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Offline Intestinalworm

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2018, 02:39:13 am »
Anyway, Dyson DC23 is 100% (has been for a while now), works like a treat, so thought I'd just come back and "finish things off" as far as the forum goes.  Has a new motor that I fitted and a new HEPA filter (bought from Man Vacs - even with shipping costs it was cheaper than what was available in Australia).  Stripped down everything on the DC23 as per Beko's excellent tear-down description.  Found a T10 machine screw for the plastic motor shroud (black bin) - got a whole packet in fact for just $3 from a large hardware chain - not too difficult in the end when you determine exactly what you're looking for (could sell the rest of the machine screws in the packet for a bloody mint on ebay but won't do that!).  I did use a dab of "JB Weld" on the inside of the T10 machine screw for a bit of extra hold - motor held in place in the black bin with four machine screws and a little JB Weld and won't budge.

I got the old machine screw (had its head sheared off - too much torque when tightening- use a torx screwdriver, rather than a torx bit and a rachet!) out by using a bit of chemistry!  The body of the vac is ABS (acylonitrile butadiene styrene) I believe, so I used a drop of acetone ("non-enviro-friendly" old style nail polish) on the headless screw which softened/dissolved the ABS enough around the top of the screw so I could get purchase on the shaft of the headless screw with needle nose pliers and screw it out.  I then quickly cleaned the area to remove the acetone and stop further softening by using some IPA (iso propyl alcohol).  All good - new T10 machine screw went in fine but I used a little dab of JB Weld to make sure it was secure.

Anyway, the Man Vac forum is great, and if you get some Torx screwdrivers (T10 and T15) and read through the info here then you're on your way to fixing most things Dyson - take your time.  Man Vacs parts are super competitive price-wise and you know what you're getting is quality - even still worth buying after adding freight to Australia - so you guys in the UK have it good with Man Vacs.

 

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #46 on: February 26, 2018, 11:09:07 pm »
Briliant refurb. I had a very heavily used Dyson in college 10+ years ago, and I thought it was a Canadian-market DC21, but looking through this, I now think it was a 23. Managed to clean out the bin and cyclone assembly myself and it worked a treat. That is, until I had a housemate under the influence of something powerful that took the whole thing apart one night, to every individual component. Never could figure out how to get it back together, so to the recyclers it went, and since I was moving (to a place away from this housemate) I splurged on a Miele. Wish I'd known of this forum then, at least if it existed, since I could have gave it new life or at least parted it out.

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #47 on: November 11, 2018, 03:27:01 pm »
Hi beko1987. Where is the fan on the Dyson dc 23. Is it on the side where the red bit is or is it inside the turbo bit

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #48 on: May 20, 2019, 01:54:31 pm »
Hi Sam. How do you get the thing that holds the brush roll off the spindle of the turbo? ;)

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #49 on: May 20, 2019, 02:06:57 pm »
Hi Sam. How do you get the thing that holds the brush roll off the spindle of the turbo? ;)
You don't! Their pressed on at the factory, I've removed them before and basically broke the thing, they never work right again i'm afraid. (unless anyone else knows the knack?)

Whats the issue with it? Presuming you need to get inside the bearing housing?
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #50 on: May 20, 2019, 02:30:22 pm »
Was trying to get it apart to get to the fan. Presumably, it's accessible under the plastic cap? Is there a nack to getting that off without ruining it? It's resisting all my efforts so far!

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #51 on: December 17, 2019, 04:46:29 am »

The white ring slots onto the cones


Wanted to thank you for the detailed tear-down images.   Ran into trouble with my DC32 not working properly.  It is a Canadian model, comparable to the DC23t2 in UK AFAIK.   I took it apart, cleaned it and put it back together again.  Was working great and feeling quite proud of myself until my wife pointed out the white ring and gasket that I'd set aside after cleaning and missed when I put the unit back together :-0 

Decided to review the parts to make sure that I'd put everything else where they were supposed to go and stumbled upon your post.  Exactly what I needed.  Thank you from across the pond!

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #52 on: December 17, 2019, 08:50:38 am »
Great to hear your success! I've forgotten a layer in a cyclone before... Punched half of the screws through the top before I realised, oops!
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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #53 on: March 15, 2020, 09:44:00 pm »
It's been quite a few years since the original post but it still proves useful.
My 11 years old DC23 Animal has given up a ghost a while ago and  I suspected worn out carbon brushes. While it's not a rocket science this guide has given me some well needed confidence at a couple of steps (like pulling off the cable side wheel, I was sure I'm going to break it).
Anyway, once I stripped it all out I could confirm that the brushes are indeed worn to the point of no contact. Here's where the fun begins. Cleaned the motor from old carbon dust and installed some cheap aftermarket brushes. they were a good fit but once I connected power they started to wear quickly, caused a short and the whole thing burst into a rather impressive fire (no worries, the motor was in a vice on a test bed). I've tried a few things but every time the result was the same, a little electric bonfire.
So I've completely lost appetite for third party components, ordered original Dyson motor bucket assembly from Man Vacs and now the trusted old cleaner is like new.
Oh, btw, I wish I didn't see the inside of the cyclone assembly....

Nearly 5 years down the line, many thanks beko for your great guide ...

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #54 on: March 15, 2020, 10:19:53 pm »
ordered original Dyson motor bucket assembly from Man Vacs and now the trusted old cleaner is like new.
Oh, btw, I wish I didn't see the inside of the cyclone assembly....

Nearly 5 years down the line, many thanks beko for your great guide ...

We thank you for your custom and are pleased that the forum here has proved useful for you.

Those genuine DC23 motors are starting to dry up now. They are getting harder and harder to get and I expect will be unobtainable in the near future.

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #55 on: February 01, 2021, 04:14:58 pm »
Excellent pictorial, thanks for taking the time to detail and post all this!

...I'm wondering if you'd know - I have the same vacuum which the motorhead no longer powers up on.  The powerhead works with other vacuums, just not mine.  The hose has been replaced, and so the repair tech thinks there's a board or controller of some kind inside the machine which needs to be replaced.  Do you know what part that might be?  I didn't see any kind of processor / board in your photos.

Thanks!  ;D

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #56 on: February 01, 2021, 07:39:57 pm »
If yours is a Canadian model, it will have an electrically driven powerhead like on a DC21. We don't have that exact model here.

What type of controller do you have in the handle? It should be a simple matter for a tech to isolate the fault with a meter, so there's no power coming out of the machine?

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #57 on: February 02, 2021, 12:38:00 pm »
That's right, it's an electric motorhead (not a turbo head) and there is no power coming out of the machine.  The electric motorhead works on other vacuums. Tried replacing the hose and still nothing happening, so the issue is definitely in the vacuum body itself.

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #58 on: February 04, 2021, 02:11:53 pm »
I assume your machines are the same as US machines, I just looked on a US part site and I'd be suspecting this item.

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That is part number 912458-01.

But you need to take the machine apart and test the output from it first to be sure.

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Re: Dyson DC23 - Stripdown and Refurb (and turbo tool repair)
« Reply #59 on: February 04, 2021, 06:57:03 pm »
Awesome, thanks so much!  I have a donor DC23 that apparently this board is still good on, so I will strip that down to find out where it lives inside the Dyson to swap out.

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