Kenmore Series 70 Dryer keeps stopping

[theripster]

Kenmore 70 series electric dryer MODEL NUMBER 110.96575100 will only run for about 5 minutes and then shuts itself off. Does the same thing no matter which cycle I try it in. It will start up again when I push the start switch again, and run for a few minutes more and stop again.

I'm at a total loss here. :confused:

Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.

[richapplyguy]

Sounds like the motor is overheating and cutting out on internal overload but usually takes a few minutes to restart. A indication of bad start windings/bearings is an unusually loud motor noise at startup. Please post results otherwise you may just have an intermittant connection somewhere!

[theripster]

[QUOTE=richapplyguy]Sounds like the motor is overheating and cutting out on internal overload but usually takes a few minutes to restart. A indication of bad start windings/bearings is an unusually loud motor noise at startup. Please post results otherwise you may just have an intermittant connection somewhere![/QUOTE]

It does seem to have an unusually loud motor noise at the start. I think I have an identical motor that I took out of one I scrapped. I'll try an exchange and see what happens. I'll post my results. Thanks richapplyguy. :)