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Got 'em . . . Thanks to (I'll keep your name anonymous) that emailed me. I called Vac Parts + (Henry Co.) and they had everything! They couldn't have been any nicer to do business with. I read him the P/Ns, and he pulled the parts while I waited to verify they had 'em. If I attempted this here...

Hello again everyone: First of all, thanks again to everyone for their help and suggestions regarding the shaft extension issue. I have the vacuum back together temporarily with makeshift screws that I was able to find at the hardware store. Unfortunately, I had to "Mickey Mouse" them with...

I have that same hand-held car vacuum. It works very well as long as you DON'T let the re-usable bag/sock become clogged.

I need screws . . . Hello again everyone, Although this vacuum cleaner is back together and running like a charm, I'd like to get the correct screws listed below. What company would be most likely to have them? I bought what seemed to be 'Like' screws at the hardware store, but they seem to...

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm . . . NOPE ! ! ! "That's why I said to make sure you vacuum it and "dust" it to make sure there is no remaining wire." The problem here is, PULVORIZED DANDRUFF from steel wool (or "WIRE WOOL" as you Brits call it) gets imbedded in the phenolic micas that insulate each commutator...

Simon sez . . . "Opinions on what vintage vacs would sell today..??" ANY that someone will PAY CASH FOR ! ! ! EVERYTHING I COLLECT -I USE ! ! !

"When using steel wool, there's little bits of wire that come off of the wire pad that fall on the armature." THE FASTEST WAY TO KILL an electric motor ! ! !

Whatever floats yer boat . . . "…I am inclined to think that a little more sanding of the commutator, a cleanup of the shaft, a new upper bearing and a new set of carbon brushes should do the trick. If anyone thinks that there's more to it, I would certainly appreciate further advice...

"@MPN: Looks like it to me!" It doesn't to me from what I'm seeing in your photo. I should be seeing CONSISTANTLY FRESH, CLEAN, and SMOOTH COPPER COMMUTATOR SEGMENTS! Did you lay a straight edge along each commutator segment, and hold the armature up to the light to see if there's a gap...

You look at it and tell me . . . "Here's the commutator after sanding w/ 220-grit wet/dry sandpaper. How does it look?" Well, whatta YOU think ? ? ? Are the commutator segments linear & flat longitudinally to provide full brush contact ? ? ?

Well, being Hoover, along with Royal and others, is now owned by TCI Floor Care in Beautiful Downtown Beijing, China, I think your chances are Slim & None, and Slim left town . . . For shits n' giggles, you might try any mom n' pop appliance stores in your area, if any still exist, to see if...

My grandparents had one of these, that I think my aunt had, that my cousin has been keeping at their lakeside cabin for the last 30-years . . .

maybe so . . . "Consider all of the time and money I'd have spent if I took every armature into a motor shop every time I serviced a machine." We used to growl, short-test, and machine armatures for janitorial and restaurant equipment companies, appliance repair shops, and appliance stores...

http://www.vacuumland.org/TD/JPEG/BASKET/2016/20160322/hoovercelebrity-2016032213164905005_1.jpg OK, now you have almost $30.00 tied up in stones ALONE, that could have the whole job done by a PROFESSIONAL on a lathe for around HALF of that. YOU DO THE MATH ! ! !

Point well taken, but . . . "Well, for those of us who aren't able to go to the lathe store and pick up a lathe, the stones work just fine." I offered my comment regarding truing the commutator on a lathe as he'd already disassembled the vacuum, his noise complaint, brush wear, and the photos...

Holy Crud Batman ! ! ! After putting together the Royal Metal Upright recently given me, I just tossed a black plastic Dirt Devil whose housing was a static-cling anode. When changing the bag, you could literally see dust kicked up from the brush roller being zapped to the plastic housing like...

Unh Unh ! ! ! You treat technology like the old adage goes: Keep YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, and YOUR ENEMIES EVEN CLOSER. Meaning, if ya snooze ya lose, as technology turns over so quickly that if ya blink ya miss a lot of it that seems to take forever to catch up to, and by the time you do that...

Huh, what ? ? ? and to think I only came here for information regarding my clean/never used Royal Metal Upright Vacuum, given me as a gift in appreciation for a favor helping clean out a $175.00 a month self-storage unit after 9-years of storing $500.00 worth of mostly junk! This site just...

Well, ummmmmmmmm ? ? ? "@hoovercelebrity: If I were to use a lathe, as MPN suggested, I would imagine I could easily use commutator stones, am I wrong?" NO! use the lathe's cutting tool bit, because you want to remove as little material as possible to achieve "Concentricity". Using a...

Well, here goes . . . "@MPN: What should I use to machine the commutator? Fine sandpaper? I have heard of these electric motor commutator cleaning sticks. Would you recommend them?" Like I said: A lathe is the best method, if you have access to one. If you're not going to take that approach...