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Inspired by servicing my Convertible, John just had to give his storefront daily driver a little tuneup. Isn't it a gorgeous machine?

Hoover's current household line.

Here the vacuum doctor poses with the latest delivery to the store from TTI. This new Royal is absolutely wonderful!

Isn't it lovely?

All done! The doctor poses with his latest success story.

Isn't that fabulous? New end caps, bearings, and bristle strips!

Receiving a set of new old stock North Canton bearings and bristle strips.

The bearing

Eeeeeek that bearing is shot!

Getting this brushroll apart was NOT an easy task. A vice and vice grips were necessary.

She's starting to look like a whole cleaner again.

A bit out of sequence, I know, but I nearly forgot that in the midst of servicing the motor, we realized that the armature was just a few spins away from death. When was the last time you saw a brand new North Canton made Hoover Convertible armature? This beautiful part now resides in my...

A commercial hood to match the new black bag? A nice thought, but not this time.

Trademark of true quality.

A few well placed gentle smacks with a ball peen hammer soon righted the wrong that the plate had done.

Here's the culprit.

Trying to put the bag on, but it isn't fitting quite right. Why could this be? A bent plate. That's what. We must soon fix this!

Type A fill tube and a HEPA cloth bag too. Genuine Hoover, of course!

Since a dry rotted outer bag will never do, John was so kind to give me this beautiful black commercial replacement bag that he outfitted with a top fill Type A fill tube.

Motor is done. New top bearing and new carbon brushes!