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The Artt ATED dryer family covers two listings in the roster below, and on that platform the rhythm of the sound points straight at its source. The useful distinction is whether the sound keeps time with the drum, with the blower, or with neither. The checks below start with an empty drum turned by hand, which separates half the shortlist at no cost.
What you observe
- A rattle or a clatter that is faster than the drum — The blower turns far faster than the drum, so anything caught in it rattles at a much higher rate — a coin in the blower housing is the classic version of this sound.
- A scraping or grinding that changes with load — The drum is running on worn glides or a failed roller and is making contact with the bulkhead.
- A hum with no drum rotation at all — The motor is energised and something is preventing rotation, most often a broken belt leaving the motor spinning freely or a seized part.
- NEAR MISS — the rattle is the vent hose against the wall — A loose duct behind the machine drums against the cabinet or the wall whenever the blower runs, and it is visible from behind without anything being opened.
Causes, most likely first on the ATED line
- Worn drum support rollers or rear bearing — Ranked first on the ATED line, because they carry the whole weight of a loaded drum turning for thousands of hours, they wear flat rather than failing outright, and the thump they produce keeps exact time with the drum, which makes them easy to identify. Nothing in the roster below splits these listings apart for this fault, so the order that follows holds across the whole label.
- Front drum glides or felt seal worn through — Second on the ATED line, because the drum rests on these at the front, and once the felt is gone metal runs on metal, which is a scraping noise that varies with how much laundry is in the drum.
- Cabinet not level or a stacking kit not secure — Third on the ATED line: it produces a vibration rather than a noise from a part, and it is worth ruling out first because it costs nothing and because a stacked machine that has shifted can be genuinely unsafe.
- Motor bearing — Last on the ATED line: it is far less common than the parts above it, and because a motor that is noisy on its own will usually also be running hot or struggling to start, which points there without the shortlist.
The order to work in
- Turn the empty drum by hand with the power off — Roughness, a catch once per revolution and a rumble from the rear bearing are all audible by hand and inaudible under a running motor.
- Match the sound to the drum or to something faster — Watch the drum turn and count. A noise in time with the drum is rollers, glides or a seam; anything faster is the blower, the idler or the motor.
- Listen to a short run from cold and then from warm — A squeal that fades as the machine warms is a belt or idler; a noise that is unchanged from cold to warm is mechanical wear that will not improve.
Safety first
Safety
Pull the plug before the drum is turned by hand or any panel is removed — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Lint is fuel. Anything that has been dismantled goes back with the lint cleared out rather than left in the cabinet, and the vent is checked while the machine is out.
Models in the ATED family — Written for the whole roster above rather than for one listing; where a page exists for one of these models it goes further than this one. Model numbers come from the platform data and are reproduced unchanged.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| ATED67 | artt:dryer:ated |
| ATED70U | artt:dryer:ated |
When this stops being an owner job
Call when the noise is a squeal that survives a warm-up, because an idler that has started to seize takes the belt with it and a snapped belt usually arrives at an inconvenient moment. A long cycle is an efficiency problem; a hot cabinet that stops early is a safety one, and the two should not be scheduled the same way.
Other faults covered for the ATED line
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