Clean Grease Lubricate Kirby Tech Drive Transmission?

[chicagomike]

Can anyone tell me what specific internal parts should be Greased and/or Oiled on a Kirby Transmission? (I am not referring to the axle part of the tranny. I am interested on the parts inside the aluminum housing as kirby specifies what to grease on the axle but there is no information provided from kirby for the internal parts of the tranny as you are not suppose to take the tranny apart).

1 of the attached photo is from an old post on VL and is not my photo but the photo does show parts from the tranny. The 2 photos with the Alphabet are my photos and they show both sides of the parts if applicable.

 

[sptyks]

Kirby say that the Tech Drive has no user serviceable parts inside. I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it.


 


I have a 22 year old G3 which I rescued from the dumpster 5 years ago. I cleaned it up, replaced the bag, belt and brushroll and it ran like new. It still has a few scratches and a dent but it's been my daily driver for the last 5 years and it still has the original Tech Drive in it that has never been taken apart but still works as smooth as if the G3 were gliding on ice. 

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Mike,

As far as I know only the drive belt (which is not to be confused with that for the nozzle) is replaceable.

~Ben

 

[vacuumfreak95]

so much for that....

The neutral/drive pedal is about to fall off my Gsix, was considering replacing it myself, but this photo just changed my mind.....

 

[miskini]

Sean

You can do it. It's real easy. Theirs a few videos on YouTube to walk you threw it

 

[bikerray]

The neutral/drive lever is really easy.

The transmission is another story.
1. Make sure you have the serpentine belt and springs mounted in there correctly.
2. DO NOT get grease or oil on the clutch plates as they will never work correctly again.

 

[chicagomike]

For Sean

Sean - If you believe this to be true "You can do it. It's real easy. Theirs a few videos on YouTube to walk you threw it " then please share the link as there is not 1 video I found on youtube that specifically addresses what to clean and what parts to lubricate internally on the transmission.

I hope you prove me wrong and can share the video link.

 

[human]

RE: replacing N/D pedal

As Henry Ford said: "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're probably right".

In case you happen to fall into the former category, the link below will take you to an excellent step-by-step tutorial on how it's done. I used it last spring to replace the bracket cam assembly in my G5. It wasn't hard at all. It took a little over an hour. I will add that while you've got it apart, it's a great time to blow out the inside with some compressed air. Mine was full of rug fuzz. And if you have an extra hour or so, you could even polish up the aluminum shell before you button things up.

http://www.goodvac.com/kb_results.asp?ID=16