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Found this at Goodwill today for $7 Put a new cord on it, cleaned the filter and washed out the bag. I also found a package of TriStar bags for $2

Heritage and Legend use a single contact bulb with the bayonet base as the other contact. Good luck finding one of those in an LED.

88500 and 88502 are the bearing numbers, not part numbers, you will see those numbers on the side of the bearing. A New Departure bearing will have the number 88500 K. The lower bearing may be a NDH bearing which would have a number of 3202 BG. If you go to your local bearing shop and ask for...

The top bearing is now a 88500 The bottom bearing is now a 88502 When you take the bolt out of the top end of the armature it is a left hand thread. This bolt is a Bearing Retainer Screw On the lower bearing there is a Bearing Shield and Slinger Ring on each side of the bearing. If you want...

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I got it rebristled this afternoon, used up some of the scrap horsehair then started a new bundle of Chestnut horsehair. Trimmed the bristles down and put the brushroll back in. Got a handle from Menards for $3. And if anybody is interested in the Domestic Vacuum Cleaner Co here is a list of...

Ever start a project then lose interest for a few days? Half way through rebristling

The bearings or the thrust washer? The bearings are available thru Hesco Hoover Agitator/Brush Roll Bearing - 43267002 normally $2.71 on sale $1.65 Since you're in Indiana Henry Vacuum would also have them.

Old English Scratch Cover for dark wood then Antiquax from England

OK, so I got bored and started rebristling the brushroll in the Domestic

The cap that is on the end of the Brush Roll with the bearing in it will come out and you can get whatever is inside out (rocks gravel etc) When you put it back together make sure the little tab on the bearing holder lines up with the notch in the roll housing.

So? Does this mean I shouldn't bring my Rexair series A in for service? I think it's overdue for a service by maybe a couple of years.

The motor bearings in the 541 are just bronze sleeve bearings. Since this isn't a Robbins & Myers motor you don't have to worry about the set screw holding the bearing in. The bearings on a 541 motor are driven out with a drift pin tool, the new bearings are driven in with the drift pin...

Fuller Brush back in the 50's and 60's sold brushes and cleaning products door to door. Just a little history on Fuller if anyone cares.

It looks like a rebranded Eureka, the brushroll is a Eureka Vibra Groomer I.

Yes, the bearings can be replaced, but you have to have the reamer to align everything. If you have the Hoover service manual it tells you how to do that.

Stopped a Thrift Store in Orland Park and found this Royal model 235C for $9.50. It's kind of a rose color hammertone finish, 110 Volt, 300 Watts. I figure it will be something to play with in the winter.

It was the model S that was advertised as the lightest vacuum in the world. The S just had a front door that just clipped on. It didn't have the inner workings that the model L had in the door (which adds a slight amount of weight).

XXX or model 30 was 1937 to 1954 Silverado was 1982 to 1984 NOT early 50's

I'm tired of picking up stuff for other people and getting stuck with the item because It's the wrong color It has a scratch It's not perfect It doesn't have the attachments with it