Will D50 motor housing fit 562?

[gardenweasel]

I recently inherited my grandma's Kirby Sanitronic 562 that I've been playing with literally my whole life, and I'm now making it into more of a daily driver. I got a mini-emptor and a Heritage II bag, and that's working out great.

Unfortunately the handle spring is broken and I hear that's kind of an awful job - but there's a D50 motor housing with a good spring on eBay. Is there any reason a D50 rear housing won't fit on my 562? They certainly look the same but I wasn't sure if there might be some incompatible screw holes or anything like that.

I figured that might be easier than trying to fix the spring, at least for right now.

 

[myvacsrock]

Yes

That housing will fit your machine. 


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[panasonicvac]

That's a very nice looking DS50 Kyle! Out of curiosity, have you ever restored a 512 before?

 

[myvacsrock]

Alex-

Not specifically a 512… but that style model, yes. Many.
I have a 513 restoration coming up that I’ll be posting here

 

[panasonicvac]

I'm looking forward to see how the 513 turns out! I have a 512 that I originally thought of sending over to Kirby for a factory rebuild until I saw they recently changed their prices so I'll be looking to have somebody else do mine instead

 

[gardenweasel]

Thanks all! I ordered the part and hopefully it does the trick. I appreciate the confirmation that it will fit.