Kenmore 110 Dryer has heat but no motor

[Mashpee777]

This dryer has a motor that I can’t even hear hum, so the drum won’t turn and the blower doesn’t come on, but the heating elements come on.  The belt is not broken, the drum spins freely there’s nothing in the blower fan.  
The way this thing was working, you only had to close the door to start the machine so I figured the start switch was wonky, but no one cared since it worked fine when the door closed.

Now when the door closes, the heater comes on, as does the timer, but not the motor.
My questions are, if the door switch was bad, the heating elements wouldn’t come on would they?

If the drum spins, the blower is free and spins, and the belt is not broken, and the heating element comes on, would that most likely indicate a bad motor? What else am I missing?

 

 

[Budget Appliance Repair]

Sure sound like the centrifugal/motor switch is stuck in the run position which would close the heat contacts in the motor switch without the motor running which would be the only way it could be heating without the motor running.

Also would cause the motor to not start as the start winding would never be in the circuit - I can't remember if you can hear the hum of the motor with only the run windings energized and no start, (usually if the motor wasn't completely dead with open windings or thermal cutout open you will at least hear a light hum of the motor trying to start).

[ServiceTech_Daniel]

I agree with everything that @Budget Appliance Repair said. 

Also check to see if you have a heating element shorted to chassis. 

If the thermal fuse is blown , the motor will not come on, but since the heating element wire is shorted to ground , one of the legs is completing a 120 circuit and making the heater slightly heat up 

 

[Budget Appliance Repair]

@ServiceTech_Daniel Good catch on something I hadn't really thought of being the problem since I pretty much missed the part that the motor DOESN'T make a hum

[ServiceTech_Daniel]

@Mashpee777 what was the outcome of the repair?

@Budget Appliance Repair Thanks' , I see so many of these problems here in my area it was the first thing that popped into my head when i read it .