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Vax Turboforce V006 - Stripdown and Refurb
beko1987:
I sold a DC04 a fair while ago, and took this and another vax in as part exchange. I've had one of these before in Orange, and do quite like them, despite the awful filtration, they really groom well, and clean the carpet deep down
A Vax Turboforce V006-something. Long discontinued, and based on the Big Bubble or similar
Things got off to a shakey start when I unclipped the hose from the machine, and found it wouldn't pull through the bracket, so I had to come back to that...
The dusting brush sits on the dusting brush holder
and the extension wand and crevice tool sits in it's holder too (technical stuff here)
Bin off
The turbo tool holder/cyclone holder (I did not get a turbo tool with this one) unscrews with 2 screws from the back of the handle
And the turbo tool clip pulls out of the main assembly
With the above done, the handle itself isn't fixed on, so lifts off easily
This part, which does such jobs as holds the dusting brush, upper cord hook and top hose hook doesn't screw on despite having screw holes, and it sandwiched between the handle and main chassis, and lifts off once the former is removed
beko1987:
With that out of the way the hose entry elbow can be seen
and removed
Various screws front and back release the lower hose bracket, and the hose can finally be removed
With those screws removed, the middle chassis lifts off the motor housing, bringing the lower hose with it
There is a big D seal inside the upper chassis that seals onto the cyclone bin
The external lower hose pushes onto the bracket that the main hose fits onto to provide the suction to the brushroll
With some considerable fiddling it is removed
Getting there now
The secondary (and probably bloody useless by the time the fine dust that's escaped the main filter hits it) pre motor filter lifts out of the motor housing
beko1987:
We need to move underneath now, and remove the front wheels
This bracket holds the axle onto the underside
Once removed the wheels fall off
Many many screws remove the baseplate
And reveals the broken belt this machine does suffer from
the MASSIVE brushroll lifts out of the head
and a few screws here and there release the hood
I forgot how much of an arse this was last time and removed the furniture guard, which I do not recommend!
Power you can see had turned into Power hidden by filth
beko1987:
I bet the future collectability of this machine will be dictated by how clear this piece is, or if a NOS one can be found (ha!, zero chance of that now let alone in 40 years)
The height adjuster is held in with a screw through its centre
The height adjuster mechanism is held in by this plate underneath
With all that out of the way we can remove the clamps that hold the motor housing to the lower chassis
and the two can be separated
The release pedal unclips from the lower chassis
I left the rear wheels on, as the last time I removed them on a different machine the chassis broke around them immediately afterwards when putting it back together, and I didn't want that to happen this time
So onto the motor. Motor housing split
beko1987:
Being Vax, the wiring is joined with these horrible crimps.
And once all chopped, the housing fully splits as the headlight wiring holds the two together
The sound deadening pulls off the front housing vents
The headlight lens removes with 2 screws, and the lightbulb pulls out
Releasing a spring clip brings the bulb holder out
Front housing done, time to have the screamer motor out
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