Greetings, I have a Royal Prince Model 501 hand vac from the mid-1990s. It has worked fine till a few months ago when the motor started running slow, stuttering and eventually quit. Touching the case everything was quite cold, like it was hardly working. Usually it is mildly warm, although warmer than new, which is about the same warmth trajectory that my first Prince went on till it needed a new motor. Anyways, a couple of days ago I took the lid off the motor. One of the brush plate holddown nuts was way up the threads, so it appears that the brush plate had started walking around or chattering under motor torque. Also one of the brushes appears to be broken. When I plugged it in to the wall outlet, it just went pop and nothing more. I figure the top brush bounced and maybe the plate twisted causing an arc.
So the question is, where do I find a replacement brush set? Probably everyday brushes. It appears to be a Triem motor, which company is hard to contact, tho' I have an email in to them. I'm not up on the world of brushes, so i don't know what parameters I need for ordering a replacement set.
Assuming I get the motor running again, there are some washers that fell off the shaft when I pulled the lid off. Don't know what order they should go in, but that appears to be some kind of thrust bearing in the lid.
This is a nice vac, and I would prefer to fix it and keep it going.
Thanks for your help!





So the question is, where do I find a replacement brush set? Probably everyday brushes. It appears to be a Triem motor, which company is hard to contact, tho' I have an email in to them. I'm not up on the world of brushes, so i don't know what parameters I need for ordering a replacement set.
Assuming I get the motor running again, there are some washers that fell off the shaft when I pulled the lid off. Don't know what order they should go in, but that appears to be some kind of thrust bearing in the lid.
This is a nice vac, and I would prefer to fix it and keep it going.
Thanks for your help!




