TriStar/Compact canister Mom gave me

[rivstg1]

drayman,

I agree with your idea of possibly....getting her a Royal upright. I find them EASY to push/pull. aka 'clean' the carpets and they are so powerful AND....no maintenance really...nothing to break....no clogging etc

 

[compactc9guy]

thats also at her age would be easier for her but even if itsa heavy beast il stick to my lovely C9

 

[dartman]

Wow, been busy on my thread since I last checked in. My sister has the day off and decided to use the c9 to clean up her room and hit some of our parrots favorite spots to mess up. It was working fine, sounded fine and she was in cleaning her bathroom rug when the powerhead belt snapped, not surpring considering how ancient it is so it kinda outa commission for now. Starks here should sell belts locally she'll probably head over during her outings tomorrow and get a new one and see how it goes. The powerhead motor seems to be doing ok once all the oil soaked in. I wondered why she was using the Royal 4650 when I got home what with the new old toy to play with. Thanks for the info on improved yet will fit motors, I can always modify or add connectors to make them work and I love modifying and tweaking anything I own to improve performance as long as it doesn't destroy the unit.

 

[dartman]

Finished pics

 

[compactc9guy]

all you need is a enviro care paper bag cloth bag motor filter and exhaust cap and voila and new belt and youl be all set looks good

 

[dartman]

It still has the cloth bag it came with, a ancient paper bag that is easy to dump, and the foam motor filter it came with and the little chrome foam exhaust filter so pretty much as delivered with battle scars. We'll get the belt and see how it goes. That fancy hepa exhaust filter might be something to try later if everything seems stable. Good thing I have a stable of working vacs now and they are talking about mom giving me the old Royal 501 tiny furniture vacuum she's had around forever that I don't think she ever uses now. She's always had it and I can't remember how she got it but sister thinks maybe she got it with Green Stamps, remember those.

 

[compactc9guy]

well the filter fresh been known to restrict air flow from exhaust port is what i heard .I run my Compact whit, enviro care paper bag, cloth bag, foam filter , and the difuser cap and have no issues what so ever . get a new belt and your compact will be back to cleaning like the beats it really is Best of luck nice to see it running .

 

[dartman]

She got 2 belts and some more bags for the Royal 4650 today and I just installed one of them. Both motors are still running smooth and beater bar is humming along again. Lady at Starks knew exactly what belt she needed when she said she needed a belt for a Tristar/Compact 9. She also said those bags aren't for the Compact you got the belts for. She said I have all kinds of vacuum and I like them and she just nodded, yep we have customers like that.
I just got a 10 pack of bags for the Royal but she wanted her favorite hepa high quality bags I guess and they sold her 3 more of the cheap bags again. The belts came in a 2 pack and was like 6 bucks.
I wish she would have bought some new bags for the c9 but I didn't tell her that it needs new ones... Oh well, it's back among the living again and I cleaned up after bird yet again.

 

[compactc9guy]

Try Ebay enviro care paper bags tristar compact will find plenty

 

[compactc9guy]

Like this paper bag for tristar compact

 

[dartman]

Thanks, I'll have to check on those and some for the Royals too as those are the ones sister says she likes best in the 4650 but we ran out and I got a 10 pack of the cheaper ones.

 

[dartman]

Got a 12 pack

Ordered a 12 pack, surprisingly Amazon was a few bucks cheaper with free prime shipping so they'll probably be here Saturday. I spose I could order some for the Royal too but now we have a ton of the cheaper ones to burn through and I think the hepa part of the Royal is a bit better no matter what bag is installed. The bags were 6.88 shipped with Prime which if you order a lot of things through Amazon and like decent streaming HD videos is actually worth signing up for what with fast free shipping on most things.

 

[compactc9guy]

Well thats good it will perform great whit a enviro care paper bag and a good cloth bag . Im glad you got her working again . I use my Compact C9 daily and love it my brush roll is a chevron style brush roll and works wonders on my rugs and carpets i have an electric hose on mine tho .Whit a new motor and bags it will last a life time

 

[compactc9guy]

Always nice to have a place were you can have spare bags .Glad you got her going.

 

[dartman]

I have a 12x16 mini barn shed with a loft and 4 br so one is kinda the everything we use a bit but don't want out in the shed room so a bit of storage but could always use more. Put one of the new bags in as the 30 or so year old one was pretty full and worn out. You can dump the bags easily and reuse them if they aren't too nasty so that's nice and different. The powerhead seems to run fine now but seems to bog down a bit on the rug but everything works and isn't making bad noises anymore.