Kennmore upright

[ridgidkid]

I have a kenmore upright. It is a piece of junk. The beater bar is stuck on the on position. We have hard floor. I have to use the extention hose

 

[vacuumlad1650]

I have the same one from my Grandmother. Its Terrific!

 

[durango159]

Honestly for hard flooring, your best performance cleaning will be performed with straight suction and a decent bare floor brush. A generic 10" bare floor brush can be bought brand new from a vacuum store for around $10 and they are very good. You don't wheels on a bare floor brush. The best is get is something with bristles along the perimeter preferably horse hair.

Sorry to hear about your bare floor switch. I worked on a Whispertone upright years ago and the way it was designed was that the brush roll motor turned off when the height setting was changed to bare floor.

I thought these uprights were a dual motor system, with 3 position on/off switch similar to their canisters!

If you have all hard flooring and little carpet a canister vacuum is your best bet!! Do you have a canister vacuum? I have some for sale if interested and I live in central Pennsylvania.

 

[fan-of-fans]

This type of vacuum has a clutch that lifts the belt off the pulley for hard floor cleaning. But a lot of Kenmore Progressive uprights also came with a floor brush and extra wands for hard floor or stair cleaning.

 

[durango159]

Thank you Fan of Fans!! I haven't used one of these, I really thought it was the dual motor system. But Kenmore may have had a similar styled model with that feature too!

Might be able to tighten some screws or troubleshoot the pulley system. Or if something is jammed!

 

[vacuumlad1650]

The belt might be on incorrectly. Ill post pictures
Pictures:
1) Hood
2) Hood Removal
3) Hood Removed
4) CORRECT Belt Lifter Set-Up
5) Belt Lifter On Correct
6) Belt Lifter Incorrect (Im assuming yours is like this)
7) Belt Lifter "Off" Incorrect
8) Belt Lifter "Off" All the Way Incorrect (Belt will snap)

Hope This Helps!
Andy Rousonelos

 

[sharkcar19998]

These are great

Machines how can you not like it? Plus if you want to use it bare floor and your selector does not work just take the belt off. o_o

 

[durango159]

Terrific photos Vacuumlad1650!!

That's awesome!!

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Durango159

Thanks Rob, my camera doesnt take good pictures in bad light. No More Night-Time pictures!
On another note, I talked to John Long yesterday...the stories on you! Send me an email, and ill give you my number. I love nothing more than talking Sweepers over the Phone
Andy Rousonelos
[email protected]

 

[ridgidkid]

Kennmore

This has no bare floor brush. The only thing that comes close to a floor brush is a upulstery tool

 

[vacuumlad1650]

There was an optional bare floor tool. I can see if I have one

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Rest assured, Rob,

all of the stories were nice.  How could they not be!?