(Goodwill find) 2008 Simplicity Freedom F3500
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panasonicvac
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Curious about your Sharp that's next to the Simplicity.
centralsweeper63
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Nice find!
huskyvacs
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Wow!
centralsweeper63
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And cheap for Goodwill.
hooverguy99
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Its a 1999 EC-TU5910, TOL one with the electronic touch pad that I really love but It needs a motor as it runs really really loud
cheesewonton
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Remove the motor and have a competent vac shop replace the bearings and brushes. Easier and probably cheaper than trying to find a used motor for one of those.
centralsweeper63
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It would be one of those two I think.
hooverguy99
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Bearings and brushes are fine, its just sounds really really off balance
centralsweeper63
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Ah, might be a bit dirty.
cheesewonton
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Crud in the fan maybe.
centralsweeper63
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It is direct air though, no small gaps really. Still possible though.
cheesewonton
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Oh, duh
Maybe the fan is damaged?
kirbyman65
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If the fan is damaged I would recommend replacing the motor. People will keep using their vacuum with broken fans and it’ll put stress on the motor. So even after you replace the fan it could still sound loud and off balance.
centralsweeper63
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That is correct.
cheesewonton
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Really? I've never done that. Those are direct air machines that are inherently noisier and cruder feeling than a clean air upright.
centralsweeper63
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Yes, but they get much, much louder with a bad fan.
huskyvacs
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You can't just "replace the motor" for a vacuum cleaner, especially ones this old or even older. This is why learning motor mechanics is important when you collect vacuums. You take the motor out, test it, verify the motor is good. The wild possibility that a warped fan could destroy the motor is highly improbable. The fan is the weakest point of the machine, it would destroy the fan first and foremost before anything else would happen. Basic electric motor mechanics 101. Take it all apart, work your way to the back and then check everything going forward for reassembly. The much more likely situation is the plastic the fan is made from is destabilizing and getting fragile and at high RPM it will weaken and wobble out of round. It could also be something as simple as a chipped off part of the blade creating turbulence in the airflow or it is loose on the motor shaft. A myriad of things could be causing it. If the motor works, its not bad.
A "loud motor" is 90% of the time needing grease/oil or was re-greased with poor quality grease/oil (I've seen people think WD40 will oil a vacuum motor), 5% of the time serious mechanical problems, the other 5% of the time is the fact that it's loud just because it's made to be loud on purpose. Every single early to mid 90s large upright had a gargantuan motor and was designed to advertise the bigger and louder the motor, the better it cleaned.
cheesewonton
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The Hoover Caddy ( Crappy ) Vac was loud from the day I bought it new. If you are accustomed to clean air vacuums or canisters a dirty fan vacuum will sound loud and crude.
hooverguy99
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The Sharp has the off balance motor
centralsweeper63
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Ah, clean air, gunk in the fan is my guess.
panasonicvac
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That's very cool! I'd love to either see a video of it even with the motor sounding unhealthy or at least see more pictures of it. It appears to be another green model they've sold once upon a time. We had a green Sharp before but we're not certain what model it was. My best guess so far would be a Twin Energy Big Wheel.
One time I had a red Simplicity Synchrony on my bench when I was working at a vacuum store, the fan broke. But it had been broken for some time that the owners kept running it and ended up breaking off the fan housing that was molded onto the motor so I had to replace the whole direct air motor.
One time I had a red Simplicity Synchrony on my bench when I was working at a vacuum store, the fan broke. But it had been broken for some time that the owners kept running it and ended up breaking off the fan housing that was molded onto the motor so I had to replace the whole direct air motor.
centralsweeper63
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If the bearings explode because of a completely broken fan, motor replacement necessary.
centralsweeper63
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That is another option.
