Electrolux automatic e suction issue

[2011hoover700]

Hi I have an electrolux automatic e and for some reason I can't get it to have suction of some of the competitors of it's day.
I would hate to run the motor trying to even regrease the bearing as mine has removable bearing seals.
Also, could motor brushes have to do with the suction issue?
Thanks.

 

[kirbylux77]

Try cleaning out the fans in the motor. If it was used for years with substandard generic bags, the dust buildup in the fans would definitely cause that issue. Also check the rubber motor mount - they are known for cracking and breaking.

 

[human]

Check the hose...

Have you tried it with a known, good hose? The woven cloth hoses that came with many Electrolux models are known to deteriorate and leak, dramatically reducing suction, even when they look perfectly fine from the outside. I have a 1205 that my dad rescued from a neighbor's trash pile at the curb, back in the early '80s, and it always had pathetic suction--until I rescued it from their attic in 2016 and put a vinyl replacement hose on it. Night and day is all I can say. As a side note, this was also likely the first time in its existence that it had been paired up with a power nozzle, as the aforementioned leaky hose was non-powered. It boggles the mind why Electrolux persisted with the woven hoses for as long as they did, as they had to be aware of the issue.

 

[electrolux137]

 


 


"<a name="start_45878.473795"></a>It boggles the mind why Electrolux persisted with the woven hoses for as long as they did, as they had to be aware of the issue."


 


No doubt they did. They made a s#!tload of money on replacement parts, especially hoses. It's called "planned obsolescence."

 

[centralvacs1928]

I used to really wonder why Lux kept offering woven hoses long after everybody else had gone to vinyl.

Planned obsolescence, like Charles said, no doubt played a part. Without the slow deterioration of the woven hose, there was not much that would cause an Electrolux to lose its performance and trigger a call to your friendly Electrolux man.

The other reason (I believe) was the investment Electrolux had made to produce their own woven hose, tapered to prevent clogging, with internal conductors for the power nozzle. It had to have been significant, so they were slow to re-tool for vinyl hoses. Perhaps they had to make so many thousands of hoses (over a period of years) to break even on the manufacturing equipment.

Planned obsolescence in this case strikes me as a little less nefarious than the kind of planned obsolescence (much more common today) that causes the entire product to be junked, due to a lack of (or prohibitive cost of) replacement parts.

Plus, the woven hose, color-matched to their models, look so much nicer!