When you say "base" do you mean the entire nozzle base or just the bottom plate? The suction motors are in the upper body of those, correct? The bottom half has the brush roll, nozzle inlet, height adjuster and whatever parts the upper body pivot on ?
The entire nozzle base. Yes, the upper body has the motor and the bottom half has all of those.
Sounds like whatever holds the two halves together has fallen out or broken. Might explain why the suction increases when you push them together. When you pull back on the handle you are lifting the upper body a bit and it looses suction to the nozzle.
The Hoover Lean? AFAIK, none of my Hoovers have that. It's just that the base is loose to the point of sticking onto the carpet when the machine is on. Makes it near impossible to push on some of my area rugs. IDK if this is wear and tear because this vacuum dates all the way back to October 2001, or if something is broken.
Are your carpets ultra plush or rubber backed? Modern carpets are too thick for vacuum cleaners to work with and they glue themselves to the carpet.
Eh, I use to many vintage vacuums that work fine on plush carpets to think this is his vacuum's problem. I have older Hoovers than that that have no problem. Something is loose or worn in the connection between the upper body and nozzle base.
It was just held on by these. They’re okay.
so I tightened it up a bit using the felt seals for the neck of a Panasonic or Kenmore power nozzle. Worked good.
No. The reason why the base to my Self Propelled Windtunnel is loose is because it’s designed to pivot. The smaller area in the brackets is meant for the anchors to the rest of the base.Wondering if there is a way to shim whatever is loose to tighten up the clearance? The neck on an Electrolux PN5 I have is looser than a cat in heat
