kirby 514 repair advice

[liddykitty]

the handle spring was an absolute pain, but i didn’t know there was a tool for it. no busted knuckles here though! basically, no one told me it couldn’t be done.

what i did, was to put the spring in place and insert the tube part way into it, then grab the hook on the spring and twist it with a pair of needle nosed pliers. then i tapped the pin through the spring with a hammer. after that i put the little metal thing that sets against the handle in place and tapped the pin the rest of the way through. then i pushed the metal thing all the way forward and poped the hook on the spring over it with a flat head screwdriver.

don’t ask me how i got it in my head to do it that way, because i couldn’t tell you, but it worked...

 

[vacuser]

liddykittys 514

saw the video & way to be handy. you are kirby special.if you want to match your green bag with a green bag topper let me know i have one or a different color bag.i have some spares.KIRBY ON LADY !

 

[liddykitty]

vacuser

thank you for the compliments, everyone is good at something right? maybe my thing is vacuums.

all my trim is red, and i’d like to keep it all matching, but i think the bag is from a sanitronic. ive been considering getting a red bag to match. if nothing else it would be good to have a spare. if you wouldn’t mind, let me know what you have?

 

[lesinutah]

Tan

If you get a ten sanitronic bag and dye it red. The classic 3 bag is a sanitronic bag.
Les

 

[kirbyklekter]

Someone on here did that

Recently too. They died a tan bag red or red to tan. What I do remember is that it came out looking great, Maybe they will see this thread and post their pictures again. You could still see what ever graphics were on the bag before.

Good for you fixing the handle spring! I did same with a ds-80. My vacuum guru guy tossed me the little bag of parts for repair and said "Now go fix it, you'll be alright, you can do it." Didn't know about a special wrench, just used what I had.Took the shell off another Kirby to use as a guide. You can adjust the way the handle tilts when upright with that notched piece on left side of handle fork. I had one Kirby that the handle leaned way to far forward and I had to set it back a notch'

As for hearing your Kirby running reminds me of that old saying,"The proof of the pudding is in the tasting!" Billy

 

[vacuser]

liddykitty bag for kirby

here are several you might like that i would give to you.if you want one or all of them let me know. any one of them would look good on it.the logo on the grey one is a little faded but would match with your red real nice.

 

[liddykitty]

it doesn't show up great in the pictures, but my bag is more of a dark green color. i think dying it would make it nearly black. nice idea though, its not something i had considered.

Vacuser: i like that grey one, but i think the darker red one (with the black diamonds) might look better. would you just want me to cover shipping?

 

[vacuser]

liddykitty kirby bag

i would take care of the shipping for you.here's my email: [email protected] so we can communicate. please contact me.