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In my short (some may say long) lifetime, I've been witness to and encountered many cases of domestic abuse and violence…among Muslims! Many sisters have emailed me and joined our forums over the years whose husbands have been verbally, emotionally and/or physically abusive towards them. In real life also, from the time of MSA all the way up until now, there have been a number of cases. In fact, many of these "cases" are even well known on the d/l within the Muslim community. Some cases have resulted in divorce, some have not.
Allow me please to say, WTH!? What on earth gives these Muslim men the idea that any kind of abuse is OK? That it's OK to call their wife names, to abuse her emotionally, dominate her, not care about her, ignore her wishes and contributions, not help her in anything and even to beat her. Where in our glorious history of our Prophet (saw) did he ever lay a hand on his wives? Where did he ever call them names, or abuse them in any way? Why do these men think it's OK? A Deen where even a mighty Prophet moved his armies in order to save a tiny ant and her colony; where we are not even allowed to hurt an animal out of injustice! I just can't understand it.
Those who take a verse or two out of the Quran and twist it in order to justify this type of behavior are even worse. (Specifically the daraba and qawwamuna verses) Where did the normative teachings of Islam go? All the other thousands of verses and Hadith and practice of the companions and righteous throughout the ages? These same people complain that non-Muslims take verses out of context and twist them to suit their needs. Are you not twisting the words of Allah, I mean WHERE WHERE does anything give you support that it's OK to act like that. It is your twisted interpretation and no one elses.
We all know these men will be responsible in front of Allah. They know what they are doing and it feeds into their psychoses. But what about us? Why is this in any tiny, blind-eye even looking-the-other-way acceptable? Why is this not taught to our sons. In our weekend schools? In our Khutbahs? Do we really want to have families of abusers? Because this behavior is learned generationally. Won't that be great, to have generations of wife-beating Muslim families!
I remember a long time ago telling someone about some Rishta questions people should ask and the person said 'why are you doing so much research it's not like your husband is going to beat you'. Well, duh. As if it never happens among Muslims. I know better. And now we all know better with well publicized cases like Asiya Zubair. For every Asiya there are hundreds more in the US and thousands across the Muslim world. This is unacceptable. We are Muslims and our deen is Islam. Let's live up to it.
Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence:
Peaceful Families Project: Advocating Against Domestic Violence Among Muslims:
Update: JazakiAllahu khairan to Sr. Mahwish for collecting these.
Here is a list of some shelters/agencies working with Muslim women throughout the country.
Muslimaat Al-Nisaa
5115 Liberty Heights Ave,
Baltimore, MD 21207
Phone: 410-466-8686
Muslimat Al-Nisaa, originally organized in 1987, is a non-profit organization established to provide culturally sensitive health, education and social services to Muslim community women and children. In 2005, co-founders Asma Hanif and Dr Maryam Funches, recognized the need to add a shelter program to the original organizational objectives.
Apna Ghar
4753 N. Broadway Suite 502
Chicago, IL 60640
773-334-0173 phone
773-994-0963 fax
Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and was the first Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States. Apna Ghar takes its name from a Hindi-Urdu phrase meaning "Our Home", and since January 1990 has served over 3800 domestic violence clients.
Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
P.O. Box 14268
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 364-4630 phone
We are a diverse group of volunteers and staff who are committed to ending domestic violence and its effects. We have expertise in a range of areas including education, law, and public health and we draw on the experiences and cultural backgrounds of our members of Asian/Pacific Islander descent.
Baitul Salaam – Atlanta
P.O. Box 11041
Atlanta, GA 30310
(404) 608-8649
We are a non-profit organization consisting of a variety of individuals and businesses in the fight together to end spousal abuse worldwide. Our services include: Counseling and support services, Battered women's shelter, Temporary financial assistance, Fundraising services, and Employment assistance
Hamdrad Center
355 Wood Dale Rd
Wood Dale, IL 60191
630-860-9122 24-hour Emergency Crisis Line
630-860-2290 phone
630-860-1918 fax
Hamdrad Center provides culturally tailored, multilingual services to domestic violence victims and abusers since 1993. A team of dedicated volunteers has made it possible to establish a fully licensed shelter and a 24 hour Crisis Hotline, and to provide individual and family counseling to families in need.
HOMS – Housing Outreach for Muslim Sisters
P.O. Box 152611
Arlington, TX 76015
H.O.M.S. is a facility designed for Muslim women and their children who are in need of temporary housing/shelter due to family or financial problems.
ISSA – Islamic Social Services Association of USA & Canada
4202 Roblin Blvd
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(204) 889-7451 phone
(204) 896-1694 fax
ISSA is a unique organization since it is not a social service provider, but rather is an organization that serves as a network for addressing the social service concerns Muslims have. ISSA aims to provide support to social service providers through education, training, services and advocacy.
ISTABA is a non-profit full time institute which offers various services to the community. ISTABA also offers the following:
Food Pantry
Food items are provided to needy Muslims and Non Muslims; Open Saturdays 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Medical Clinic
Red Crescent Medical Clinic is open to Muslims and
Non Muslims and is free for the uninsured. Open Tuesday - Saturday 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Muslim Community Center For Human Services
M. Basheer Ahmed, M.D.
Chairman MCC for Human Services
P.O. Box 152658
Arlington, TX 76015
817-589-9165 phone
817-483-4699 fax
Muslim Community Center For Human Services offers the following services to the victims of domestic violence. 24-hour helpline 817-589-9165 ;Counseling service for couples ;and/or individuals ;Computer training program for victims of domestic violence ;Arrangements with local shelters if needed ;Educational programs for prevention of domestic violence ;Educational material is also provided
Muslim Women's Help Network
87-91 144th Street
Jamaica, NY 11435
Tel.: (718) 523-5100
Fax: (718) 658-3434
The mission of the Muslim Women's Help Network is to promote family life in accordance with the Qur'an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (saw), emphasizing the protection and maintenance of women and children as the foundation for a productive community life.
Muslim Women's Network
PO Box 14023
Columbus, OH 43214
The Muslim Women's Network exists to, insha Allah, provide Islamically-trained workers to build stronger families by: Providing counseling and/or mediation services to the community; Introducing and re-connecting women to their community; Helping women to help themselves; Being a catalyst for social change. In the Muslim Women's Network & Community Services we hope, insha Allah, to support sisters in many ways but to focus our services toward the following core groups: widows, the displaced, the disenfranchised and the abused of our community.
P.O. Box 14014
Berkeley, CA 94712
510-540-0754 Office
1-800-215-7308 Helpline
Narika was founded in 1992 to address the problem of domestic violence in the South Asian community. Embracing the notion of women's empowerment, Narika set out to address the unmet needs of abused South Asian women by providing advocacy, support, information, and referrals within a culturally sensitive model. We serve women who trace their origins to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and diasporic communities such as Fiji and the Caribbean.
P.O. Box 1403
Alomita, CA 93717
Here are some additional links:
(Washington DC)
(Sakhi for South Asian Women, New York)
(Chaya, Seattle)
(Turning Point, New York)
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Asalaamu Alaikum
A couple of ahadith from that "The Best of" Thread spring to mind when reading this thread:
48. "The best of you are those who are best to their wives." [Tirmidhî, Sahîh]
49. "The best of you are those who are best to their families." [Tabarâni, Sahîh]
Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord, good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is God's earth! those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!" [39:10]
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There is one particular mention in the Holy Quran which is constantly manipulated by muslim men to justify their abusei.e where it is said that in case of your wife's misbehaviour after bycotting the talk and bed fail they can be beaten by the miswaak............alright! but these men do not know to read between the lines and get the essense of that sentence.........considering the behaviour of a large number of men the first thing they would resort to in case of differences is beating and this verse came to stop that. this verse has specified that you cannot beat your wife with anything bigger or stronger than a miswak.......its is a symbolic measure rather than a punitive one........in short if men knew any better it forbids them from beating their wives rather han allowing them!!!
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Dec 11, 2009 05:26 AM »
thanks brkhalid for those hadith.. the Muslim Men Against Domestic Violence need to make those one's into bumper stickers too
U know what, we should have sisters dressed in ninja niqaab who go around during jumah and put the bumper stickers on every car!!
aazeen indeed sis
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Mashallah such good awareness of a terrible reality. I was married for 12 years but I was forced out because of physical abuse. I wasn't about to demonstrate tolerance towards violence. I had always stayed but reached my breaking point - it wasnt worth it to have our children normalize violence. Myself and the children attend counselling every 2 weeks still - and it has been 6 years. Their father is back in Africa.
No one in my family is divorced, so it's weird being the only divorced one. And the only Muslim one. Ah - teachable moments.
May Allah bless and protect us always, and may His peace and blessings be upon our beloved Messenger and his family and companions, Ameen.
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- Thursday, April 24, 2014 – Sacramento ASA (Sacramento)
- Sunday, April 27, 2014 – Google Hangout for New Chapters (Online)
- Sunday, April 27, 2014 - Nevada County ASA (North San Juan)
Research gone awry - Americans for Safe Access
NBC's Today Show camera crew was five minutes away when the producer called to say they were killing the story. They'd looked more closely at the instantly infamous study that claimed to find differences in the brains of 20 casual marijuana users and decided it wasn't worth talking about. "You're probably glad," he said. I told him I was disappointed. The authors' grossly overstated claims were one thing, but how the findings got turned inside out is important to consider.
The headlines laid out a sensational story: "Even casually smoking marijuana can change your brain," the Washington Post billed it. "Casual marijuana use linked to brain changes," said USA Today. Even the Society for Neuroscience couldn't resist saying "Brain Changes Are Associated with Casual Marijuana Use."
The only problem was the study said nothing of the sort, as one of its authors, Jodi Gilman, hastened to point out: "The conclusions were modest in the paper — we never say marijuana causes these changes. The media may have given that impression in headlines, but the study doesn't show causation." That may look like a pretty good job of damage control, except that she slips in the word "changes," just like all the headlines.
Probation Department Ordered to Allow Probationer the Use of Medical Marijuana - Americans for Safe Access
San Diego, CA – I wrote about medical marijuana patient defendant Alexander Ayres last month as he took a very good plea - when balanced with the consequences of a trial - in his marijuana transportation charge. The plea was negotiated by Alex's attorney Michael J. McCabe early last month and offered by Landy Spencer-Daly, a prosecutor with the San Diego District Attorney's northern office in Vista. Ms. Spencer-Daly has been dropping charges and offering summary probation plea deals in medical marijuana cases all week. In early April she also stood in for prosecutor Brock Arstill in the Deborah and Dennis Little case and made a concession to a jury question that was fair but certainly not required of her. It's a welcome change to the battering medical marijuana patients usually get in all things court-related and I hope it continues.
Yesterday, when Ms. Spencer-Daly was to argue against the motion Michael McCabe filed, she didn't even show up but handed the case off to the duty prosecutor assigned to the courtroom. The motion will allow Alex to use his medical cannabis while serving the summary probation term under the plea he had just signed with Ms. Spencer-Daly and it was successful. The defense came armed with a letter from Alex's doctor, Bernard Smyle MD, saying that the pharmaceutical drugs typically used to treat Alex's ADD had been harmful to him and in the doctor's medical opinion marijuana was the best treatment option for his patient.
The prosecutor, out of his element, said he would submit to the court on the motion but then went into a long diatribe about the alleged seriousness of the crime of transporting medical marijuana. The Judge - who had just been treated yesterday to cheers from supporters as Ms. Spencer-Daly dropped charges against two patients in two different cases – read the defense motion and the doctor letter and said he was skeptical but he wished to give Alex Ayres the benefit of the doubt. Judge Carlos Armour wrote out a minute order which stated:
Roadside saliva testing for marijuana use gets House hearing in Michigan - Americans for Safe Access
LANSING- The Michigan House of Representatives considered making the state's citizens subject roadside saliva testing for the presence of marijuana and other drugs in a Judiciary Committee meeting on April 17, 2014.
