Kirby 514 w/ 119078A 505-515 fan...

[superocd]

I'm halfway through with the restoration of a 514. The original metal fan has a chip in one of the blades, so I'm going to see if a machine shop can shave away the rest of the blades to make it more balanced because I'd hate to lose a six blade fan. In the meantime, I have an 119078A Amodel fan that I got off Amazon. The back of the fan rubs against the screws that hold the bearing plate to the chassis. I do have the brass spacer installed.

I almost wondered if I was sent the wrong fan bc googling 119078 comes up with 505-515 as well as 516-LII. I will say I have a NOS 10 blade metal fan (later 500-Classic?), can this work with a pre-516?

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

The basic impeller fan is the same for both groups, but it's the driveshaft that differs. For models 505-515, a spacer is also used to shim the fan in place.

~Ben

 

[superocd]

Length of spacer and shaft

Does anyone happen to know the length of the brass spacer as well as the length of the shaft for 505-515 fan kit (119087A)? I ordered specifically 119087A but wanted to make sure the kit is correct by comparing measurements.

The bag it came in was illegible as to the part# and compatible model series.

 

[captchar]

my 519 is actually using a modern fan as the metal fan that came with it was missing a good chunk of one of the finns, the machine works just as well, since a kit comes with all these extra washers I was able to make the modern plastic fan work on the machine really easy