madabouthoovers
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Well, this was one of the lot of 11 I bought the other day, and on first plugging in, did not sound very happy - in fact pretty sad, the motor was noisy and appeared to slow down and speed up, accompanied by a squeeling sound.
She got pulled apart today and serviced. Took the motor apart and oiled the front and rear bearings with a good clean. The front bearing has worn a bit but it was so dusty and dry. I love the fact that the twin fan motor on this vac can be split in 2 by removing two clips on either side of the motor housing, and the armature pulls out of the rear bearing - makes getting to the front bearing for cleaning a lot easier.
So anyway with a little TLC and a clean up, she roared into life, with none of the motor problems she had before - so seemed it was just dry bearings.
She's really very nice for 29 years old - manufactured June 1983 according to the sticker on the motor, and I'm glad she could be saved.
Heres some pictures of her:

She got pulled apart today and serviced. Took the motor apart and oiled the front and rear bearings with a good clean. The front bearing has worn a bit but it was so dusty and dry. I love the fact that the twin fan motor on this vac can be split in 2 by removing two clips on either side of the motor housing, and the armature pulls out of the rear bearing - makes getting to the front bearing for cleaning a lot easier.
So anyway with a little TLC and a clean up, she roared into life, with none of the motor problems she had before - so seemed it was just dry bearings.
She's really very nice for 29 years old - manufactured June 1983 according to the sticker on the motor, and I'm glad she could be saved.
Heres some pictures of her:
