kirby 514 repair advice

[lesinutah]

Cunny

Nice kelter you caught me with a typo. I stayed he was showing the wrong model. My phone has auto correct. Thanks for contributing to the thread being a Grammer cop. I mean all the information I provided including Rob had the wrong armature, I stated what models would work and I corrected vacuser for showing the wrong model.
You got me on two typos.
I appreciate the feedback but don't be a wallflower and jump out to correct someone when you haven't provided anything productive to the thread. Vacuser knew what I meant. Its nice when people are proactive not reactive.
I don't hop along your Charmaine thread and post anything. I haven't contributed to it and I'm not going to correct anyone on that thread either.
Fyi the lighted logo was only on the DS 50. If you are going to correct me atleast be accurate.
562 was the first sanitronic vacuum. It was the first Kirby to have the bag with the sani pocketand the pocket bag is what Kirby named them. Its the first vacuum to have the bag loop assembly and the bag hanger. It was the first machine with the square emtor with no sweet Aire port. Its the second to last 1 speed 4 amp Kirby. The sanitronic 7 is the last single speed Kirby. 562 is from 1962. The sanitronic 7 was made in 1963 and was the second sanitronic vacuum in the series. The dual sanitronic 50 was the first 2 speed Kirby. It was sold in 1965-1967. In 1965 it was Kirby's 50th year in business. The dual sanitronic 80 was made 1967-1969. It was the last 13" nozzle Kirby other than the heritage series had a 13" nozzle option and the Comvac 1300 was the other exception. The classic 1 was the last vacuum Jim kirby helped design. Kirby bought out a commercial cleaning company named janitronic. This is where the sanitronic name came from and where the first carpet shampoo systems were adopted from janitronic. They made janitronic commercial vacuums inspired by the janitronic company and namesake they owned.
If you correct me educate yourself on the Kirby lineup. You shouldn't correct somebody when you're wrong yourself.
Your welcome for the Kirby education I just provided for you.
Les

 

[vacuser]

kirby correction rant

yeaaaa les !!take a breath buddy LOL !

 

[lesinutah]

I hijacked it

It went off topic.
I'd Rob giving her the needed parts.
This tidbit on 513 came from Tristan on YouTube. The 3 amp had the stationery cord hook. The 4 amp had the rotating cord hook.
I do have a 500 series vacuum with no I'd plate. I turned it on when I got it and it sounded very different.
Les

 

[kirbyklekter]

Thanks Les,

for the info on the 5xx's, my question was sincere. Dad always said if you don't know something,ask. Sorry if my question offended you it wasn't meant to at all.

 

[texaskirbyguy]

the liddykitty kirby care package...

I got all the parts together that Lydia needs, as well as a few extra spare parts just because I have a lot of them.
I will get these on their way to her this week.

Anyone need the empty 505-513 motor casing/fan chamber from the part unit I gutted? It will likely get tossed if not.

 

[lesinutah]

I apologise

For being a complete Ace when someone wasn't correcting my grammar but had a real question.
I get emails on how I'm incorrect in my posts. I'm going to name people who have called me Putin the past. I also have read my posts and I myself agree it looked like a third grade kid wrote it.
Kelton from Colorado springs, Vaclab, abc placenta, luxlife, a007kirbyguy and more.
I have never been called out by Billy or kirbykelter and I apologise to him. I'm very defensive in replies. Billy is one of the nicest people on the board. I'm writing I was wrong assuming someone who has never been rude at all and I wish I could delete the the post but it's over 6 hours old. I'm going to assume Billy will direct his questions to more courteous people like Rob and other members. I'm sorry Billy I was wrong and I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings in anyway.
Les

 

[kirbyklekter]

Thankyou Les

What you wrote is very nice and appreciated. I really enjoyed the emails and talking about the muscle cars we once had too.

@liddykiddy, Once your back up and running, is there a chance we could hear it running?

 

[liddykitty]

why sure, i’d be happy to post a short video of me vacuuming.

 

[liddykitty]

Done!

I got it all back together last night, and, sense it was such a popular recommendation, gave it a polish as well. A huge thank you to texaskirbyguy for the parts! i’ll be posting a video later in the day, but i have to wait for the little one to nap first. thank you everyone, y’all were a big help.

 

[liddykitty]

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

liddykitty

Lydia,

Your 514 is sure a good runner, especially thanks to Rob (texaskirbyguy)!

~Ben

 

[madman]

So what was the verdict, ultimately? Field took a dump?

 

[liddykitty]

MadMan

That’s my thought, everything else looked good. that said i replaced both the field and the rotor as i was sent both.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

liddykitty

Lydia,

What is the serial number on your 514, please?

If it is 482227 or lower, its rug nozzle will have the same brush roll with the shorter (1") adjusting screws; if so, this means you cannot straight away install a new 13" brush roll unless the longer 1-3/8" adjusting screws are removed in favor of the original brush roll's 1" long screws. Also, when changing out screws, do not remove both of them at once, since leaving one of the screws alone during replacement will act as a guide.

~Ben[this post was last edited: 8/8/2020-23:40]

 

[liddykitty]

my serial is 470435. i replaced the drum roll back when i first got it, as the original was worn out. i didn’t have any issues that i recall.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

liddykitty

Lydia,

Yours originally did have the nozzle with the 1" long adjusting screws.

Here is where I got the info about the brush roll adjusting screw differences for models 513/514.

~Ben

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

Glad to see you polished it up. It looks as good as it runs.
Your dog was staring at the door and when you started vacuuming he or she had no where to go. The dog then kind of watched.
Could you imagine your dog if you had 2 Kirby's.
Les

 

[kirbyklekter]

Very nice...



Sounds like a healthy motor to me! Thanks for making the video, I know you're busy.

 

[liddykitty]

yeah, poor dog lol, i tried to get her to stay in the kitchen but she wasn't having any of it. i’m glad i took the time to polish it, it turned out very nice. it’s running nicer now than i ever remember it doing, at some point i need to track down some accessories for it.

KirbyClassicIII, it had what i thought to be the original aluminum drum roll in place when i found it, along with a softer grey rubber belt. i guess someone must have put the longer screws in at some point. i would have liked to have left it in place but the roll was so worn out it couldn’t make contact with the floor, so it has a wooden roll now.

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Lydia, your 514 sounds GREAT! You are very welcome for the parts and glad that parts unit helped to save yours. Hearing that motor run really made my day as I was not able to test it with a fan. However, it tested great without and bearings were the best of all the parts units I had. Therefore I had good expectations and this was the outcome.

Good to know you got the handle spring and tube replaced also. You could help several others out and post how you did it without the special tools. This was asked about just recently.
Polishing came out nicely even without power tools.
Great video - talk about a dog being put into a corner, lol!

Again, I love the way that Kirby sounds - a lot like my little 505. Hope it keeps running for decades more. Attachment sets can still be had online or from members here to make it more versatile.