My Kirby tradition

[zenith12]

‘This is my Kirby tradition I got at a local swap meet for free . I just restored it and it came with some spare parts and with that it has what I think is the original shake out bag but I’m not sure? And the original bag won’t say on it just blows off is their supposed be a clamp on it of is it like a big scrunche?

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

Zenith12

Mark,

As I had said before, I want to think the metal spring on this bag was probably corroded and lost its elasticity. You could repair that with a metal clamp, as shown in this Kirby service bulletin for Classic Omega armored bags.

~Ben

 

[human]

The bag in photos 1-4 says 'Hoover' on it so it's definitely not original. The bag in Photos 5-7 is a Kirby bag in the proper color scheme for a Tradition. If the radiator clamp suggestion doesn't work to your satisfaction, you may want to consider replacing the bag assembly with one from a Heritage/Legend series machine. This would also give you the opportunity to ditch the dump bag in favor of a disposable filter bag setup. All of the components should be plug-n-play.