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I tested it out on the upstairs carpets half an hour ago and lets just say I was disappointed to say the least.


First of all it was louder than an 18 wheeler hitting the governor, then the handle was vibrating and to top it off it wasn't even grooming the carpet.  It picked up the dirt, but didn't turn the pile over at all.


Then, just as I was finishing I could smell burning rubber which turned out to be due to the brush roll being so stiff it would barely turn let alone at full speed so the belt was slipping.


I rolled the flex up and sadly put it back in the spare room where it would sit until I could buy new bearings for the brush roll...


Or would it ? 


I then remembered that the Senior and Junior brush rolls used the same bearings, which didn't help, until I recalled having a brand new Senior brush roll somewhere...  Could it have brand new bearings in it ?


I fished it out and YES!  The bearing was the right one!  I say bearing, because the one was all I could use as the other was fitted to the rod which can't be swapped over for obvious reasons.  But it was still worth changing one of the Juniors bearings, so I took the brush roll out and pulled the bearing and housing out.  Well, no wonder she was vibrating and as loud as she was - The bearing had seized and was spinning inside the housing!  Yeah, that could make the brush roll slightly stiff!


So I put the new bearing and housing from the Senior brush roll in, reassembled the Junior and with trepidation as to whether it would be fixed 100% or not turned it on...


At first I thought I hadn't even pressed the pedal right because it was so quiet!  Needless to say the quiet purr so common with old Hoovers was back and as if to answer the question I was wondering, the cleaning head sucked itself to the carpet despite being on the Shag Pile setting. 


I took it downstairs to the carpet in the hall and gave her a good test drive.  Lets just say I'm grinning from ear to ear.  She is quiet, light, manoeuvrable, beats the carpet brilliantly and has better suction than any new upright you can buy.


Am I pleased ?  Come on...


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