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Recently my dual 80 broke a brush roll (some kind of clip behind an end cap broke on one side) and now the brush is running unbalanced and uneven. It’s a NOS brush (gray color) purchased 2 years ’m looking to not just replace it, but also upgrade from 2 rows to 4 rows for better cleaning.

Bought this bad boy for a BARGAIN, and it’s been cleaned up with a new VG II and new cord hooks (one was missing, the other was busted. (Yes, I know I look disorganized/cluttered, but it’s organized chaos)...

Went shopping at my local goodwill last week and picked up a $10 Kirby Legend 2 hoping to clean it up, put a amodel (not Kevlar as it’s often mistaken) fan in it (for increased durability), polish it, and sell it off. But during my initial inspection, I noticed something off: small stripped...

Up for sale is a sadly abused but working royal preferred collection. When I found it, it wasn’t too bad, but that quickly evolved into “this is the worst condition vacuum I’ve ever seen.” Screws had to be drilled through, the fan won’t come off, there’s a laundry list of issues and stuff I’ve...

Well, after managing to free the brush strips that felt like they were superglued from a sanitaire’s brush roll, I struggled to put the new ones in because they kept losing the groove. Then came time for reassembly, and here I sit dumbfounded. I got a brush roll dowel that’s not sitting flush...

I went to goodwill yesterday to see what I could find, and I ended up finding an old vintage Hoover Stick broom. I’ve mostly cleaned it out (about 95%, there’s still a little stubborn crud I couldn’t remove with dawn or mister clean). I tested it today. It’s loud, and the fan is rubbing up...

Well, I found this thing at goodwill a year ago. Long story short: I thought it was just rusty, but as a result of it possibly being in a flood, the brush was seized, rusted and frozen, the baseplate was starting to rust away, several screws were in such bad shape that they required drilling...

I recently googled “royal all metal upright” only to find out that it appeared to be that nobody carries those machines anymore. I went to royal’s website (assuming it was royalvacuums.com or something like that), and found out that it was taken down. Dirt devil is still around, but does anybody...

As some may know, I once had a Hoover model u4395 that was a hand me down from my grandmother. How I got it is another story. But last year after giving it to a vacuum store to get the fan changed and hopefully the terminal replaced (it broke off), I discovered it was thrown out at the end of...

I’ve got an old dual sanitronic 80 that has been running a little loud for the past few months, and I’ve been trying to polish it myself at the same time, but I can’t get to the inside since the fan is somehow stuck on there (not even the shaft would come off) and the oxidation is pretty bad...

So I’ve got an old dual sanitronic 80 that I picked up almost a year ago (how time flies) from OfferUp, and it’s gone from bojack to more correct (thanks to a 561 at goodwill with a dual 80 cord that I picked up and Kirbyguru on eBay who sold me a dual 80 switch button) but the one thing that...

I purchased a $10 royal from goodwill under the impression that I could fix it up and sell it. Unfortunately, it looked like the damage had already been done. The base plate was rusty and upon discovering that the rust was eating away at the metal, the decision was made to toss it. Then the...

Found this at thrift store. The only thing I’ve done is just clean it out and remove all the crud from the brushroll. It’s looking rough, but it runs. Wanted to refurbish it, but don’t think I can emove scuffs from plastic...

I’ve got a $10 Kirby goodwill find that I’m in the process of refurbishing, and I’ve run into a problem: tech drive won’t engage. If I jam it forward (well not nesscessarily Jam as much as just shoving it), it’ll go. Hitting the plate in the back of the tech drive does hardly anything except...

So I was a little curious about these early vacuums that Kirby and royal evolved from, and I need to buy one at the right price. So I found this majestic vacuum for $30 total on eBay, and it was quite the odd ball, it had a latch on the top on the front where you could put a hose converter on...

So, I am looking for anyone that is willing to part with a hoover model u4395. Unfortunately, I received word that my vacuum was disposed of last month. I was heart broken as that vacuum was a hand me down. So I am wondering if anybody by any chance has this specific model as I loved it as a child.

So one thing I noticed after taking apart my dirt devil model 720 for cleaning was that after reassembly, the head always fell down when tipping the cleaner back and the handle adjustment to adjust the height of the nozzle wasn’t working too well (didn’t work good in the first place, but more...

So after hearing from this vacuum store I ordered from that this one Hoover commercial vacuum was no longer in stock. I got pretty irritated due to the timing. Just 7 days before Christmas Eve, and 9 days after ordering, I’m told “sorry! That machine is no longer available.” However, I had...

So apparently a lot of old Dirt Devils used GS electric motors. I’m curious to know the history of GS Electric and who they were. I’ve seen that they made motors for treadmills as wel, but does anyone know what happened to them?

Well, after cleaning my wonderful Hoover Custom Convertible model u4395 (the whole thing looks virtually brand new after cleaning!), I started putting it back together, and tested the motor. Motor ran fine except.... the fan rubbed up against the bottom of the motor. At first, I thought it was...