handi buttler belts

[kirby505]

Hi dose anyone have some handibuttler belts for a classic iii?

 

[jfalberti]

As Ben and I have discovered

Those belts are rarer than hens teeth. We've both contacted the factory and they were discontinued a long time ago. I have four kirby dealers nearby and none of them have any. I'm currently trying to find a suitable substitute. If I find any (genuine or sub) you can bet I'll be stocking up on them.

Joe

 

[jfalberti]

I may have found some

I did a web search (again) and found this. I'm gonna order a few and see what they are like.

http://shop.whitevacuum.com/product.sc?productId=433

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Joe,

To make matters worse, they'd dropped all documentation of it in the years after 1983. So, please try to find a pre-1983 Kirby service manual which covers all Kirbys from the 505 to the Heritage 1HD, which includes the Handi-Butler documentation. As with the Handi-Butler and its belt (mid-1958 and later units only; the earlier ones used the same soft gray belt #159056), the vintage service manuals are also rare as hen's teeth.

~Ben