Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 That's funny Lorna. Gosh, not another thing to worry about? Well, we'll be shopping for one soon so I guess I'll put that on the list to include! Thanks, Jan bother to go down this road and if so, were you at all successful? Does someone know of a machine that comes with an American made belt? The repair man informed me that an asbestos belt would not be a health concern. Apparently he turned from repair guy to physician within 5 minutes of being in my home. ;-) -Lorna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Perhaps you can look up your model dryer and find out what the part number is for the belt from GE (phone them). Then take the number and plug it int a search engine and see if you can find one made by an american company other than GE. Many parts for various large appliances, cars, etc are frequently made by companies other than the original manufacturer. Sometimes they are just cheaper, other times they are better but more expensive. You might also try plugging in the model name or number of your dryer and see what somes up. There are some hardware websites that actually allow you to ask a question about an old appliance and they will get back to you with their research. -Ken Bagwell > It's days like this I feel completely insane. > > My clothes dryer broke so I called a repair man to fix it. I figured > this would be a good time to do as Dr. instructs and make sure > it has an American (non-asbestos) belt. I told him that I wanted him > to check the belt and if it's not an American made belt to install > one. He looked at me like I was a total lunatic. He said that belts > arent cookie cutter and the machines manufacturers make specific > belts for their respective machines, e.g., only GE makes the belt for > my GE dryer and all GE belts are made in Mexico. Did anyone even > bother to go down this road and if so, were you at all successful? > Does someone know of a machine that comes with an American made belt? > > The repair man informed me that an asbestos belt would not be a > health concern. Apparently he turned from repair guy to physician > within 5 minutes of being in my home. ;-) > > -Lorna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Lorna, Here is a hardware repair site that I was talking about. It worked pretty well. http://www.repairclinic.com/0070.asp?Brand=174 -Ken Bagwell > It's days like this I feel completely insane. > > My clothes dryer broke so I called a repair man to fix it. I figured > this would be a good time to do as Dr. instructs and make sure > it has an American (non-asbestos) belt. I told him that I wanted him > to check the belt and if it's not an American made belt to install > one. He looked at me like I was a total lunatic. He said that belts > arent cookie cutter and the machines manufacturers make specific > belts for their respective machines, e.g., only GE makes the belt for > my GE dryer and all GE belts are made in Mexico. Did anyone even > bother to go down this road and if so, were you at all successful? > Does someone know of a machine that comes with an American made belt? > > The repair man informed me that an asbestos belt would not be a > health concern. Apparently he turned from repair guy to physician > within 5 minutes of being in my home. ;-) > > -Lorna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Dearest : Thank you so much for your biting sarcasm. Let me explain a few things to you: 1. No one in my house has cancer. I have 3 very ill children, however, and would walk around in public in my underwear if that is what it would take to make them healthy again. Changing a dryer belt seems like such an easier step. ;-) It's easy to do & cannot hurt matters in this household. 2. When I'm not busy being a lunatic, I am an attorney. Earlier in my career I worked for a very large law firm that represented one of the largest asbestos manufacturers in the world. I have literally gone through over 40 large boxes of documentation indicating the ill effects of asbestos and their horrific results on the human body. Believe me when I say I do not need to take any advice from you on the effects of asbestos--whether friable or not. Another skeptic's beloved Linus ing said " Do not let either the medical authorities or the politicians mislead you. Find out what the facts are, and make your own decision about how to live a happy life . . . . " We are all doing that. I'm not sure why other people's choices in that regard are bothering you so much, but I suggest you just let it go. All of that negative energy is not healthy. ;-) Lorna > > He looked at me like I was a total lunatic. > > I can't help but wonder why he would do that. > > Can someone please explain how if cancer is always related to > intestinal flukes a dryer belt can have anything to do with anything. > Don't bothe with the old hat " asbestos " scare tactic either. Unless > you inhale or ingest loose fibres it won't hurt you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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