Michigan already has laws and procedures to protect citizens from hazardous drivers, including liberal rules defining reckless operation of a motor vehicle and a visual analysis of drivers to determine if they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If impairment is suspected officers already have the ability to order a blood test, to seize a motorist's vehicle, and to arrest the individual involved. Saliva tests have been rejected for use by the federal government and the industry reports no FDA approval for the methodology.
Michigan has a per se drug law. Anyone operating a motor vehicle with any presence of cannabis in the bloodstream is committing a crime, even if the driver is not driving recklessly or has no detectable signs of impairment. A Michigan court case ruled that the presence of a specific marijuana metabolite in the bloodstream did not constitute impairment, which stands in opposition to the per se law.
Update: Victory for Defendants in Two Medical Marijuana Cases - Americans for Safe Access
San Diego, CA – Over a handful of weeks three state legal medical cannabis patient defendants have had charges dropped against them in two different courts. Congratulations to Andrew Turner and his attorney, Mark Bluemel and Daniel Gregg with co-defendant, Donna and their attorneys Lance Rogers and Logan Fairfax.
Andrew Turner's preliminary exam was heard before judge Herbert J. Exarhos in the El Cajon Courthouse on April 1st, but the legal patient's ordeal began back in August of 2013 when a fire outside of his Santee residence brought the local fire department. After the fire crew was admitted to Andrew's house for a safety check, the fire chief tipped off the San Diego Sheriff to Andrew's medical cannabis grow of 83 plants in the garage. When Sheriffs demanded admittance to Andrew's garage, Andrew demanded a search warrant. After an hour the Sheriff returned with the warrant, the medical grow was discovered and Andrew was arrested on sales and cultivation charges. The only evidence of sales was pure assumption based on the amount of cannabis plants found in Andrew's garage.
However, when the case came before the court for a preliminary examination of the evidence against Andrew, in an unprecedented decision, the judge found there was no evidence to show sales and the case could not move forward. Judge Exarhos declined to bind Andrew over to endure a jury trial, citing lack of evidence and clarity in the law. Helping the judge in his decision were defense expert witnesses, Eugene Davidovich and Michelle Sexton, ND.
Maryland Finally Becomes the 21st Medical Marijuana State
Governor Martin O'Malley signed HB 881 into law today, making Maryland the 21st medical marijuana state. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 125-11 last week to adopt HB 881, a medical marijuana bill that protect patients with severe pain, nausea, wasting syndrome, seizures, and severe muscle spasms from arrest and prosecution. Qualified patients will be able to obtain their medicine from licensed medical marijuana dispensaries, which will rely on licensed growers for their supply. Patients will be required to get approval from physicians who are approved by the state, and must obtain an identification card before they will be eligible to access a licensed dispensary.
ASA California Roundup: April 14, 2014 - Americans for Safe Access
Message from the CA Director - A New Medical Cannabis Bill in CA
California News
- Medical-Marijuana Advocates Descend on Capitol Hill (National)
- California Gets Stricter Medical Marijuana Regulations (California)
- Marijuana: Another Contributor to California's Drought (California)
- How medical marijuana is helping Californian children with epilepsy (California)
- Vague state marijuana rules cost cities (California)
- Medical marijuana supporters launch effort (Costa Mesa)
- Medical marijuana activist sues Redondo police (Redondo Beach)
- Marijuana addressed by Gridley City Council (Gridley)
- Permit issued for Arnold medical collective (Calveras County)
- Lathrop just says no to medical pot dispensaries (Lathrop)
- Long Beach voters favor Measure A tax on medical marijuana (Long Beach)
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014 – San Diego Public Safety Committee Hearing (San Diego)
- Saturday, April 19, 2014 – CBD Seminar (Grass Valley)
- Monday, April 21, 2014 – CA Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee Hearing on SB 1262 (Sacramento)
- Tuesday, April 22, 2014 – CA Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing on AB 1894 (Sacramento)
- Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – Medical Cannabis Forum with District Attorney Candidates (Sonoma)
Court Support
- Monday, April 14, 2014 – Court Support for Ronnie Chang (San Diego)
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014 – Court Support for Taryn Hughey & Ryan Metroka (Oroville)
- Thursday, April 17, 2014 – Court Support for Joe Grumbine (Long Beach)
Take Action
- National: Support HR 689 and HR 710
- Join Americans for Safe Access (ASA)
ASA Website Spotlight
- ASA Live
ASA CA Chapter Spotlight
- San Francisco ASA
ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - San Francisco ASA (San Francisco)
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - East Bay ASA (Oakland)
- Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - Lake County ASA (Clearlake Oaks)
Maryland is almost the 21st Medical Cannabis State - Americans for Safe Access
The Maryland House of Delegates voted 125-11 yesterday to adopt HB 881, a medical marijuana bill that improves upon the law that was adopted by the state last year. If signed by Governor Martin O'Malley, HB 881 will protect patients with severe pain, nausea, wasting syndrome, seizures, and severe muscle spasms from arrest and prosecution. Qualified patients will be able to obtain their medicine from licensed medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTC), which will rely on licensed growers for their supply. Patients will be required to get approval from physicians who are approved by the state and must obtain an identification card before they will be eligible to access an MMTC.
"We're excited to welcome Maryland as the 21st medical marijuana state," said Mike Liszewski, Policy Director with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), who testified before House and Senate committees. "This bill is a vast improvement over the current law in Maryland and will provide patients with needed protection from arrest and prosecution, and give them a means to safely and legally obtain medical marijuana."
ASA California Roundup: April 7, 2014 - Americans for Safe Access
Message from the CA Director - Californians in DC
California News
- Supreme Court Approves Returning Medical Marijuana to California Patient Stopped in Arizona (National)
- AAN endorses cannabis for MS (National)
- More Pot, Safer Roads: Marijuana Legalization Could Bring Unexpected Benefits (National)
- Rural County Representatives of California Report Medical Marijuana Bills to Develop Statewide Regulatory Scheme on the Legislature's Agenda (California)
- Long Beach's Measure A would set tax on medical marijuana (Long Beach)
- More than 450 medical pot shops file to renew taxes in Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
- Group using cannabis oil to treat children's seizures told to shut down by L.A. City Attorney (Los Angeles)
- Stockton man heads to prison for supplying medical marijuana (Stockton)
- 400 marijuana plants seized from underground garden in Hilmar (Merced County)
- Council pledges to ban outdoor marijuana grows (Martinez)
- State Medical Board issues settlement, disciplinary order for Upper Lake doctor; probation, courses ordered (Lake County)
- Judge upholds Bakersfield's marijuana dispensary ban (Bakersfield)
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - CA Senate Human Services Committee Hearing on SB 1029 (Sacramento)
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 – Book Signing with Peter Hecht, Author of Weed Land (Sacramento)
- Monday, April 14, 2014 – Court Support for Ronnie Chang (San Diego)
- Thursday, April 17, 2014 – Court Support for Joe Grumbine (Long Beach)
- Monday, April 21, 2014 – CA Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee Hearing on SB 1262 (Sacramento)
- Wednesday, April 23, 2014 – Medical Cannabis Forum with District Attorney Candidates (Sonoma)
Take Action
- Support HR 689 and HR 710
- Join Americans for Safe Access (ASA)
ASA Website Spotlight
- ASA Monthly Activist Newsletters
ASA CA Chapter Spotlight
- San Diego ASA - 2013 Chapter of the Year
ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – Nevada County ASA (Grass Valley)
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – San Diego ASA (San Diego)
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 - San Diego ASA (Imperial Beach)
- Thursday, April 10, 2014 - Yuba County ASA (Foothills)


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These two drum support rollers are no longer available for individual sale. Available in a package of two and it is recommended that you replace both rollers at once. These two rollers come with four tri-rings.
This part works with the following brands: Whirlpool, Admiral, Estate, Inglis, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Maytag, Crosley, Jenn-Air, Hardwick, Magic Chef, Amana, Caloric & Glenwood.
This part fixes the following symptoms:
This kit comes with one multi-rib belt, two drum support rollers, one idler pulley, four tri-rings, and one clip. This part can be used with both gas and electric dryers.
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:30 - 60 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench set, Wrench(Adjustable)
CustomerMark from Fremont NE
The best part of my repair was I had everything back in service in 3 days. And one of these days was to consider just buying a new dryer. Had parts overnited and all parts fit and easy to replace.1) Removed back - 6 screws2) Removed dryer vent - 2 screws on top, 3 on bottom3) Popped the top open4) Removed Front of dryer cabinet - 2 screws5) Removed Belt6) Removed Drum7) Cleaned up all lint 8) Pop off motor retainers front and backHere is the tricky part for me.9) Removed vent fan on back of motor.I did not know that the back of the fan was square, and you could put an open ended wrench on it to hold it while you also have a vice grip on the front motor shaft. Then its a simple left to loosey operation. I first tryed to turn the fan blade to take it off, but proved to be to tight.10) Repeat backwards to reassembleWhile I had it apart I also replaced the Drum support rollers & Installed a new belt. Not that diffucult of a repair Good Luck, was certainly better than buying a new one at + $300.00 at Black Friday rates.
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Level of DifficultyEasy
ToolsNutdriver, Socket set
CustomerCHRISTOPHER from MOUNT AIRY MD
My wife had been complaing about excessive noise from our 25 year old dryer so after DISCONNECTING the dryer from the wall outlet I popped the top panel loose @ the front with a screw driver @ each front corner @ took a look. No cause was visible so I removed the rear cover & still nothing so I laid the dryer on it's back to remove the front cover. First the 2 wires to the door switch were disconnected then the 2 screws @ the top corners that hold the front panel to the side panels were removed. The front panel then slid up & lifted off exposing the front of the drum, belt & support pulleys. Upon inspection I found the bottom support pulley sleeve bearing to have worn out. Both pulleys were replaced because they only come as a pair now along with the tensioner pulley (idler pulley), the belt & the rear lip seal on the drum since it had a 4" section missing from the edge @ one point (all of these were the original components). Replacing the rear drum seal took the most time because the old adhesive had to be removed. I did this first so the glue could set while I installed the new pulleys & belt. By the time they were installed, the glue had set enough & I could continue the re-assembly.We now have a 25 year old dryer that sounds like it's new & @ a fraction of the cost
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
CustomerGary from Canton CT
Very easy once I figured out how to open it up to see what was the matter.1 Remove power.2 Open the lint filter cover and remove the 2 Phillip screws.3 Pry the front of the top cover up to separate the cover from the plastic clips that secure to the top front panel.4 Remove the 2 nut screws securing the top of the front panel to each side cover.5 Pull front panel out slightly to detach wiring from the cover switch.6 Pull front panel straight up and set aside.7 Remove drum belt from tensioner and motor pulley under the drum.8 Remove drum by pulling it toward the front between the 2 sides.9 Locate the 2 support rollers and their mounting shafts. Change the shafts at this point if they are worn. (Mine were OK)10 Remove the support bracket from the shaft if present.11 Remove the plastic triangular retainer from the shaft and slide the old wheel off of the shaft.12 Clean the shaft from any bearing debris.13 Replace the rollers and retainers.14 Insert drum through the front side panels making sure the seal on the rear of the drum is centered around the opening and not folded inside the opening.15 Place the belt on the drum and thread the belt through the tensioner and around the motor pulley.16 Position the front cover on the lower clips on each of the sides.17 Re-attach the 2 wires for the cover switch.18 Pull the drum up so the opening on the drum and front cover align.19 Screw together the side panels to the front panel using the 2 hex headed screws.20 Check for binds by rotating the drum several times by hand.21 Press the front of the top panel down toward the front panel to engage the plastic clips attaching the top to the front. Watch for the lint filter housing alignment as you push the top panel down.22 Replace the 2 screws to attach the lint filter to the top cover.23 Plug in machine and test.Good luck, It s not as bad as it sounds.
Time to do repair:1- 2 hours
ToolsScrew drivers, Socket set
CustomerEdward from Andover NJ
I Looked on internet sites for this type of problem.Most sites said the support rollers could cause this.I found your site PartSelect and with help of your diagrams of the machine ordered the parts I thought were needed plus other parts that might cause the problem. With machine torn down I replaced the rollers.I had also ordered the main drive belt and idler assembly with the rollers and these also needed replacement. It is a good idea to order other suspect parts when doing this type of repair since you can return the parts not needed.Your return policy is great.Edward Brennan
CustomerAngela from Houston TX
Remove back coverRaise topRemove filter assemblyRemove front cover and drumTip: Use an end wrench on the fan and another on the pully shaft of the motor to remove fan from motor prior to removing motor from cradle.Vacuum everything while disassembledRemember to take your time and not force anything and this will go smooth.
CustomerMark from Kirkwood MO
Following the instructions that came with the parts, I removed the top off of the dryer, which was very easy, two more 5/16" screws and I had the drum out. I confess, this was my second time at this repair. 1st time I neglected to replace the rear drum seal which I strongly recommend you do while you have it open. I only replaced the 2 wheels last time and it failed very soon afterwards.Lesson Learned: Always replace the rear drum seal when you replace the support wheels!!!
ToolsNutdriver, Screw drivers
CustomerJoseph from Prospect Park PA
Found one of the two drum support rollers was badly worn. Found Partselect.com, found my parts in less then 2 mins. Figured that I was in there so I should just replace the belt so I got one of those also. Parts arrived in 3 days dryer as good as new in 20 mins.
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerTODD from GRASS VALLEY CA
Braced dryer drum with a block. Removed the two rollers one at a time by using a screwdriver to pop off the triangular clip. Slid on new rollers. Would have been easier to remove the drum out the front instead of bracing it. Installed new idler pulley and belt. Dryer is 25 years old and sounds like a new one now when running.
CustomerChristopher from bellerose NY
1) Removed top of dryer2) removed belt and drum3) removed front of dryer4) popped clips holding down motor5) unscrewed rear fan from motor (by exposing and holding fan)6) changed motor 7) changed support rollers and idler pully8) reassemled dryer
CustomerHarriet from Palm Coast FL
Removed 2 screws in the lint filter and popped off the top. Removed the 2 screws holding the front panel on. Slid the drum off and set aside. Replaced support rollers. Placed the belt over the drum and placed the drum back in the dryer. Wound the belt over the tensioner and motor pulley. Turned the drum to keep seal from folding up. Replaced front and top. Tip: Use bungee cord or rope to hold top up and out of the way while doing this job.
ToolsScrew drivers, Wrench(Adjustable)
CustomerDavid from Fleetwood PA
I lifted the top of the dryer and removed the front panel. I removed the drum exposing the drum rollers. I replaced the rollers and reassembled the dryer. The exploded views on the web site made it easy to see what to do.
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers, Wrench set
CustomerJohn from Alton IL
I ordered the belt idler pully and drum support rollers and after watching the video on Parts Select web page, changed the parts. It could be done by one person, however having a second person to help with the drum installation worked great. I discovered the motor bearing on the front side of the motor was the source of the squeek. I disassembled the dryer again and removed the motor. After ordering a motor the installation and reassembly went smoothly. The parts came in two days of placing the orders and virtually new parts in the dryer makes it seem like a new machine.
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench(Adjustable)
CustomerHarald from Port Washington NY
Dryer started making noises years ago. Finally it was intermittently starting, then...didn't start at all. It made a buzzing noise, like the motor was in over-torque. Then it over heated and wouldn't do anything until it cooled down. Then the cycle started all over again. I thought it best to change out all the worn parts. Found the belt, the rear seal, the rollers and motor all needed to be replaced. All were very simple to do. Followed the instructions and videos from others located on this site.
CustomerRussell from Apache Junction AZ
When i finally got sick and tired of hearing it when she used the dryer. I popped the top flipped it up unscrewed the 2 screws holding the front panel of the body on, picked up on it and pulled it off the drum. I then reached back to the rear right corner and stretched the tentioner and pulled the belt off the motor pulley.Then I picked up the belt and the drum and pulled it out of the dryer body. After seeing the drum support roller that is mounted on the base, and back of the left side I decided to go online and find this sight that had the drum support rollers as a set with the keepers and the push nut for the brace as a set for a really fair price. If your unit has a warranty "do not" take anything apart and do not order any pats until you check with your dealer. You do not want to void your warranty. I then pulled off the push nut and then i took the screw that held on the brace in front of the worn out drum roller, then pryed off the keeper and pull off the drum roller, took off the back keeper;inspect the shaft if it is not damaged ,(this one was not),then you wait until the parts arrive, yes your dryer will set in parts for about a week, but believe me in todays economy its worth "not having to buy a new dryer" at least for this small repair. When the parts arrive everything is pretty much in reverse of how you took it apart dont forget your cell phone is also a camera that can be a "memory enhancer" for when you get this far. Also be nice to your wife your going to need a little help putting it back together. Of course if she wants her dryer back she needs to help anyways. patience is a virtue and if you dont take your time and do this right it will be tested the drum and belt need to be fitted right and held up to get both the belt on the pulley and around the tentioner and get the front panel lined up on the front of the drum good luck and pass your knowledge on its getting to be a lost art.
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers, Wrench set
CustomerMarcia from CAmden NY
First I pulled out lint catcher, you will see two screws ,removed two the screws on top ,( philips head screw driver) I than took a putty knife and pushed in the front of the dryer under the lid and lifted the top up, I than removed a self tapping screw on each side with a 5/16 wrench and lifted the front panel out. I than pulled out the drum and this exposed the two rollers, I than pulled of the nut locks with athe pliers , took off the plastic triangle snaps and pullled off the old rollers , replaceing them with the new ones,put the triangle locks on and that the lock nuts on , I than put the drum back in, than the front panel, replaceing the two self tapping screws , snapped down the top,replaced the other two screws again on top and replaced the lint catcher, I was done.
