'Warning, no reply posted for at least 120 days' Oops, I guess this is long overdue! This has been used fairly heavily tbh, I haven't got anything that will do our front room rug as well, not even the Turbopower (although the TP isnt far behind...)
Last weekend, we went to my stepbrothers in Peterborough for the weekend, and I put this in the back of the car to clean his stupidly deep rug. Their DC04 Absolute+ that I refurbed and gave them in the summer just does nothing, it threw the clutch a few months ago, I changed it and put it down to 'one of those things', but I'm thinking the rug might be doing it, will see if it happens again.
Got LOTS of deep down crap out of the rug, was transformed after 20 minutes, and it beat lots of sand out of the rest of the carpets!
So, earlier, I decided to get it stripped down!
Was already in bits from getting it out of the car, which was handy
The baseplate seal had been glued in in the past, so I pulled it off, cleaned the rubbers up and cleaned the metal out too
Wasn't really sure where to start, so started at the top!
Hefty spring under the rear wheels!
The bracket that holds the axle down
A few more screws and the ratings plate and tool adapter plate come away
The flap and 2 speed switch were choked with fluff
Quick reference of the spring position
and apart!
Under this panel sits the 2 speed switch. When the tool adapter is inserted, the speed increases for the tools. It is possible to stick this on permantly for normal use, but it doesnt need it!
More greb under the on/off switch cover
The rear wheels split down now, and the axle comes off
Front wheels tap out now after removing a circlip
Getting there now
The proper microswitch, none of this fancy dc24 tiny stuff here!
Hood off next
This screw releases one side of the handle pivot assembly
There's a spring on the other side
The bar is held in with 2 circlips, one here
The pedal comes off, and the rubber pad pulls off that
Had to release the cable first before carrying on with the handle, so handle grip off
Another circlip holds the cord holder on
Bit of tappy tappy and the axle comes out
Time to make a start on the wiring now!
The red cable loops from one side to the other, and connects with the red cable from the hi/lo switch (50 years before Numatic were Hoover...)
The wire above that is also for the foot switch, so now that can be removed!
and done!
The whole connection panel unscrews now
The original bulb still works!
4 more screws and the motor falls off!
Cable holder here
Lamp holder terminals
Connections to one of the carbon holders
and an earth strap to the top bearing
this clamp holds the capacitor on
This yellow from the field coil clips onto the housing and goes to the other carbon brush holder
Top bearing off
Fan off, all this was packing the fan out
the armature pulls out at this point
I managed to clear out the lubrication hole, and the bearing as a whole, and soaked it in nice fresh spray grease, runs alot smoother now!
I washed most of it (is odd having a machine that isnt made of plastic!), and moved onto the bag
Were 2 fistfulls of greb from the rug at the start of the thread, but otherwise quite clean (as I put a fresh bag in especially for the trip. Meant to get it out at my nans too and fix her front room carpet but never got the chance!)
Undid the bag clamp
and split the bag fill components down, which had been glued up before...
and washed the bag and other bits!
Before it got dark, I drilled the old fancase bearing out of the housing, as I had a new one! (have had it a while, was good to put it to use!)
I filled it full of spraygrease too to condition it after sitting for many years in a cold garage, then a cold shed!
I bought a bearing fixing kit a while ago too, so could replace the bearing properly (using a riveter apparently can warp the casing as the Hoover ones were made to compensate this)
Spins a treat now!
Gave the armature a clean off with some fine wire wool whilst it was out
After bolting the field coil back in, and assembling it all the back of the fan was catching on the fancase. 2 more shims (Dyson wheel washers...) bought it out a treat and now it freewheels lovely. The new bearing must not be as sloppy as the old one, we shall see when I wire and fire her up in the next few days!
Also couldnt wash the motor housings as various metalwork is riveted onto them, so just gave them a good brush down.
And that, for now, is it! Need to clean off all the metal components with wire wool, clean the cables off and re-assemble with lashings of grease and spray grease! And hope it runs smoother than before! Has been nice to get back to a proper vacuum cleaner for a change, one I could kill someone with...
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