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Well, it was my first real Eureka restoration -- taking the motor apart and such. I've rebuilt so many Hoovers, it was nice doing something just a bit different for a change. As I've said numerous times, this was the vacuum best friend & next door neighbor's mother had growing up... so it has a special place in my collection. I really wanted to do it right. This cleaner also came from a smoker's home, so I needed to spend some extra time scouring and scrubbing.
I ran into a few hurdles with the motor, not ever having one apart before. But thanks to this forum and much advice I got from Chris (hoover28) in NY, I was able to successfully get it all apart and back together.
It runs like an absolute dream...
I should probably give a disclaimer before saying what I'm about to say next... I'm (of course) a Hoover guy, thru and thru, and would never say what I'm about to say with any disrespect towards Hoover. But.... I really must say that having never taken a Eureka from this era apart, I was really blown away by the overall build quality when comparing it to a Hoover from the same time period (I would compare it to a Decade 80). The build quality of this Eureka cleaner is far superior to that of a Hoover... and I think it is safe to say that it's probably a better cleaner than a Hoover Decade 80. This Eureka has a double-ball bearing motor, and sealed ball bearings in the Vibra-Groomer II agitator. Really a dream to work on (once I figured it out), and really impressive quality, design, and workmanship.
The only gripe I have about this cleaner would be servicing the cord and switch. It's nearly impossible to do. The handle grip has to come off, the wires all go up the handle... you have to carefully take the switch out.. and if you want to remove the cord, you may as well forget it. Once that cord-strain gets pushed into the handle, you may as well cut it off and drill it out if you want to remove it. I have no idea how those cords would have been serviced on a regular basis back when those cleaners were more prevelant. Thankfully my cleaner had a perfect cord, but I tried taking the cord out of a different "parts machine" 2091 I had laying around, which was in pretty rough shape... and I cursed and gnashed my teeth trying to get that cord out, but I finally got it.
Anyways, without further adieu...
I ran into a few hurdles with the motor, not ever having one apart before. But thanks to this forum and much advice I got from Chris (hoover28) in NY, I was able to successfully get it all apart and back together.
It runs like an absolute dream...
I should probably give a disclaimer before saying what I'm about to say next... I'm (of course) a Hoover guy, thru and thru, and would never say what I'm about to say with any disrespect towards Hoover. But.... I really must say that having never taken a Eureka from this era apart, I was really blown away by the overall build quality when comparing it to a Hoover from the same time period (I would compare it to a Decade 80). The build quality of this Eureka cleaner is far superior to that of a Hoover... and I think it is safe to say that it's probably a better cleaner than a Hoover Decade 80. This Eureka has a double-ball bearing motor, and sealed ball bearings in the Vibra-Groomer II agitator. Really a dream to work on (once I figured it out), and really impressive quality, design, and workmanship.
The only gripe I have about this cleaner would be servicing the cord and switch. It's nearly impossible to do. The handle grip has to come off, the wires all go up the handle... you have to carefully take the switch out.. and if you want to remove the cord, you may as well forget it. Once that cord-strain gets pushed into the handle, you may as well cut it off and drill it out if you want to remove it. I have no idea how those cords would have been serviced on a regular basis back when those cleaners were more prevelant. Thankfully my cleaner had a perfect cord, but I tried taking the cord out of a different "parts machine" 2091 I had laying around, which was in pretty rough shape... and I cursed and gnashed my teeth trying to get that cord out, but I finally got it.
Anyways, without further adieu...
