dryer problems

So I broke the dryer this morning. I wasn't trying to break the thing- I just was trying to find a shirt before work. My shirt was underneath a mountain of towels, so I just turned the drum a bit to see where it was. There was a crunching grinding noise, so I stopped and shut the door. I turned the dryer on, and was surprised by a louder crunching grinding noise. I turned it off, and grabbed my shirt. Thinking something was lodged in the drum somewhere I kinda shook the drum and then heard a loud clunk and bang from within the mechanism. I shut the door and turned on the dryer. The drum didn't turn. oh crap! I thought. Nat is going to be PISSED!

I came home today thinking that I either blew up the motor (which would be bad) or that the belt had slipped off somehow from the drum inside the dryer. Common sense told me to unplug it before venturing inside the beast. Good thing too- all the warning labels inside the machine spoke of unspeakable and inevitable death. Peering inside it was clear the belt had come loose and the pulley that connected the belt to the motor was not where it should be. After removing some screws, cleaning out 40 some odd cents in change (which was probably why the belt skipped off in the first place) and reattaching the pulley and belt to the motor, I closed it up. I turned it on and instead of a crunching grinding noise or a lightning bolt from Zeus himself, the drum was turning like normal. With everything in place and no extra parts, I entered triumphantly into the kitchen for a victory bowl of Apple Jacks Cereal. 

The End.