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So, I have a Kirby Sentria 2. The brushroll was damaged when I got it.
I already had a Kirby G4 brand new roller. However, the magnet that powers the led light on the nozzle is on the opposite side.
Is there a reason I shouldn't pull the brushroll end caps off and switch their places so the brushroll installs with the magnet on the correct side to power the LED light? Or is it better to just not worry about the light?
 
Also, I have a bit of a fear of not getting both sides of the roller on the same setting. So, I used 3 different color finger nail polisher to paint the 3 install settings to make it easier to reinstall the brush roller correctly. (I was having to use reading glasses to see the numbers to reinstall the brushroll)
Anyone else do this?
 
lesinutah said:
The brush roll is meant to spin in a specific direction. If you flip it the bristles will hit the sole plate and ruin the brush.
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That doesn't make sense? If you swap the end plates and reverse the brush roll that shouldn't change the height of the brush in the nozzle, assuming you set the end plates at the same height on both sides. I could see that maybe the angle of the bristles relative to the rotation direction might not sweep dirt into the nozzle as efficiently but the height ought to be ok. Isn't the sole plate symmetrical from the center outward on each side? What am I missing?
 
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The bristles are placed and shaped to agitate sweep debri into the nozzle. It might not harm brush roll as you mention the sole plate being semeetrical.
It would basically not be effective or function running the brush roll backwards.
The sensor is to tell you the brushroll is spinning. I'd install it correctly and know that green light isn't going to show with that beushroll. I mean you know the brushroll is spinning by vibration. Why mess around with things that don't need to be messed with and use the brushroll wo green sensor so the vacuum runs optimally.
 
cheesewonton said:
That doesn't make sense? If you swap the end plates and reverse the brush roll that shouldn't change the height of the brush in the nozzle, assuming you set the end plates at the same height on both sides. I could see that maybe the angle of the bristles relative to the rotation direction might not sweep dirt into the nozzle as efficiently but the height ought to be ok. Isn't the sole plate symmetrical from the center outward on each side? What am I missing?
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Kirby places the bristles in a specific pattern and direction on the brushroll, and they are designed to flick dirt backwards into the suction inlet of the nozzle and into the fan. If you turn the brushroll backwards it will ruin the bristles and just flick the dirt out ahead of the vacuum.

But yeah, A Sentria II brushroll is only about $20-25 last I checked. Buy the correct parts, takes 2 seconds.
 
lesinutah said:
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The bristles are placed and shaped to agitate sweep debri into the nozzle. It might not harm brush roll as you mention the sole plate being semeetrical.
It would basically not be effective or function running the brush roll backwards.
The sensor is to tell you the brushroll is spinning. I'd install it correctly and know that green light isn't going to show with that beushroll. I mean you know the brushroll is spinning by vibration. Why mess around with things that don't need to be messed with and use the brushroll wo green sensor so the vacuum runs optimally.
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I thought the brush bristle placement might be a issue. Thank you
 
cheesewonton said:
Geez, $75 to ship a brush roll ? Whew. No Kirby dealers in New Zealand?
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Isn't there a well known Kirby vacuum collector in Australia? I don't know his name offhand, but I think I've seen him on YouTube every now and then. Maybe get in touch with him and he might have one, or can be a middleman for you? I think before I seen his videos I had no idea that Kirby sold vacuums in Australia. I'd love to find a EU market Kirby with the EU plug and EU market certifications/modifications on it.
 
You could use the G4 brush roll in a later Kirby without modification. Just install it as though it were in a G4, with the magnet on the 'wrong' side for the later machine. The little LED indicating that the brush roll is turning won't work, but it will otherwise be just fine.
 
Yeah what's happening is all that stuff has to be imported and the store is adding on the import surcharges and tariffs onto the cost. Not sure what else you can do, maybe try the secondhand market in continental AUS and see if it might be cheaper to go that way instead of from a shop that has to import from mainland US.
 
huskyvacs said:
Yeah what's happening is all that stuff has to be imported and the store is adding on the import surcharges and tariffs onto the cost. Not sure what else you can do, maybe try the secondhand market in continental AUS and see if it might be cheaper to go that way instead of from a shop that has to import from mainland US.
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It is also due to the small size of the NZ market compared to that of the US. I lived in Australia for about a year from mid 1990 to mid 1991. At the time Ford was manufacturing a small front drive convertible coup called the Capri in their plant in Geelong, outside of Melbourne Australia. Because of the competitiveness of the US market Australian manufactured Capris sold for about $3,000 more in Australia than the same car did in California.
 
cheesewonton said:
It is also due to the small size of the NZ market compared to that of the US. I lived in Australia for about a year from mid 1990 to mid 1991. At the time Ford was manufacturing a small front drive convertible coup called the Capri in their plant in Geelong, outside of Melbourne Australia. Because of the competitiveness of the US market Australian manufactured Capris sold for about $3,000 more in Australia than the same car did in California.
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Oh wow I actually seen one of those cars in 2013 as a Mercury, goofy little car. I lost the photo in 2014 in a PC accident, so I not longer have it, never seen another one since. Rather rare. And yeah New Zealand is just a small island, so that adds complexity to the shipping process too.
 
huskyvacs said:
Oh wow I actually seen one of those cars in 2013 as a Mercury, goofy little car. I lost the photo in 2014 in a PC accident, so I not longer have it, never seen another one since. Rather rare. And yeah New Zealand is just a small island, so that adds complexity to the shipping process too.
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With such a small population their merchants just don't move the volume of merch to be able to keep their prices down and keep the lights on and employees paid. Shipping a Capri from Melbourne to LA/Long Beach had to be more costly than shipping the same car within Australia, except maybe to Darwin or Adelaide which might as well be on another continent they are so isolated. But MSRP for a Capri in Melbourne was higher than the MSRP in the US, after shipping, across the Pacific and across the US. Everything in Australia and New Zealand is expensive compared to the US except maybe food. It was more expensive back then to fly from Sydney to Adelaide than to fly from Sydney to Singapore.
 

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