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1991-92 Annual Report
Carol Meyer
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago carried out an archaeological survey project in the Eastern Desert of Egypt at Bir Umm Fawakhir between January 11 and 23, 1992. The site lies about 5 km to the northeast of Wadi Hammamat, famous for its quarries and graffiti, or about halfway between the Nile and the coast of the Red Sea. The modern settlement at Bir Umm Fawakhir consists of a guard post, two tea houses, a few houses, and a mosque still under construction. The settlement lies in a fairly wide, flat, sandy area (ca. 7.5 sq. km) surrounded by jagged, precambrian mountains dissected by numerous wadis. In the mountainside on the west are a number of ancient gold mines, and at its foot are the wells, all-important in the desert. The main group of ancient ruins is situated in a long narrow wadi hidden from the road by a spur of hills. Other, smaller clusters of ruins nearby have not yet been investigated.
It is quite a remarkable experience to walk through the ancient settlement at Bir Umm Fawakhir. It consists of several hundred buildings strung out on either side of a sandy wadi bottom serving as the main street. The buildings are all dry stone masonry but are well enough preserved that doors, niches, benches, trash heaps, and other features are readily visible. Steep granite cliffs enclose the settlement as if walled. The best views in fact are those from the tops of the cliffs; then the irregular, independent character of the house units becomes clearer. Our expectation was that a map would make the site still more comprehensible, and mapping and documentation of the surface remains were our major goals. Bir Umm Fawakhir provides an opportunity to study an entire ancient community with or without excavation. Urgency to study this site now stems from the fact that it is being looted, from the increased traffic on the Red Sea road, and hence from visitors who can too easily tumble the dry stone masonry.
The team consisted of Dr. Carol Meyer, Director; Henry Cowherd, photographer; Lisa Heidorn, archaeologist; Abdel Regal A. Muhammad, Inspector; Muhammad Omar, geologist; and Terry Wilfong, Egyptologist. Thanks are due to Dr. William Sumner, Director of the Oriental Institute which funded the project; to Dr. Peter Dorman, Director of Chicago House which served as our base of operations; to Dr. Ahmed Moussa and Dr. Mutawiya Balboush of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization; to Amira Khattab of the American Research Center in Egypt; to Dr. Henri Riad; to Dr. Muhammad Sughair, Director of Antiquities of Southern Egypt; and to Rabia Hamdan and the inspectorates at Qena and Quft.
No systematic archaeological survey or excavations had been carried out at Bir Umm Fawakhir prior to 1992, but the site is mentioned in quite a few travelers' accounts. Most of them note the gold mines, wells, hundreds of "Roman" huts, and parts of the site now lost, such as the Ptolemaic temple. One of the early visitors was Arthur E. P. Weigall, who published an excellent account in Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts (1909). He left the most complete description of the Ptolemaic temple as well as the only known copy of its inscriptions. Couyat (1910) called Bir Umm Fawakhir "une véritable ville," but his most interesting contribution was a report of a papyrus, now lost, and two statues found in the quarries. Battered, headless, and almost armless, they are nonetheless in a classical style and were identified by Couyat as a nude Apollo and a semi-draped Venus. In the wake of renewed mining activity in 1940 and 1941, Guéraud published sixty or so ostraca found in the mining debris along with ancient grinding stones, pottery vessels, lamps, beads, and a few coins. Paleographically dated to the late first and second centuries A.D., seven ostraca have Latin writing and the rest Greek. Almost all of them have to do with military personnel in the Eastern Desert, and usually with provisions sent or desired. Zitterkopf and Sidebotham (1989) in their detailed survey of the Coptos to Quseir route were the first, however, to publish a Byzantine date for the sherds and ancient settlement at Bir Umm Fawakhir.
The published accounts of the site are fragmentary and sometimes conflicting, and without good maps either of the region or of the site itself it is difficult to resolve the problems. Some parts of the site have been destroyed, such as the Ptolemaic temple, and others remain unpublished, such as the artifacts found at the same time as the ostraca. Perhaps most seriously, the main body of ruins was mistakenly called Roman for at least 150 years.
The misidentification may have been due partly to the difficulty of visiting the site, and partly to the long-held belief that the Byzantine presence in the desert was minimal or non-existent. Alexandria indeed dominated Egypt politically, economically, culturally, and religiously, but there are scattered references to Clysma (Suez), Antinoopolis, and Myos Hormos (north of Bir Umm Fawakhir), and the ancient port at Berenice to the south. In light of new evidence from sites such as Abu Sha'ar, Wadi Nakheil, Bir Umm Fawakhir, and what can be gleaned from old accounts concerning Berenice, the idea of Byzantine neglect of the Eastern Desert needs to be re-examined.
As part of the initial work, the project carried out a brief study of the local geology, which explains a great deal about the layout of Bir Umm Fawakhir and about its reasons for existence. The only resources are mineral; the site lies in the middle of a hyperarid desert where nothing larger than camel thorn grows. The Fawakhir granite to the east is the aquifer; the water is carried in fine cracks in the rock until it meets the dense ultramafic rocks at the western end of the area, and the wells are in fact dug near the contact zone. The pinkish granite was quarried at one time, probably in the Roman period. Extensively worked gold mines follow the quartz veins in the Fawakhir granite. The main group of ruins lies in a narrow wadi eroded in the granite; the steep sides serve as a boundary and almost as a town wall. The site's southeastern end is defined by a high dike of tough felsite rock with a natural gate in it.
Pre-Byzantine remains at Bir Umm Fawakhir are limited. From the pharaonic period we have, perhaps, a few sherds and above all, the Turin Papyrus. The latter may be read as a map drawn up in the Twentieth Dynasty to show the bekhen-stone quarries in the Wadi Hammamat and the gold mines a little farther to the east at Bir Umm Fawakhir. Evidence for a Ptolemaic presence is limited to the now lost temple Ptolemy III Euergetes, though we have many travelers' descriptions of it. Our attempts to locate the site of the temple or any surviving blocks have not yet succeeded.
