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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...

The entire nozzle base. Yes, the upper body has the motor and the bottom half has all of those.

I recently acquired a V6 and the sound from the motor is UNBEARABLY high pitched. Makes the motors TTI used for their bagged Windtunnels sound tolerable.

I’ve noticed this for a while since I’ve acquired my Hoover Self Propelled Windtunnel. The base can be pushed up by hand. This causes the base to stick to carpet and I’m wondering if this issue can be fixed or if this is just wear and tear.

Oh, silly me! Lol.

Update - This dude’s on this site now. Let’s bring this thread back to relevancy.

Let people talk about what they want, dude.

If he’s doing that to 99% of the vacuums in today’s market, does he even know what today’s technology or standards are for that matter?

Absolute Rainbow: Joined August 8, 2025. Suspcious… Dear Vacuum Facts, you’re not a goddamn college professor. https://vacuumland.org/threads/the-most-frustrating-vacuum-video-on-youtube.38196/page-5

Yeah. All that was wrong with it was the top motor bushing and the wrong filter being installed.

Oh. Thanks for giving me the correct term, then.

I just call it ghetto because everything doesn’t match up and the coupling used is a mere PVC pipe I heat manipulated.

Returning to this thread…

You were right. After I installed the foam sleeve and tested it this morning, it stopped causing the ball to rise. Thanks for pointing me to the problem.

Could anyone explain why it’s doing this? The suction shut off ball seems to be cutting off the suction prematurely.

Flushed out the fan and am about to lubricate the bushing. Turns out the water pressure was enough to show my that the bushing is a problem.

indeed. It was only $20 and it looks barely used.

Found this at Habitat For Humanity and I couldn’t resist! I’ve been looking for these for a little while now. The motor needs some work done, but afterwards it’ll be my Shop Vac for giant jobs.

ISTArceus… Keep being all “scientific”, Vacuum Facts, and we’ll be scientifically reporting you to the mods for your Arceus-awful behavior.

Motor transplant was a complete success! Motor was dated August 1993 and the 500 itself with the original motor dating back to November 1987.