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I think mine may need a new power head motor soon as it always seems to bog down on my normal modern low pile carpet. Vacuum motor is new of course and works great but I lubed up the head motor and it spins pretty fast till it hits the carpet. I'll probably replace it sometime but other...

I like my carpets, they feel great on my feet and are warm during winter. All my vacuums do a great job of raising the knap and making them look nice. I hate that they get dark in the traffic areas and get lumpy as they get older and stretch. We need to shampoo ours now being about 6 years old...

I have a 12x16 mini barn shed with a loft and 4 br so one is kinda the everything we use a bit but don't want out in the shed room so a bit of storage but could always use more. Put one of the new bags in as the 30 or so year old one was pretty full and worn out. You can dump the bags easily and...

Cool that you got a dream vac with almost everything they ever came with. My Royal 4650 is still happy thanks to the plugs you sent me and I've been working on and playing with the Compact C9/Sir Anthony James vac my mom got in about 77 she recently gave me. It really helps when members support...

I like all my bagged machines for carpet and general cleaning but I have a dirt cheap Dirt Devil stick vac bagless I like using to clean my parrots cage area to suck up all the food crumbs and chewed up paper and things. Bags fill up so fast with that kind of volume bagless is quicker and...

Got a 12 pack Ordered a 12 pack, surprisingly Amazon was a few bucks cheaper with free prime shipping so they'll probably be here Saturday. I spose I could order some for the Royal too but now we have a ton of the cheaper ones to burn through and I think the hepa part of the Royal is a bit...

Mom just gave me the aftermarket Anthony James C9 Compact and I've been working it over and put a new motor and belt in it as they were both toast. It now runs and cleans as nice as I remembered from when I was a teenager. I have a thread about it here. They are very simple machines that just...

Thanks, I'll have to check on those and some for the Royals too as those are the ones sister says she likes best in the 4650 but we ran out and I got a 10 pack of the cheaper ones.

She got 2 belts and some more bags for the Royal 4650 today and I just installed one of them. Both motors are still running smooth and beater bar is humming along again. Lady at Starks knew exactly what belt she needed when she said she needed a belt for a Tristar/Compact 9. She also said those...

It still has the cloth bag it came with, a ancient paper bag that is easy to dump, and the foam motor filter it came with and the little chrome foam exhaust filter so pretty much as delivered with battle scars. We'll get the belt and see how it goes. That fancy hepa exhaust filter might be...

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Wow, been busy on my thread since I last checked in. My sister has the day off and decided to use the c9 to clean up her room and hit some of our parrots favorite spots to mess up. It was working fine, sounded fine and she was in cleaning her bathroom rug when the powerhead belt snapped, not...

Great, the powerhead on mine did OK for another 10 minute or so run so maybe the oil started penetrating all the dry areas in the bearings and bushings as it was probably in that closet untouched since 90 when they bought their manufactured home she still lives in. If she hadn't decided to clean...

They are great vacuums. I have a Starks/Royal 5700 that a guy on Craigslist was just giving away and I have a 413 canister and a 4650 canister. The 413 was my main machine for years then when I bought this house I found the 4650 for 25 bucks needing a new hose, it's even better than the 413...

I didn't realize you never opened yours up so glad to help with the disassembly instructions. As you found out it's not obvious at first how these things are screwed together but between Google and here everything can be figured out. They also sell new brushes for various versions of the motors...

There are 3 screws total that hold this C9 together. 2 in the wheel openings in the body, the back regular wheels, and one up front that also holds the 2 plastic retainers for the powerhead cord where it plugs into the body. It splits exactly in half with a bit of convincing around the rubber...

motor installed Well after waking up a bit figured I'd tear it down and stuff in the new motor. The old one was removed and that's when I noticed something is loose and rattling around inside but haven't tried to figure out exactly how to tear it down and see what happened and if it might be...

Motor showed up It showed up a few days ago packed very securely in a factory style box. Motor is definitely brand new and tight. Machine will be as new or better than new when it's installed but no time till the weekend as I'm going in early every day due to being almost 100 every day this...

Yeah, I always liked it and the crinkle paint finish. Been busy this weekend trying to get my bigger 480 gig ssd I bought during prime day to take a clone of my 128 gig ssd we put in when it was thrown together last year. Motor is supposed to show up the 28th or so so looking forward to slapping...

I'll have to look and if it's interesting I can post a picture. I don't know if the serial number plate I posted really helps but I got the typical things I thought would be helpful.