The Roman remains are actually rather sparse, but nonetheless we do have the watch tower over the western gap leading into Bir Umm Fawakhir, some sherds, a few bits of faience, graffiti, the granite quarries, and perhaps one wall remnant of a large building or way station. The graffiti number eleven in all, painted or carved in a cave behind the modern tea house. Two of the graffiti represent a lion and a ship, perhaps a merchant galley. One graffito appears to be a quarry mark, three more are illegible, and one is a seven-line painted inscription in Epigraphic South Arabian, perhaps first-second century. The remaining four graffiti are all in Greek; three have names plus a good luck wish. The fourth and most elaborate graffito is written in part cryptographically and reads "Longinus gives thanks to all the gods in this place," which suggests a pre-Christian date.
The goals of the Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey were to map the main group of ruins, to take a sample of surface pottery, and thus preserve at least some record of the site. With only twelve working days, we mapped fifty-five buildings and some of the topography, copied the graffiti, and took seven sherd collections. Mapping began at the southeastern end of the main wadi because a high felsite ridge there defines the eastern limit of the site and because the houses are better preserved (if looted) and easier to understand than the more ruined buildings closer to the modern road. The orientation off of magnetic north comes about because we followed the natural alignment of the settlement, strung out along its main street. In all, about one quarter of the buildings in the main wadi were plotted.
Turning to the map, we can see that the wadi bottom plus some small side branches are the main streets of the site, quite broad in places and narrow in others. Clearly there is no evidence of a classical town plan laid out on a grid system. The houses too are irregular, typically consisting of two or three rooms with one entrance from the street (e.g., B4, B24, B34, B42-B45 [B = building]). Two or more houses may be agglomerated into a larger unit (e.g., B3, B5, B37, B50). Scattered on the slopes behind the houses or in the empty spaces between them are a number of one-room outbuildings, either rounded or sub-rectangular in plan (e.g., B1, B2, B18, B36, B40, B55). What the function of the outbuildings may have been-storage, animal shelter, workshops, or latrines-we cannot yet ascertain. Thus, although we mapped fifty-five buildings, only sixteen to twenty-one are houses, ten or eleven are large, agglomerated houses, and the remaining twenty-two or twenty-three are outbuildings. The separateness of the houses and the lack of crowding are also noteworthy. When population estimates are made for the ancient community, this will have to be taken into account.
All of the buildings appear to have been built of dry stone, uncut masonry. There is as yet virtually no evidence of mortar or plastering. Most of the building stones are granite cobbles or felsite chunks filled and chinked with smaller stones and sometimes potsherds. Some of the buildings, such as B50, seem to have added on exterior one-room units, annexed a neighboring house, or blocked up a doorway, but apart from this there is not as much evidence of adding on and expanding as one might find in long-inhabited homes. This is one reason for suggesting that the community was fairly short-lived.
Enclosed courtyards or work areas are common features of most Middle Eastern architecture, but as yet few "rooms" can be identified as possible courtyards at Bir Umm Fawakhir. The only clues come from the circulation pattern, areas too large to be roofed easily, or perhaps from wider than usual doorways.
The houses are typically provided with wall niches for storage, though the number of niches varies widely, and in badly ruined walls the niches may of course be totally lost. Benches are another characteristic, built-in feature of the houses. They are generally made of a row of slabs set upright and apparently filled with sand and small stones. Several buildings have outside benches as well. Looters have consistently clawed into the interior benches and sometimes the shape of a looter's hole is the only indication that a bench once existed there (cf. B17). Hearths are so far surprisingly uncommon, perhaps four noted to date, even though it gets cold in the desert during the winter. Fuel was probably scarce, and winds have blown away most of the surface ash, but nonetheless, we would expect more hearths. Building 14 has a stone-lined basin or trough of unknown function. The grinding stones and mortars found in the houses may or may not pertain to domestic use; they are generally considered to be ore crushing stones reused as building material. In any case, only one crushing stone so far has been found in situ, a threshold block in B17.
The trash heaps, located immediately adjacent to each house or group of houses or else dumped up on the slopes behind them, are an opportunity to investigate deposition patterns of a specific house or group of houses without much, if any, of the reworking, pitting, clearance, or redeposition usual on long-lived sites. Sherds or other artifacts can with some security be attributed to the closest house or houses, though more caution must be exercised with surface material.
We have no floors or remains of door panels or roofing material yet, and only two or three doubtful windows. Doors, at least those opening onto the streets, would presumably have been made of wood; at least one stone door socket is still visible. All of the niches have been labeled "niches" even when the thin back walls have fallen away so that the features now look like windows. The two most problematic cases are the window/door in B27 and the two westernmost niches in B11; they do go through the wall and do seem more finished than the usual broken niches. Of roofs we have not a scrap. The rooms were presumably spanned by palm logs, stringers, and some sort of roofing material. It had to be solid enough to stand the hamsin winds, but not necessarily waterproof. Wood for doors, roofs, and anything else is valuable in the desert and was probably one of the first things stripped away.
What we do not have at Bir Umm Fawakhir is almost as interesting as what we do have. First and foremost there are no defenses, even though security was always a concern in the desert. A gold miners' camp would be rather tempting to raiders, as would a caravan marching to or from the Red Sea ports with trade goods. The Byzantine fort at Abu Sha'ar, also long identified as Roman, does have a defensive wall, towers, barracks, and a central building (principia or a church). Even most of the monasteries of the period had some defenses. None of the buildings mapped so far looks like a warehouse, and there must have been some facility for storing food and supplies. Almost everything had to be hauled from the Nile Valley, and hence there must have been some central point for loading and unloading, distributing, and storing goods, even if only temporarily. We do not know what a Byzantine administrative building in the desert may have looked like, but there must have been some sort of administration for a settlement of this size. Given the Byzantine government's direction (or misdirection) of its citizens' taxes and lives, not to mention producing gold mines, it may be assumed that some representative kept track of activities at Bir Umm Fawakhir. At the very least, we would expect ostraca. That at least some of the inhabitants of Bir Umm Fawakhir were Christians is indicated by bowls with stamped crosses, but we have not found a church. Animal lines or shelters are not in evidence, even though animals must have carried supplies to the inhabitants of Bir Umm Fawakhir. Camels, which do not need much shelter, probably bore most of the traffic, but a few donkeys, sheep, or goats might have been tended, as they are by the present-day bedouin. Some of the outbuildings might conceivably have sheltered animals, but this has not yet been demonstrated. A study of the bones from the trash heaps next to the houses could answer some of these questions. If baked bread were brought from the Nile Valley, it would have reached the hardtack stage by the time it got to the settlers, but it could have been done. Fuel for baking or heating would always have been at a premium, and as mentioned hearths are uncommon and ovens are totally undocumented so far. Mining tools also had to come from the Nile Valley, but there must have been an on-site smithy to resharpen and mend them. This facility, however, would most logically have been located near the mines, a part of the site much disrupted by modern activity.
Far and away the most abundant surface finds at Bir Umm Fawakhir are potsherds. In order not to spend the entire field season on sherds, we took a limited sample from seven areas, which will provide at least a preliminary working corpus. There are also some splintery bone fragments on some of the trash heaps or in the spoil from looters' holes. Other finds are meager, notably granite crushing or pounding stones, three glass sherds, a sandstone trough, a ceramic lamp fragment, and one mud brick.
One type of crushing stone consists of a heavy, lower stone and a smaller upper handstone for rubbing back and forth, though only the heavy, concave lower stones have been found so far. The other type of crushing stone is a rotary mill; both upper and lower stones have been recorded on site. Unfortunately, neither the date of the crushing stones-whether Ptolemaic, Roman, or Byzantine-nor the gold extraction techniques used in the Byzantine period have received much attention.
Again, what we do not have is interesting. There are as yet no textile fragments, no metal, and no wood fragments, though the latter two materials were probably scavenged almost immediately after abandonment of a building or the site.
The goals of the Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey were to document the surface remains of the site and thus preserve a record of it and to investigate more thoroughly the nature of the site, which to date has almost always been called Roman rather than Byzantine. In twelve days we succeeded in mapping approximately one quarter of the community in the main wadi, collected a sampling the sherds, and clarified some questions about the different periods of occupation. The geological study explains many features of the site, why it exists and why it is laid out the way it is.
We can begin to see the pattern of the ancient community with buildings strung along either side of the sandy wadi bottom. From the maze of walls and doors and rooms we can now discern three main kinds of buildings: a two- or three-room house, an agglomerated unit made up of two or more connected houses, and one-room outbuildings.
The rest of our conclusions, as is often the case in an archeological project, are more questions than answers. Who were these people and what was their relationship to the cities, towns, and capitals in the Nile Valley, and with contemporary sites in the Eastern Desert? What were their means of supply and support? What, in short, were they doing there? Of four possible reasons-the gold mines, granite quarries, caravan trade, or a military post-we consider the first the most likely, though this is now more a question to be explored than a final statement.
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The city has not done due diligence in keeping up with deterioration of infrastructure such as roads and pipelines, said Public Works Director Bob Dean.
"For the last 20 years or so, the can's been kicked down the road," Dean said
Dean said the city is now at a critical point "where we need to take this on and really make a push to get our infrastructure corrected or we're going to have these failures going on at a faster and faster rate."
At the presentation of the city's proposed budget Tuesday, Dean told members of the City Council that the city should double its road-paving budget to about $500,000 a year in order to keep pace with road deterioration and get the city on a 20-year paving cycle. He also warned of a potential $800,000 to $1 million project to replace storm water pipe along Weaver Road, which has disintegrated and and caused sinkholes along the road.
In the meantime, work on a project at McClellan in conjunction with the Metropolitan Planning Organization to pave 1.8 miles of McClellan's Summerall Gate Road, Exchange Avenue and a nearby traffic circle will get underway within the next couple of months.
APAC Mid-South of Birmingham on Friday returned the low bid of slightly less than $572,000 to complete the project. Clay McBrien with the Alabama Department of Transportation's Office Engineer bureau said that if the low bid is awarded, the total project cost would likely amount to about $720,000. For the city, this translates to a likely $220,000 price tag: $95,000 to pave Exchange Avenue and about $125,000 for its 20 percent funding match on the project.
Tony Harris, a spokesman for the Alabama Department of Transportation, said work will likely begin on the project by mid-to-late October. Harris said that given recent weather, the project will likely take about five to six months to complete.
Danny McCullars, finance director and interim city manager, said that catching up with failing infrastructure will save the city money in the long run. He said that if the disintegrated storm water pipe along Weaver Road had been discovered earlier, it likely could have been repaired at a much lower cost than replacing it.
McCullars said it's in everybody's interest to perform a comprehensive survey of the city's infrastructure. The study could cost as much as a half-million dollars, he said.
"This study, I would really like to see us move forward with that at a rapid pace, even if we have to float a bond on it," said Councilman Jay Jenkins, who represents Ward 1, which contains both the Weaver Road and Summerall Gate Road projects.
Jenkins said he feels that infrastructure is one of the city's critical needs. He noted infrastructure was one of three targets for revenue from a 1-cent sales tax increase passed last year.
"While we have had a lot of conversations lately about a portion of those proceeds going to education, infrastructure was one of those needs as well," he said.
Dean said he plans to undertake between $250,000 and $300,000 worth of smaller, routine paving projects this year.
McCullars explained that the city has a special fund set aside for road-paving projects with about $500,000 available. But, he said, taxes from gas sales, which provide the revenues for the fund, only bring in about $180,000 per year and won't keep pace with the paving needs. The city would have to make up the more than $300,000 difference from the general fund.
Dean said the city's next MPO project is a larger undertaking on Greenbrier Dear Road that will involve a lot of repaving and safety features such as a guardrail. He said he expects that project to get underway in the spring.
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