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This is a pre-stretched halting element coil.
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This is a pre-stretched halting element coil.
Mike N.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2025
Original product
Franky
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020
The way Whirlpool made the dryer, it was difficult to take out the container for the element. And it must be threaded through the container by hand. They definitely should make it easier to replace. However, that said. The element itself is still going strong after four years, so I am happy with the element. I will not buy another Whirlpool dryer though. I do not want the hassle they put you through to fix something.
Matt Winant
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
Brought this to replace the broken heating coil on our dryer. Lasted about 5 drying cycles before my wife noticed that our clothes weren't getting dry again. Opened the dryer back up to find that the new coil had also broke - one end had completely been fried into multiple broken pieces. It is an OEM part, so you get what you paid for. It's only worth buying multiple for some time until you might as well bite the bullet and purchase a new dryer.
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2015
Arrived very quickly. The local appliance store wanted $40-odd dollars for this part. Installed quickly and easily. Installation instructions were minimal, but there are a plethora of installation videos online that are very helpful. It did require a slight bit of stretching (1-2 inches overall length) in order to fit the mount evenly. $22 to save an old, yet still ver functional, dryer was well worth it.
Candice
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2015
It fit my Maytag dryer, I don't know what year it is, but it is fairly old.It fixed my problem, and watching a YouTube video prior made for easy installation.Arrived as expected and in good condition.I believe this is a lot cheaper than buying the whole heating element, but it is more time consuming.
John Walker
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014
The coil is short by about 6 inches. This requires some gentle stretching which is easily accomplished. Anchor one end properly then thread through from there. It gets easier as you progress. At the other end you see how much stretching is needed. Then go back to the beginning stretching each leg of the zigzag a small amount. At the other end see if any more strething is needed. It took me 2 runs through. The rest of the installation is straight forward. Part works fine and was the most inexpensive that I could find by far.
Sherrie Green
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2014
The part I needed was for a Maytag, which is no longer available. I was advised to use this as a replacement, by a few sources. This heating element only has hot as the setting, when installed in a Maytag and will ruin/shrink/permanently wrinkle delicate, 100% polyester and permanent press fabrics. I wish I had known this information, before I purchased this as a replacement part.
Jonathan D. Williams
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012
Installing this replacement element in my 1989 Maytag dryer was straightforward. Allow yourself about 1.5 to 2 hours to do the whole job start to finish. You can buy the whole heater element assembly and cut the job down to about 30 to 45 minutes but at four times the cost. Remove the front panel from the dryer and uninstall the heater element assembly. When you open up the old heater element assembly, it opens in a clamshell fashion. Do yourself a favor and whip out that digital camera and take a picture of the old routing. Use a stout pair of diagonal cutters to snip the old nichrome elements at several places to ease the removal of the old element. Start threading the new element by finding the approximate mid-point of the heating element and string it through the ceramic ferrule at the mid-point of the heater element assembly. This is where that digital photo comes in handy if you didn't mark the mid-spot before yanking out the old stuff. Then begin working your way to the ends, threading the element through the ceramic ferrules, criss-crossing the assembly, and eventually ending up where it terminates at the brass terminals. You will find that it doesn't quite reach. Again, starting at the middle, spread the 'coils' a little bit at a time by pulling on the element using two hands, all along the way to the end until you have increased the length so it can reach the brass nuts. There should be some tension on the element as it is threaded through all the ferrules. If it is loosey-goosey, there is a chance it could contact the metal shell of the heater assembly and you could get a nasty shock if you have a bad ground or faulty dryer plug.
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