My washing machine quit 10 minutes into a load of work clothes, and I fixed it with a $4 part from the hardware store on 5th

Grant Park · 2026-10-12T18:30:03.094248+00:00

Last Tuesday around 9pm, mid-spin, the drum just stopped and made this awful grinding noise. I pulled the lid off and saw the drive belt had snapped clean in two. My neighbor who does appliance repair for a living glanced at the photo and said the belt and a worn idler pulley would run me about $4 total at Ace. Two trips later (first one was the wrong belt size, of course) and 20 minutes of knuckle-busting work, it hums like new. Curious if anyone else has rescued an appliance with a cheap part instead of shelling out for a tech visit.

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