Yes, Vintagerepairer is right, that's the first thing I noticed, the belt is on the wrong way round so the brush will spin the wrong way when the vac is turned on.
I have also noticed here that the quality of belts on the aftermarket for these models (I have 4 of them) is terrible and I am sick of buying new Qualtex belts some of which snap a matter of a minute or so of installing them. There is nothing wrong with the spindles and brushrolls, and if I manage to obtain old stock belts from Hoover of old, then they seem to last longer, but these are difficult to obtain now. Its the same with the Junior models - aftermarket belts are just total rubbish and break within a couple of uses.
