So, (a while ago now), I refurbished my cheap DC39. The unblocking steps are in the 'much cheapness' thread. This will concentrate on the refurb.
It worked quite well before tbh
This will not include the AirMuscle head that came with this, as I broke it... I will do a separate thread for that.
First things first, I needed to put a wash on. So out came the filter
Which was quite clean anyway
It strips down like so
Hose next
The clips pop off the machine end
and off the tools end
They went into the washing machine with some other bits.
The tools cant really be disassembled (and I lost the upholstery tool, more on that later...)
The extension wand does not come apart, but the red adjustment button does
Clip removed from the hose handle
and the end of the wand
On to the machine itself, and for this, you need small screwdrivers. My car boot special set came in very handy
We start with the front pivot part of the machine. Cyclone off, turn it over
Normal screws first
Wit ha bit of manoeuvring, the flexible hose part pulls up, which enables the main housing to be pulled down and off the locating peg thing
2 phillips screws here to hold the cover on for the flexible hose/cyclone locating part
2 stupid tiny screws hold the front of the front hose onto the main housing
The two parts now seperate
The hose pulls off the two ends
The pivoting part of the main housing is held together with a big circlip
The front wheel pops off in the way all front wheels do
The 2 middle wheels pivot with the machine, using a peg that located into the machine, and turns the wheels when the hose is pulled left or right
2 normal screws here, which when removed release a peg that runs through each wheel, and releases all it's mechanism
Some more normal size but proper short screws split the front housing in two
So far (ignore the musclehead screws...)
Main machine now
The top handle needs to be lifted further first, it's held down by 2 tabs that sit just inside the machine
Then it does this
Next, the wheels need to come off
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Lots of hair was wrapped around the inside
The retaining washer/part that sits inside the bearing is held on by another circlip each side
You may wish to try the wheels on like a hat, this is optional...
Next, undo the screws you can see from the underside of the machine, then flip it over and undo the screw each side that are on top
With luck, the motor housing will fall apart now
There is a very non dyson like diffuser inside the lower cover
The metal brackets that the rear wheels screw into screw into the main body themselves
To release the motor and filter from the top housing, prise the locating lug out on each side
and undo the 2 screws accessible from the top
and the philips screw that holds the park bracket in
be sure to catch all of the rubber motor housing bushes as they fall out
Stuff should fall apart now
Feed the plug back through the hole, and the top motor housing is now free. You can see how the top handle attaches inside the housing
it simply pops out either end
and is removed
The bar that locks the handle down, and moves to release it when you press the button sits under the top lip
With a little spring at the end
It simply pops out
The release button does pop out of the housing, but it requires 2 screwdrivers and I very nearly stabbed myself with one of them when the switch released...
Going back to the top handle, the plate that latches with the pivoting bar is held in with a screw
Both it and the big seal can be removed
Awful picture, but here is the motor assembly
The switch is the usual Dyson affair and is removed easily
The neutral cable join is covered by our old friend from the DC14 days
You can now let the motor fall out the bottom of the filter assembly
The cord rewind and power switch pedals unclip from the top of the housing
I could not figure out how to release the cord reel assembly from the post filter one
It comes apart this much, but there is no way of the plate coming apart to be removed from the cable, and it doesn't fit through the hole in the post filter housing
The post filter itself was a bit grubby but not too bad, and the suction is certainly good enough that I just left it alone
The cord rewind unit twists and locks onto the post filter assembly, and the cable guide for the motor wires lines up with the hole in the edge of the filter housing
With the cord reel unable to come apart any further, I moved onto the motor
Three tabs release the top cover. The seal is bonded to the unit
Three rubber bungs sit inside the motor housing and centre the motor up
The motor wires sit around the outer edge of the motor housing
The motor lifts out, and the wires disconnect
The motor loom pulls out of the housing
Comm looks healthy
That part done, onto the cyclone
Bin off
The bin release rod unclips from the side of the bin
The bottom flap pops off the bin with a quick squeeze under the arm, and the seals upon it are removed
The cyclone shroud is held in with very shallow clips. They don't need prising out much to pop off
Next, all these screws need to be removed. They are very small, and will be full of crap so are hard to undo
The finish has worn away with all the grit that will fly around this top part (they are exposed to the dirt path)
This splits the cyclone apart a bit
Rubber seal lifts out
and the inner cone lifts off each little cyclone one by one
Buried inside the cyclone are more tiny screws, that luckily my very long smallest driver just about undid. This releases the top of the cyclone
The foam gasket is in good condition
The cyclone top splits down even more
The last tiny screw secures the tiny cyclone handle on
Done, she is stripped!
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