Recent content by steveb

This is the back version with the white circle and red dot and the Hoover Dustette name on the sides.

Done. Used the lithium grease and replaced the brushes while it was apart. Runs great, no bearing noise at all. Thanks to all for the help!

Thanks, got it apart, now what grease to use? The slot was the trick to get the pulley off the bottom and I removed the rivets to access the bearing guts. The clearances are just fine and the parts are OK, but I have never seen such a mess of clogged up grease that did not trash some parts. I...

New member trying to refurbish the bearings on a Hover 450 form the late 30s. Found an on line manual from 1957 that covers pretty much all models up to then, but does not get into disassembly details on the motors with bearings. Trying to remove the drive pulley from the shaft, it appears in...