Recent content by speedqueen

Will Hemb I for one have finally had enough of you. You've trashed Chris privately to all of his friends, and trashed others behind their backs, if you believe that people don't compare notes you are mistaken. Until now I have shut up and put on a smile because I haven't wanted to stir things...

Easy decision.. Sanitaire SL635. Lighter than the other models, has full height adjustment up to shag height.

A little more info and some speculation I should note that Lesinutah is correct that Powr-Flite was originally a parts supplier that turned into a manufacturing company, they were originally known as Southwest. When exactly they became affiliated with Tacony, I'm not exactly sure, but while...

History of Commercial vacuums.. Eureka was the contract manufacturer of choice for various companies in both the residential market, such as Montgomery Ward and the commercial sphere such as Clarke, Advance, Powr-Flite and others. This was simply a private labeling venture for companies that...

@panasonicvac Why would a standard Lamb central vacuum motor not be serviceable? Ive taken apart tons in various equipment, even commercial extractors where they can be quite rusty.

Shark.. They got the features right, made a vacuum for how most people tend to use vacuums these days. Because of this many of our customers don't want to replace them even when they do break and will pay handsomely for repairs. As such I can say that the construction of the machine is rather...

You may not like it, but customers do.. Let me note first that I'm just as disappointed that they moved production of the unit to China as you are. I don't own any modern vacuums I'll cling to my vintage Eurekas, Hoovers and Electroluxes. I worked at a Riccar and Miele dealer and for a while...

As someone who repairs commercial vacs for a living... Forget anything direct air, one rock or coin and a Sanitiare fan is finished and perhaps even the whole base assembly/fan housing. Kirby is the same, but far more expensive to repair. Look at an Advance VU500, Advance Spectrum or Windsor...

The generic roller is good, but you might like the all bristle VG-1 better. I have one in my 1950 or so Eureka 250, works amazing even with the old 3 amp motor.

Assembly issues are why you buy from a local dealer who will assemble and test it before you to see that everything is properly working.. I work for two different Sanitaire dealers as a repair technician. Here's a trick to make the handle not all loose, take a cloth and some vice grips and...

potential fix.. What you might do is to take the hood off, you'll need both a T35 torx and Phillips screwdrivers, and back out the front axle bolts a few turns or try screwing them in slightly to shift where the positions on the dial-a-nap cam end up laying with reference to nozzle height...

@vacuumdevil You just made my point for me, when a simple little part like a triac($2-5) fails instead of even a whole board being replaced, you have to replace the entire motor and board as a whole expensive assembly, "as the engineers intended". Triacs can be sensitive components to power...

@John Long That's my(entirely arbitrary) test for any vacuum, does it equal or outperform my model 28, if so it is a good cleaner, if not then it isn't worth anyone's time to use. Anything today with modern technology has no excuse for poor performance, but more often than not they are far...

For reliability, the best were the DC07, 14, and 17. No trouble but the clutch on the first two and that pesky seal on the DC17. So many people still have theirs and they are so much cheaper to repair than the newer ones. I won't speak to cleaning, I think they are all pretty poor cleaners, an...

Hose replacement That part has nothing to do with it. If you're lucky and this is one that can accept standard wire reinforced bulk hose and it isn't moulded into rubber at either end, here is the trick, remove all the screws separating the clamshell of the power head. Once you've in there...