Hi, I'm Mat from eSpares.
In this video, I'll be replacing the drive belt on this Candy tumble dryer.
If your drum no longer turns in your tumble dryer,
then it is likely that the drive belt has failed and it needs to be replaced.
Safety first always disconnect an appliance before carrying out any work.
To get the correct part for your machine
make sure you get the model information off the rating plate here.
Then go to the eSpares website to order the right part for your model.
I'm going to remove the lid of the tumble dryer by undoing
the two screws at the back.
With the lid off the machine you can see there's no belt
on the drum, so it's obviously snapped and fallen inside the machine.
Now next, I need to remove the control panel.
So I'm going to disconnect the electrical connections and then
remove the two screws that fix it in place.
I'm going to open up the door and remove the door seal
simply pull it off and then also remove this kickplate at the bottom
of the machine just by pulling it away.
Now I need to remove the front panel which is held in place by eight screws.
Two at the top, three, four, five, six and then seven and eight
underneath the panel here.
To remove the front panel completely just remove the
electrical connections from the door lock.
To remove the ring assembly that's behind the front panel.
You just need to take out the electrical connection
to the TOC here and then remove the four screws that hold it in place.
For this, I'm using a nut spinner.
To remove the front ring assembly gently lift up from the bottom
to unhook it from there and then you can carefully angle it out and lift away.
I now need to remove the heater cover by
undoing all the screws that hold it in place.
To remove the heater simply undo the two screws at the top
and also take out the grommet at the back here.
With the heater removed, I can now undo the two screws that hold the drum in place.
Next, I need to access the fan and remove it.
To do that I need to undo this cover at the front, just remove the two screws.
Now with the front cover removed I can access the fan behind.
Just going to lift out this cover,
now I'm using an extension bar with a 10 mil socket on it.
But, you can use a pair of pliers or a nut spinner to do this.
So just undo the nut whilst holding the fan itself and then you can lift it out.
Also, lift out the washer behind the fan itself.
Now I can just slide out and lift up the fan cover here,
make sure you twist it around the wires, making sure you don't catch them.
With the fan cover and the fan out the way I can now lift the drum out.
You might just have to adjust the cabinet to get it fully out.
You should see a broken belt underneath there we are.
So I can remove the old one and put the new one in its place.
Here we have our brand new belt.
Now it's a good idea for you to put your new belts in warm water
which will help stretch it out and make it easier to fit over the drum.
Now for this one I need to loop it around the motor shaft here.
Separate these two pulleys and then just pull it into
position a bit further up the shaft.
Be careful of these pulleys because they can be very
tight and you wouldn't want to get your fingers trapped.
So make sure that the belt is between those pulleys and
then we could fit it around the drum.
So I'm just going to put the drum some of the way in the machine, so that I can
fit the belt over it comfortably.
Now just work the belt around the bottom of the drum and you
can just bring the drum in a little bit more as you wrap the belt around the top.
Then push the drum in a little bit more
and make sure that the belt is near the centre of the drum.
Now I can rescrew the drum in at the back of the machine
and then put the belt into its final position.
So to rescrew in the drum at the back simply lift it up
by the little access hole here and just make sure you've
lined up the screw hole as best you can.
It's probably easier to do this by hand at first, while lifting the drum up slightly
and then you can finish off with your screwdriver.
Once you've got the bottom screw in you can then put the top one in.
Now to fit the top screw you might just have to lift the drum towards you.
But you'll see the hole in the drum through the hole in the cabinet anyway.
I can now fit the heater two screws at the top
and also the grommet aswell.
Once the heaters in place I can now refit the heater cover.
I can now refit the fan, so start with the large washer on the motor shaft first.
Then turn the fan until it sits comfortably on the motor spindle.
Then you can refit the little washer and then finally the nut.
Fan in place, refit the inner cover and then rescrew into place the outer cover.
Now I can refit the front ring assembly, put it in at the top gently first
and then angle it, so you can get the bottom into position.
With a front ring firmly in place you can now refit the screws.
With all the screws back in, you can then refit the TOC connection
and now the front panel.
I'm fitting the front panel remember to refit the electrical connections for the door lock.
You can now screw it back into position.
With all the screws back in I can now refit the door seal.
Starting at the bottom and then working my way around to the top
and then also finishing off with the kickplate at the bottom of the machine.
Just after the seals done, open and close the door just to make sure it fits correctly
before moving on to the kickplate.
Screw the control panel back into position
before reconnecting the electrical connectors.
Lastly replace the lid.
There we have it one new drive belt fitted to this Candy tumble dryer.
Remember spares and accessories for all the appliances around your home
Can be found on the eSpares website.
Thanks for watching.