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Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 08:58:59 pm »
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This came my way a few weeks ago now via my facebook repair page. Never had one before, so let's do this!
The main complaint was the turbo head did not spin. A quick test revealed that something did spin, but not the brushroll!
I cover the stripdown of this in more detail later, but basically you take the turbine housing
split it all apart until you get to the fan
which you will hopefully find cracked but not irrepairable, so glue it up
refit and test! In this case, it was job jobbed. The fan wasnt too worn, and worked a treat. One message to the happy owner later to say it should work, but if it breaks again we can look at a replacement fan, we can crack on with the main event!
Tools off
First off the machine is the cyclone seal
Removing the torx screw that sits just behind it releases the whole hose holder bit, and it slides/pulls off the machine (it's quite fiddly)
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:04:59 pm »
Like so
There is another screw sat underneath it now
Which releases the hose wrap guide
One last screw in here
and the floor tool parking bracket comes away
The rest of the assembly does look like it will split further, but I could not work out how to do it, and being a customers machine, and not one that I bought for a fiver, I left it alone to avoid damage!
Filter housing open now (hose and filters had already gone through the wash)
The hinged cover pops off the pivot very easily. The wheel, not so, and it took rather alot of force to pop the wheel off (it came off with a loud crack too but no damage)
The airflow channel lives on the outside of a DC23, and 3 screws remove it's cover. If the rubber seal stays fixed to the cover, leave it on! It's a proper fiddly bastard to get back on, trust me!
4 screws release the filter housing part from the main chassis
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:11:23 pm »
The release valve sits in this part, twist the top cover and the whole lot flies/pops out depending on how your holding it!
Sat under the pre motor filter cover is the post motor filter, which lifts out
Very carbon dusty but not too bad
That's about it for this side now, onto the other, and snap the other wheel off
The next step seems to be to remove the outer shell. Lots of screws dotted about
2 either side of the wheel holder
The hose entry port also forms part of this
and lifts off once unscrewed
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:15:40 pm »
Once unscrewed, it lifts off the machine, although the cable is still running through it
The cablue guide is held ont othe top shell with a screw
and this clip here
The rewind pedal fits on like any other Dyson cylinder
This part is not removeable without un-wiring the cable from the reel, and sod that, so it gets left on!
The front wheel pops off
The power switch sits on a little stand, held on by a screw
The cables running through it like so
the red cap pops off, and the switch slides out
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:20:22 pm »
The wires run through various channels, and the red one to the cord rewind loops down then back up (I took a pic during re-assembly)
The cord reel is removed by pulling it out until the square peg clears the chassis, then lifts out
The live and neutral connect to the reel like so, and need to be removed
Done! Not touching it anymore
Behind the cord reel sits the motor housing screws.
These are machine screws
Luckily there are cutouts in the main chassis to help with this
With the last screw out, the motor housing falls out the other side
and unscrews like so
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:26:24 pm »
Once unpeeled, the fancase seal can be pulled off
And the little cooling fan removed. The spring slip pops off, and the fan pulls off the keyed shaft. I've never seen thsi type of motor before, but since Mvacs list it under the DC23 spares section, it obviously exists!
A lesson from Dyson in how to make a repair more expensive than it needs to be, the whole motor is physicaly the same size as a DC05/8/most other cylinders, but this little shaft makes it unique, and I don't know what will happen if you try to fit a non cooled one
The empty chassis means we are done with the main machine
So, it's out into the garden to deal with the cyclone assembly, which is a tad dusty...
Bin off
The red release rod pops out of the channel on the bin
The bottom flap is removed from the bin
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:35:29 pm »
The 2 rubber seals pull out of the bottom flap
Onto the main cyclone now, and the first place to start is with screws
Which reveals this
which was a tad dusty
The shroud pops off 4 very shallow clips
The main shroud-cones seal is 2 parts, a palstic cage and a rubber gasket, which once you pop off every cyclone comes off
Hidden deep inside the cyclone are some screws
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which releases both the inner cone and top cover
The top part goes top cover, plastic cover, rubber gasket, cones
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:40:44 pm »
The cones side of the gasket was filthy
The middle part of the release rod sits in it's housing, ontop of a spring
The park bracket for the tubes screws onto the side of the cyclone
Finally, the bin seal is clipped over several lugs on the bottom of the cone assembly, and lifts out
I went to remove the top handle, and found a screw to undo
but no matter what I tried, it would not come off, and again, through fear of damaging it and needing to fork out for replacement parts, I left it alone!
Turbo Brush Now
Flip it over, and remove the base plate
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 09:54:53 pm »
Twist and pull the brushrolls off the axles
Undo all the screws you see at the top
and remove the cover.
The pivoting part needs to be split now. One side of it pops out with a flatblade screwdriver
The 2 halves seperate easily now. The rubber seal joins the turbine housing to the chassis, and the round hose is the internal hose for the turbo brush
The machine is now apart! Everything was washed, polished, dried and dumped on the front room rug for re-assembly!
We start with the cyclone, and the bin seal
The seal has a unique part, that mates with this bit on the cyclone assembly
then the rest fits fine
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 10:10:58 pm »
Wand parking bracket back on
Middle bin release rod back in
The much cleaner cyclone gasket is pushed onto the cyclone top
and fitted to the cyclone assembly
The inner cone gets fitted now
and with the top outer lid fitted, the whole lot screws up
The white ring slots onto the cones
and the rubber gasket sits ontop of that
The outer cone screws on
and the shroud sits on top of that
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 11:42:01 pm »
Bottom flap seals back in
Bin release rod back in
Bin flap fitted, bin fitted and the cyclone is done!
Motor next, and the cooling fan air ducting sits ontop of the motor, forming the top motor mount in the process
Fit the fan and retaining clip
Fit the fancase seal, and then fit the motor casing, taking care to route the motor wires through correctly
The motor housing fits into the chassis one way, so fit it that way, and screw the screws in. Be careful though, I crossthreaded one very very easily!
Release valve fitted back into its little house
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 11:48:51 pm »
Drop the cord rewind into place
Route the wires as needed and assemble the power switch bracket, and screw it down
Fit the cable guide to the outer shell
then fit the whole top shell to the lower chassis
and pop the cord rewind side wheel on
Drop the post motor filter into place
and screw the filter housing down
Refit the external air tube and seal
and pop the pre motor filter cover on
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 11:53:46 pm »
Fit the spotless pre motor filter
and close the door, and fit the wheel
Re-assemble the hose and tool holder (if you bothered to strip it at all) and fit it to the machine
Fit the cyclone seal
Fit the tools
Fit the cyclone
Turbo tool now!
Place the internal hose into the chassis
Clip the tool port end over the top, and clip it down
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 13, 2016, 11:56:50 pm »
Fit the rubber seal, and sit the turbine housing over the chassis
Fit the clear top and screw it down
Pop the brushrolls on
Fit the baseplate
and Done!
The owner was very happy, I got paid, job jobbed! I hope this helps someone, it's quite different to other cylinder vacs really, even though it looks similar!
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
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July 14, 2016, 12:23:19 am »
What can I say, your refurb is outstanding as usual
The cyclone looks like a DC40/41 design except for a diff shroud! I never understood why the motor needed a cooling fan either
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