Recent content by steve

Thanks to several of you I found the correct brush roll on eBay and oddly its from the same exact seller who sent me the wrong one even though I sent him the exact model #! Should have it by Wednesday. Being one who dislikes throwing away serviceable parts I have now analysed two failed...

Trying to cannabalize a Royal brushroll that has good brushes onto another brushroll that has worn out brushes. Can anyone assist? Do you have to remove the chrome bearing endcaps to remove the brushes? Do they just push out? Apparently the brushes were available independently at one time with...

ROYAL BRUSH ROLL WITH MAGNET-HEX END, 2673274000 Ben you are correct as the number of individual brushes on the magnetic end is only 8 unlike the others that are 9 or 10. This prevents the spinning brush from hitting on the inside of the green light mechanism. One would think the vacuum sellers...

I bought a replacement Royal OEM brushroll from eBay vendor. All wood $30 delivered. I contacted him in advance to be certain that his OEM brushroll was the right one for my 97001. He assured me it was. It is not as it hits on the inside of green light mechanism. Because it seems nearly...

eBay only works with good will. Your seller has none. Having well over 300 purchases it is not good selling practices to leave a buyer hanging even for an item costing only a few bucks. A good sale happens when seller sends a tracking # and or a note saying when they shipped and for an item with...

I bought a replacement Royal OEM brushroll from eBay vendor. All wood $30 delivered. I contacted him in advance to be certain that his OEM brushroll was the right one for my 97001. He assured me it was. It is not as it hits on the inside of green light mechanism. Because it seems nearly...

Royal 97001 problem with replacement brushroll I bought a replacement Royal OEM brushroll from eBay vendor. All wood $30 delivered. I contacted him in advance to be certain that his OEM brushroll was the right one for my 97001. He assured me it was. It is not as it hits on the inside of green...

Thanks so much, I will go at it piecemeal, already have the Mothers polish. Will post before and after once finished.

I have a bench grinder so suppose I could get a polishing wheel. Or a smaller wheel to fit an electric drill. Any idea how many hours it took?

Today I flipped it over and propped it up so I could see the drive lever more clearly. I took a screwdriver and pushed on the bar that goes first to a wishbone shaped coupler and then into the transmission while running the motor. I was able to get the power wheels to engage in reverse but...

Thanks guys, I also wondered about that button and checked it carefully. Seems ok. Andy, please do check to see if you have something that may assist. I hate to see well made things wind up in the garbage!

Dial-a-Matic Repaint Replaced the belt driving the transmission and as suspected it made no difference. I have never replaced belts on vacuums until they break and have never noticed a difference in operation. I took some photos of this machine after the repaint done because of yellowing of...

Just checked 'er again. pulled the handle apart, no mechanical issue there. I put the machine on its side and activated the handle watching the bent arm that goes around the outside of motor, and it appears to be working fine. Then moved the arm at the motor back and forth and that made no...

What a score!! Really nice polishing job too. I was given a nearly identical "Classic" and would like to polish it. Can you possible give some details on how you did it what machine / compounds you used? I tried polishing mine by hand with Mother's aluminum polish and realized it was going to...

belts work no transmission activation with handle Belts were intact and spin properly when powered up. Now I remember having seen that both are powered by the motors drive shaft. My handle seems to be working properly and moves the forward reverse arm on the motor but alas no transmission...