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My name is Isaiah and I like to restore old appliances. My main focus is power tools, but I'm slowly been replacing more of my modern appliances with half-century old models. Vacuums have been gradually falling into my lap through thrift stores and garage sales.
I've got a 50's turquoise Electrolux canister, a 60's Kirby Santitronic 80, and a 70's Royal Appliance 285.
I recently found an aluminum Singer handheld vacuum, which seems to have been called the "Magic Mite" per 1960's ads. I opened it up to pull the rotor and lube the bearings, but the internal flange, into which the front ball bearing is pressed, is recessed into the vacuum housing. The is no projecting surface on the flange to grip with bearing pullers or pry via screwdriver without warping it. The housing is a single piece with without any access to the rear shaft of the rotor. The bearings certainly sound dry, but aren't squealing yet.
Has anyone taken one of these apart before, and if so, how did you pull the flange out? I don't want to start shoving a screwdriver under the slight lip because if the bearings are press-fit into the bores, I've never getting it off and I'll just destroy the lip.
I've got a 50's turquoise Electrolux canister, a 60's Kirby Santitronic 80, and a 70's Royal Appliance 285.
I recently found an aluminum Singer handheld vacuum, which seems to have been called the "Magic Mite" per 1960's ads. I opened it up to pull the rotor and lube the bearings, but the internal flange, into which the front ball bearing is pressed, is recessed into the vacuum housing. The is no projecting surface on the flange to grip with bearing pullers or pry via screwdriver without warping it. The housing is a single piece with without any access to the rear shaft of the rotor. The bearings certainly sound dry, but aren't squealing yet.
Has anyone taken one of these apart before, and if so, how did you pull the flange out? I don't want to start shoving a screwdriver under the slight lip because if the bearings are press-fit into the bores, I've never getting it off and I'll just destroy the lip.
