Repair cable clip on Hoover 6525e?

[bugbear]

I have a broken lower cable clip (cleat?) on my 6525e; I can see that it has been glued once
before, but the glue has given way.

The clip appears to be riveted on (aluminium rivet, I think).

Is repairing it easy? There's not much glue surface.

Can it be replaced (can the rivet be removed)?

I'm open to any and all suggestions.

I'd also quite like to replace the cable, which is becoming a little brittle.

(oh, it's 1977 according to the serial plate and this webpage

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?29334
)

It's in regular use; in fact it's the only upright cleaner I own.

BugBear

 

[beko1987]

Could you not drill the rivets out, repair as needed then re-rivet it on? Would need a picture to work out a good bodge really

 

[vacbear58]

1977

Hi Paul, and welcome from a fellow Londoner.

Any chance you could load a couple of pictures of the cleaner please - 1977 is very late for a 6525 unless it was an exclusive to a department store or electrical chain.

The (plastic) cable clips breaking is very common on both this and the Junior model, but I am sure there will be someone here to advise. Cable replacement is very easy, and if you are not confident about it, get yourself down to South London and I can have a look at it.

Al

 

[anthony]

i did

this to my Junior

 

[anthony]

2

its a bit crude but it works and it wont snap like the plastic one.All it is is a metal angle bracket bent into shape the sharp corners are ground off with a Dremmel then its riveted on with a pop riveter that i bought in Wilkinsons for peanuts and the rivets came with it

 

[anthony]

cable replacement

is easy .i will spray these clips when i get a min

 

[anthony]

flex replacement

is easy just take the bag off then the hood you will see a cover on the conector block take it off and this is what you will see the blue and brown wires are the other end of the mains flex the cable goes down the handle into a plastic sheath thats held in place by a clip thats screwed onto the motor undo this and it will come loose put your new cable through the sheath leaving enough to make the new conection put the clip back on connect blue and brown as in the photo cover on hood on and away you go hope this helps regards Anthony

 

[vintagerepairer]

If it's a model with plastic cord hooks, the junction box should be inside the pitch fork.

 

[bugbear]

Thanks for the info all, I've attached a photo of the ID plate.

BugBear

 

[vacbear58]

Date

You are correct, it appears to have been manufactured in April 1977

 

[bugbear]

Overall Shot

 

[bugbear]

The works

 

[bugbear]

Perhaps I can pay a little back to everybody to helped me in this thread (tip at end)

If one did wish to fit new clips, the question arises
of how to mark out the drill holes in a nice straight line.

In the world of engineering, this used to arise when marking out
"key seats" which are milled slots along the axis
of a drive shaft, used to lock a pulley or sprocket in position.

These (used to be...) marked out with something called a "key seat rule",
which is a reasonably rare and exotic tool.

However, practically speaking, it looks a lot like a small piece of angle iron.

So - here the tip. A suitably sized piece of angle iron will alway sit perfectly
aligned on a cylindrical surface, and allow lines to be marked on it very easily.

BugBear

 

[Technocrat]

Hi,

Qualtex still manufacture replacement metal cord hook for these. They are however a bit pricey now. When I last bought some in 1991, they were only 40p each!

http://www.yourspares.co.uk/parts/h...124/hoover-senior-hook-cable-metal-HAN13.aspx

I recently asked a vac shop for some. Unfortunately he had thrown away his stock of 30+ of them only 6 months ago to make room for newer spares!

 

[dysondestijl]

Hey technocrat was that that vacuum shop in Blackpool? If it was then I love that shop it's brilliant I got some stuff from there about a month ago

 

[ultimatevacman]

George, you got a DC01 switch that was actually a Lux Contour 2 switch from there!

 

[dysondestijl]

Did I joe sorry I wasn't aware

 

[guido]

Well......

Hey...what about passing by a HOOVER SERVICE shop ? It might sound a stupid suggestion but they usually keep old stuff like that ( handles, hoods, etc and other parts from broken machines which are left at the shop from the owners because sometimes cannot be repaired or it would cost too much, etc ) from the most common machines like this senior ( 652 was the top seller of all times, after all ! ) and you can probably buy one used handle for few money and replace it GUIDO

 

[guido]

Well......

Hey...what about passing by a HOOVER SERVICE shop ? It might sound a stupid suggestion but they usually keep old stuff like that ( handles, hoods, etc and other parts from broken machines which are left at the shop from the owners because sometimes cannot be repaired or it would cost too much, etc ) from the most common machines like this senior ( 652 was the top seller of all times, after all ! ) and you can probably buy one used handle for few money and replace it GUIDO