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Thanks for the advice. I managed to get the old pulley off. I cleaned everything up, replaced the lower and upper bearings. However, it looks like I'm going to have to take it to a shop for service. The armature is rubbing up against the field and I'm not sure how to go about properly...

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get off a rusted belt pulley from a Convertible? I've already tried repeated sprayings of WD-40 as well as soaking it in CLR overnight to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated.

The original metal 11-blade or or the newer 6-blade? Has anyone compared the two to see which is the best performer?

I'm jealous that you found that. That was one of the vacs my mother had when I was growing up and it unfortunately was junked many years ago. I've been trying to find one but 80s Eureka vacs seem to be much more difficult to find than Convertibles from the era. This has the upside down motor and...

It sounds like you need new carbons if the motor is acting intermittent like that. My understanding is that these motors run fairly hot so the brushes burn down fairly quickly.

It looks like it has the wide bag, if you want to convert to type-A bags you can just just replace the bellows and fill tube to do so.

There is a 4-brush VG1 available from Eureka that is used on the Sanitaire red line, I believe. It's possible to remove one row of brushes and replace them with beater bars. However, a new ball bearing VG2 is only $20 from Hesco so you may want to go that route instead.

Thanks for these, I've just been guessing at what the proper way is to service ball bearings.

It's the pancake style 7 amp motor. The bearing is still good but the previous owner of the vacuum must have kept it in the garage or basement as there was a good bit of rust on some parts.

How do I get off a rusty upper bearing retainer? Thanks.

What sort of adhesive should I use to glue a new motor gasket onto my Sanitaire? The gasket failed on my S662 and it was spewing dirt and lint underneath the hood. Thanks.

A perfectly good 719 destroyed by these numskulls.

Dave, where is that thrift shop located at that you posted a picture of?

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Does anyone know where I might be able to find a new hood for a Eureka 1489a upright? The part # is E-539744. I've tried Hesco and they were unable to order it as it has been discontinued. Google was fruitless. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Is there any sort of trick to getting the old bearing out of the retainer?

What parts do I need to replace the lower bearing on a 1489A upright with a 4.8 amp motor? Also, how do I go about installing it? I recently bought the machine off of eBay and I intend to restore it as completely as possible. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me how I go about replacing the motor brushes on a Decade 80? I recently acquired one through eBay and figured I might as well replace them while I have the machine apart. Thanks in advance.

So how do I remove the bearing retainer then? It looks to be riveted on and I'm not quite sure how to proceed.

Well it's for a U4423 convertible. Doesn't the bearing simply come out of the retainer once the armature is removed?