Recent content by kenc184

I like to convert my older kirbys to hepa. Just did a Tradition with parts from a ratty H2 I picked up. However, I also picked up a couple of H2s that are quite decent and I am torn. If I take the bag etc to convert an older dump bag machine then I have a pair of quite decent H2s which become...

Use a blind hole bearing puller. You can use one to remove a bearing from the front plate and then used from the other side, to install one. I picked up a Chicom one from Amazon for forty bucks. It ain't Snap-on but it does the job with no stress on the bearing.

Ben, I posted this before you PMd me on another forum. thanks, ken

The OEM fan in my tradition and the new kirby replacement have very different vane heights. The new 119078 replacement (supposedly for 516 to LGII) has vanes which taper downwards towards the outside vs flat for the OEM. I assume the OEM would have better airflow given taller vanes? I did ask...

Pretty nice! Looks like a 500 series machine with Heritage 2 bag and handle. I guess you can run hepa bags in that. Nice machine!

Hmmm, the Omega guy hasn't messaged me yet. I hate it when these guys refuse to give a phone number, even when I have already given mine. He's been quite hard to get ahold of "online" so it's a pain.

I ask because I was contemplating picking one up, but I have a DS50 and it would seem like my efforts should be directed elsewhere based on the similarity of the two. Hopefully picking up an Omega this weekend, then possibly a tradition in the week after. Also quite similar machines but not...

I haven't found any information regarding the various motors used over the years, is there anything online that I might have missed? I was curious to see one guy online using generic 6000 or 6200 series bearings available on ebay for next to nothing on his DS80. My DS50s both were fitted with...

So no performance difference between the 50 and the 80?

Sure, different shaped handle, different color, but are there any fundamental differences between the kirby DS50 and DS80? They seem to have the same motor, same nozzle. Is the DS80 actually "better"?

I managed to get the trim on, the holes look a little elongated - a little too much heat perhaps?

Thank you both. For the headlight trim heating it up would work, but for the nozzle bumper trim there is a large clip which is secured over the trim with the rivet so it wouldn't work there. Luckily, my nozzle bumpers are not terrible on the D50.

I notice the headlamp bumper on my Kirby D50 is secured with solid head rivets. I have pop rivets by the pound but no ability to do tidy solid rivets. Seems like pop rivets would be kinda ugly? I guess I could turn down the head of a screw on my lathe and use it with a thin nut on the inside...

I'm sure you're right, but it looks like AMPS 4 to me.

Here you go, it is fuzzy but sure looks like a "4" to me.