GE Appliances WE04X24550 Dryer Timer

Perfect fit! Works great! Easy to install

I see a lot of negative reviews regarding these timers. Not Just this one but all of them in fact. Installation was simple and this replacement part has now been in my dryer for approximately two months. No issues so far but I am being gentle with it because I have heard these parts only last a few months. The gears inside should have been made of metal however they are made of cheap plastic. The gears inside or even plastic from the manufacture.Just this one but all of them in fact. Installation was simple and this replacement part has now been in my dryer for approximately two months. No issues so far but I am being gentle with it because I have heard these parts only last a few months. The gears inside should have been made of metal however they are made of cheap plastic. The gears inside are even plastic from the manufacture It’s doing what it supposed to be doing right now so no complaints

I ordered this on a Wednesday night and it arrived on Friday through the United States Post office. The part came in a box that looks to be a genuine OEM part. I believe this is a genuine OEM part.When we purchased our dryer the knob was ridiculously tight. We called customer service and a technician told us that the newer machines have the knob that tight. I can tell you the new knob is easier to turn than the old one.For what it's worth, the problem wasn't this part. The knob that was attached to this part had some cracks in it and was spinning around. I ordered a non-OEM part with a metal piece that goes around the shaft on the knob as opposed to the plastic that came with the machine.I'm glad I replaced this part because the new part spins much easier.How long the new parts will last I do not know. The machine works today and I know where to purchase the replacement parts if needed.A couple of notes.Don't disconnect the old part until you get the new one. Carefully slide the old part out of its position and the new part into position and then move the wires one at a time. There is a small torx screw holding the part in place, make sure to remove that first. There is a small plastic tab by the torx screw that broke off for me but didn't seem necessary anyway.When you put the two long screws in the back of the dryer put a little tape to hold the screws to the socket or nut driver you are using to prevent the screws from falling behind the machine.I chose not to move the machine out to do this job. I used a small mirror to line up the socket on the two screws around the back of the machine and was very careful to use one hand to hold the screw and one hand to hold the socket when removing. Once you remove the back panel you can remove the rest of the screws to gain access to the component.This is a very doable job for anybody who is comfortable tackling similar projects around the house. Be patient and never force any screws or parts.

Met my needs as a plug and play part.

Pretty straight forward to replace. Did a quick test of cycles to see if it worked, and it did. A few days later on the first laundry day after getting it, it died immediately. Cycle started up and shut off. Knob turned funny, just like the one I replaced. Waste of money.

It worked just good enough for me not now to give 3 stars

Update March 19, 2022: It's dead Jim. Didn't last quite a year, and the last few months it has been working in a way - we had had to turn it counter-clockwise as it wouldn't work turning it the correct clockwise direction. May just get a new dryer, but I understand from youtube videos the three or four large corporations that manufacture all the brands design them to fail, and even with a warranty try to weasel out of repairing their designed to fail machines. The gears inside this timer were always mushy feeling, never firmly clicking in place like the original timer.Family members wanted to buy new dryer. I asked to have a go at it as I love to learn. I just replaced it literally 30 minutes ago, and so far so good. The old one had evidently stripped one or some of the plastic gears inside the timer, which I promptly took apart and tried to repair, and failed. Got this GE part number WE04X24550, which is I guess the new part number as our old GE timer had a model number of TMD14M30 with no mention of WE... anywhere on it.If it fails or strips anytime soon, will let you know. The old one lasted since we bought it at least 12 years ago, but as we all know, we are even more of a throwaway society now, as well as designed for obsolescence money hungry corporations and their CEOs and boards. It did come in what appears to be an OEM GE Appliances, a Haier company box, so at least appears to not be a knockoff.I saved us at least $600 for awhile at least.

The media could not be loaded. This timer was exactly like the original part. It took about 30 minutes to install. Thanks I repaired it by myself..