Oreck XL Classic XL2205RH - Stripdown and Refurb!

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I've wanted an oreck for ages! Everyone says how rubbish they are, but I've never used one. All the ones I ever see for sale are £30+, and that's too steep for a curiosity.

So, back in the summer, when I netted one for £3, and a pack of bags for £2 (which I'm sure the bloke pulled out of the machine then charged me seperatly for) I jumped at it!



Was a good day that, not done anything with the other two yet, they will feature!



It ran!

But was very, very filthy!







The first thing I did was remove the outer bag, which has seen a bag leakage or 8 in it's time I think!



That went into the washing machine, and I got on with the actual machine!



The bag holder unclips into 2 parts



Type CC bags

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The bottom part wasn't too bad



Time to break the handle down now



Removed the cord holder





And split it



Time to unscrew the handle



Which reveals wiring



Switch lifts out and unplugs



Carling makes rubbish lager but good switches it seems!

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The mains cable had a bit clamped to it to stop it being pulled out, and the strain guide unclipped, and the mains cable could be removed



Top cord hook clips out



And we can move down a notch



The main handle also forms the suction duct, and to ease unblocking, twists apart with a locking ring



Which has a rubber seal under the lock part



top and bottom, the top releases the bag part



There is a cable clip screwed to the bag housing



Surprisingly quickly, we move down to the main unit



And turn it upside down

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The spare belt was present and unused



Undoing all the screws removes the base of the unit



Which has probably seen cleaner days!



2 static edge brushes unscrew from the baseplate



The metal baseplate strip unscrews



And the rubber blade lifts out



This metal bracket forms brushroll protection bars/baseplate bracing bars, and unclips



Then all the wheels pop out with some force



Brushroll next!

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The old belt wasn't too bad actually, perfectly servicable



The brushroll end caps pop off



Seem's their keyed like Kirby ones to compensate for brushroll wear



Getting nicely packed out at the rear too...



The belt spindle then unscrewed from the brushroll, which took me a few minutes to work out!



The bearings and end cap holding bars pull out



Nice re-greasable bearings



Brushroll looked a bit sorry for itself though



Onto the motor now, this cover has to be removed

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Which starts to reveal the motor



The suction duct starts life from this pivoting elbow



These two wires are unplugged



And with 2 more screws the motor lifts out



More wires to remove, same clamp and locking grommit as the top handle





Furniture guard lifts off



This plastic tab is the locking mechanism to lock the machine upright



which unscrews easily

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I then found this access panel for the belt on the hood



So removed it



Onto the motor now, it's a Johnston



This bit was wierd, the fan holds the suction duct on, so has to be undone to get it off



The fan, however is spaced out/held in with this metal firewall



Which comes out with a little help from Mr Tappy



Fan is in good condition



There's a felt washer between the pivot and motor



Carbon brushes next, and they did a Turbopower 1! The brass snapped upon removal on both flipping sides... Deal with that later

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2 long bolts has the motor apart



Armature pulls out



But the top bearing carrier does not easily seperate from the coil, so I left it be



That's it! All apart. Everything was washed, dried, polished and ready for putting back together



Firstly, the bearings got some attention. Under the black cap is a spacer washer for the balls



Every man will tell you spaced out balls are a good thing! They got a good lashing of grease (insert greasy balls joke here... )



Then the motor was hammered together



And the fancase end plate fitted, and bolted together



My fix for the carbon brushes is the same as the fix for the Turbopower 1! Crimp the end of the carbon brush carrier to hold the spring in!

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I then tried an alternate way to re-assemble the fan, which was felt washer, metal firewall, fan, washer and nut first



Which didn't really work, as the metal firewall has to be tapped in quite far to space the fan out



So I did it properly, as it came apart and it all fitted



Time to refit it, but first, the locking tab needs refitting



Spinal cable goes back through it's locking grommit



Which is clipped into place



The motor assembly can be dropped and guided into place now



And screwed down! Bumper time



Forgot the motor cover/clamp

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Brushroll now, and the bearings got a lick of grease too



The brushroll came up nearly like new! Still very VERY soft, but not filthy or sticky or black now!



Everything pushed and screwed together



And fitted to the machine, with the adjustable end caps in the 'worn' brush position, just because!



Bracing bracket refitted to the base plate



Wheels refitted



OLD belt fitted in the spare belt slot



Rubber blade and metal cover is refitted



Side brushes screwed down

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Then the baseplate can be fitted and close the whole thing up



I then fitted the new belt (because why not, the old belt is more than fine as a spare!) the correct way





And closed that up



Done!



Time to start building up the handle now, bag holder is fitted to the lower pole



Cable clip fitted



Then it was fitted to the machine itself



Upper cord hook is put back together

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Mains cable strain relief is slid onto the mains cable



And the top handle reassembled



And screwed onto the lower handle



The cloth bag came up beautifully after the washing machine



The bag holder is clipped together



The cloth bag slides on first, past some locating bumps



Then the bag holder snaps ontop of that



The bag bottom clips on



The spring on the fancase air duct clips into the palstic bag bottom, and stops the bag blowing around

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And with a new bag fitted, she is done!

Flew out the door for £60, very happy with that, would get another one with no thought at all for the right price!

[Sebo Dan]

As always an excellent refurb and post. Cheers.

Dan

[MVacs]

Great topic. 

We did a couple of those a while back and got similar money for them in auction. I was hopeful they'd fetch more actually as they aren't bad for what they are.