mystery. I have not seen him for maybe three days and he normally leaves stuff in the washer and/or dryer but there was nothing in either one.

What am I missing here? I don't want to call a repairman unless I have to, and while the gardener can fix some things, the dryer is not one of them.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

If yoou can find the metal plate with the model number google LG Dryer MODelXXXXXXXX user manual. USually you can find a PDF of the user manual and the trouble shooting section should help.

Did you try a poser screwdriver? Not a drill but a battery operated screwdriver. Sometimes the machines on assembly lines ger mis adjusted and torque down nuts bolts and screws too hard. It takes a lot of strength or a power tool to free them. You could also use WD$) to see if that helps.

I wouldn't blow it out, I would get a computer vac and vaccum out the lint.

I know it's stupid but I;ve seen this happen. Did you try spining the lint trap around. It could be that you are putting it in backwards.

 

[Jada59]

If yoou can find the metal plate with the model number google LG Dryer MODelXXXXXXXX user manual. USually you can find a PDF of the user manual and the trouble shooting section should help.

Did you try a poser screwdriver? Not a drill but a battery operated screwdriver. Sometimes the machines on assembly lines ger mis adjusted and torque down nuts bolts and screws too hard. It takes a lot of strength or a power tool to free them. You could also use WD$) to see if that helps.

I wouldn't blow it out, I would get a computer vac and vaccum out the lint.

I know it's stupid but I;ve seen this happen. Did you try spining the lint trap around. It could be that you are putting it in backwards.

I tried it both ways. Not backwards. Nothing in the manual. Already looked. I don't have that kind od screwdriver. I think my gardener does but he's still not back. As for the WD40, there's no way to get it under the screws. Thanks!

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

I don't have that kind od screwdriver. I think my gardener does but he's still not back.

You can get an inexspensive one for about $10 at Harbor Freight.

As for the WD40, there's no way to get it under the screws. Thanks!

Spray the screws with WD40 it will penetrate down. That's how it works. You don't have to get it under the screws. Spray them and wait 10 minutes.

 

[Jada59]

You can get an inexspensive one for about $10 at Harbor Freight.



Spray the screws with WD40 it will penetrate down. That's how it works. You don't have to get it under the screws. Spray them and wait 10 minutes.

I don't really want to spray that stuff in the dryer. Isn't it flammable?

I know where a Harbor Freight is. Never been in it though. Thanks!

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

I don't really want to spray that stuff in the dryer. Isn't it flammable?

I know where a Harbor Freight is. Never been in it though. Thanks!

I don't know how flamable it is but I've used it in car and truck engines as they ran with no problems. WD stands for water dispacement. The main ingredient is water.

 

[Jada59]

I don't know how flamable it is but I've used it in car and truck engines as they ran with no problems. WD stands for water dispacement. The main ingredient is water.

I didn't need it. I looked on Youtube. Although there was a variety of possibilities, I was drawn to the one with the screw. The very last time there was a problem, he somehow dropped his house key down there. Did you know that house keys are not magnetic? They're not. Neither are coins. I did make 11 cents that time.

This time, I used the trusty combination reaching tool with claw and magnet, and my combination shoehorn/back scratcher. I forgot how many damned screws I got out, plus the drill bit that his GF was looking for, a small rock and a nickel! There was also about 2 cups of compacted lint down there. I forgot that to really be able to look in there, I need to crawl inside and use a flashlight.

I dropped the flashlight and the bulb broke. I';m covered with gritty stuff, but the filter fits now. And hey! I have a coin!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Good for you!

Lint is a pesky thing. It will get places that we can't really go. It is the bane of a laundromat.

 

[jehoram]

I don't know how flamable it is but I've used it in car and truck engines as they ran with no problems. WD stands for water dispacement. The main ingredient is water.

Not so. I found this on the interweb:

WD-40's main ingredients, according to its U.S. Material Safety Data Sheet* information, are:

· 51% Stoddard solvent (i.e., mineral spirits: primarily hexane, somewhat similar to kerosene)
· 25% Liquefied petroleum gas (presumably as a propellant; carbon dioxide is now used instead to reduce WD-40's considerable flammability)
· 15+% Mineral oil (light lubricating oil)
· 10-% Inert ingredients

The German version of the mandatory EU safety sheet lists the following safety-relevant ingredients:
· 60–80% Heavy Naphtha (petroleum product), hydrogen treated
· 1–5% Carbon dioxide

It further lists flammability and effects to the human skin when repeatedly exposed to WD-40 as risks when using WD-40. Nitrile rubber gloves and safety glasses should be used.

* Required by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for potentially hazardous substances in the workplace.

 

[jehoram]

You can get an inexspensive one for about $10 at Harbor Freight.

Harbor Freight is a great place to buy tools you won't use very often or on tasks where you're not really testing the limits of whatever the tool is made of.

If you're really serious about the tools, particularly power tools, I don't recommend them.

 

[Jada59]

Not so. I found this on the interweb:

WD-40's main ingredients, according to its U.S. Material Safety Data Sheet* information, are:

· 51% Stoddard solvent (i.e., mineral spirits: primarily hexane, somewhat similar to kerosene)
· 25% Liquefied petroleum gas (presumably as a propellant; carbon dioxide is now used instead to reduce WD-40's considerable flammability)
· 15+% Mineral oil (light lubricating oil)
· 10-% Inert ingredients

The German version of the mandatory EU safety sheet lists the following safety-relevant ingredients:
· 60–80% Heavy Naphtha (petroleum product), hydrogen treated
· 1–5% Carbon dioxide

It further lists flammability and effects to the human skin when repeatedly exposed to WD-40 as risks when using WD-40. Nitrile rubber gloves and safety glasses should be used.

* Required by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for potentially hazardous substances in the workplace.

Thanks!

 

[Jada59]

Harbor Freight is a great place to buy tools you won't use very often or on tasks where you're not really testing the limits of whatever the tool is made of.

If you're really serious about the tools, particularly power tools, I don't recommend them.

That's pretty much what my gardener said too.

 

[CarlyAnn]

Reminded me of my Uncle who started a part time business of cleaning out driers (mostly lint) after seeing in the paper where people had fires due to large amounts of lint just below the traps and in the hose. He got so busy that he had to hire another person. He showed me how to do it and it takes about 25 minutes to completely clean everything. Hot air on lint isn't a good thing.

 

[30bandits]

youtube it

 

[Jada59]

youtube it

That's how I fixed it.