Tom and everybody, the Kenmore does open from the top but no way to get in lint trap so I huffed and puffed and got the thing moved. Most of the pen was in the flexible hose. Reached my hand up and the round fan type thingie revolved okay and I couldn't feel the other part of the pen so I AM thinking the fan type thingie broke it and it is sitting down at the bottom of the flexible hose which goes under the house and to the vent outside. Not going to worry about it because there is no way top half of pen could be touching a heating element. I did find one other problem -- flexible hose is split so I will be using duct tape to fix it (the miracle cure for all women). Also dryer is now vacuumed and very clean. Lesson learned -- don't have stuff on top of dryer especially if it rolls!!! Judith To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk