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Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:12:51 pm »
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A fair while ago now, I became the proud* owner of a Miele S7!
And yes, it was leant up against the bin for a reason...
It didn't sound too bad...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rH7PSnfohQ
I had a quick look to see if the motor could be coaxed back into life
Undo these screws here
Which splits the 2 halves (yes I was working in the rain)
Undo some more screws to uncover almost the motor
Trim piece off
Post motor filter out
Baseplate off
Which releases the motor housing itself
Stupid cover bit fell off
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:18:15 pm »
Now we can see the motor
And extract it
Brought it inside for a look
And had it apart
Yea that's
But, I had another motor from a scrapped S5 in the shed that ran fine, and they look the same, don't they! So in that came
And I extracted its guts
Which looked a bit better than the other one
As did the carbon brushes
So, for good measure, I gave the bearings a little grease
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:24:28 pm »
And went to fit the carbons.... THEN found out the motor was a different flipping size! Yes, the armature is identical, but the casing as a whole is bigger on the cylinder models... so the carbon brushes would not fit... Sod it, in went the old brushes
And back together it went
All the internal wiring fell out at this point (will expand on that later) so I tucked it all back in
Lobbed the motor back in
And.... it sounded ruddy awful still, as you can tell from the above video, which is a combination of all of the above!
I even changed the bearings for new ones just incase
But to no avail. So into the shed it got thrown! Until Dame Dilys from Autovac saved the day!
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzVcc3--q4
With a scrapper machine!
Which has an identical head and a random cream body
The head had been pillaged for parts, but TBH since I only wanted it for the motor I wasn't fussed
Both brushrolls were equally worn
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:30:19 pm »
Different belts though, although they were the same size
Comparing the two heads, the one Dilys sent was in FAR better condition.... So I swapped the baseplate over, and connected it all up
Another collector (HooverMaster) sent me a random box of bits, and lobbed in a lovely condition dusting brush and upholstry tool, which was handy as the upholstry tool with the machine was some random thing
A better dusting brush
And from Dilys's box I got a non broken wand
And a much better crevice tool
So all that got sorted out
And...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AexBf85sjEE
I had a complete, actually working (bar a dirty fan) S7!
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:33:50 pm »
Which was fantastic! It hung around for a while, until finally, it's day came! (here we go
)
Small tools off
Small tools split
Cable off
Hose and wand off
Hose off the wand
This next bit took about 20 minutes, and a conversation with Dorian from HooverLux to figure out. There is a hole here
One needs to push a screwdriver REALLY HARD into this hole
And whilst pulling on the wand and pushing inside this hole, the handle eventually comes out
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:51:30 pm »
This next bit didn't go too well, so I'll tell you when to stop...
The top trim part of the handle pops off to reveal the switches
The switches are in 2 parts, the cover and the teeny tiny switches
With some careful carefulness, the switches AND covers pop out from the main bit of trim
I hate these plastics Miele use. The switch bank on the S5 cylinders are made of it, and the paint always flakes/wears off and makes them look shite. This is no exception
Under the trim sits a TINY little screw (my smallest barely fitted it)
Which once removed gives access to some of the wires
This next part basically wrote the handle off, and I had to buy another one... These are not meant to come apart
The bottom plastic part, that locks the handle to the machine took a fair bit of persuasion to get out
I then tried to get the top handle off, but again, something big is holding it in, and all I managed to do was damage it. I then tried to put the plastic bit we have just removed back in, but failed, it's too thin to put any welly behind to push it up, so basically, if your handle breaks, it's scrap.
Annoyed, I moved on and had the bag door off. The bottom corner edges pop out slightly and the whole thing lifts off
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:54:30 pm »
The pivoting hinges pop out
The full bag can be removed and binned
Then 2 screws and the control panel cover lifts off
The speed control knob is fitted to the cover
It pops out
Some damage here, although when it's screwed down it closes itself up so isnt a massive issue
A PCB
Which lifts out
One handy connector separates the PCB from the wiring that wanders off to the motor
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 09:59:28 pm »
Now we see 4 screws
These 4 screws hold the handle socket in place
Once removed, it opens up to allow access to the handle plug socket
The PCB can now be called fully removed
This flap is actually part of the wand assembly, it gets pushed in when the handle is inserted. What it actually does I'm not too sure, it didn't seem connected to anything. It also proved impossible to remove, so I left it on
This part did not want to let go
Back to the PCB quickly, the LED cage pops off
And the lenses lift off the cage
PCB closeup
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March 23, 2018, 10:03:33 pm »
Empty
Next stage involves us moving down, to seperate the bag housing from the base
Simply remove all of the screws you see here, and the bag housing lifts off
The connecting piece that holds everything together when screwed in pulls off. The bag door seal has also fallen off at this stage.
The bag door seal base sits behind the connecting piece
Inside the bag housing, we can remove the bag holder
The pivot points pop out, releasing the bag housing, but one screw also holds the pivot point down
Pre motor filter removed
Then we can open the curious cover at the rear!
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:10:17 pm »
The cover hides a blockage inspection port
Finding and popping some clips, the suction path can start to be uncovered
Removing this cover also removes the hose inlet, which is sprung so it returns to an upright position when the hose is not under tension (well it should, mine didn't...)
I removed the outer retaining ring
Then the spring and inner ring
The pre filter cage pops out
Next, we remove the cover, which took a surprising amount of effort and uncover the plug that connects to the bottom part
Some more screws and the first part of the bag housing suction channel can be removed, the bit from the hose to the floorhead suction channel
This is the part that the wand sits in, the other side of the bag housing
The bag housing is EMPTY!
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:13:18 pm »
The spinal cord can be removed from its holder
My parts box is flipping full already, and we have the most tricky bit to come!
Baseplate off
There is a spring that sits over the belt guard
The metal portion of the baseplate does come off the plastic part, with careful bending of metal
The metal part was holding so much fluff
The rubber strip can be removed now
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:17:42 pm »
The swivel wheels pop off
And the metal axles pull out of the baseplate structure
Brushroll now
The brushroll motor is clamped down with this little bracket
And once removed, it and the brushroll come out as one drunken lump
The motor can be unplugged, although the pink wire holds a thermal cutout, which is secured under this white plastic wedge
A rubber mount sits around the top of the brushroll motor
Brushroll now! One end cap will come off fine
The springs have seen some action
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:21:52 pm »
The other side pulls off as well, but the belt housing will need to be opened as it clamps over part of the end cap. It will have an equally filthy spring
Pick them clean
Then unclip and remove the belt cover
Done! Another wedge that sits under the motor is found
Time to move up to the top now. The top 2 screws hold the red cover plate on, once removed the plate lifts off
To remove the hood, open the post motor filter flap and remove the 2 screws
And lift the hood off
The post filter flap is held on only by the hood, so this can be brushed off now
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:28:08 pm »
Even the flipping filter flap comes apart into a million pieces! It holds the diffuser pad
So far to go!
Those 4 top screws... Remove the bottom 2 and the lower cover plate falls off
The cover plate holds another cover plate, that sits against a clip on the main machine and opens and closes (well, it should, it binds up in reality) when the vac is upright and reclined
Remove the screws visible underneath that hold the cover on, not that hold the wheels on (oh god, the wheels... I need another drink)
This lets us see the motor again, except this is a different and working motor! Huzzah
The HORRIBLE red cables connect to the motor wiring block, and can be unplugged
Next, you will be foiled by the brushroll microswitch, that turns the brushroll on and off with the reclination of the machine (is that even a word?)
Unplug the wires
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Re: Miele S7260 Cat & Dog - Repair and Refurbishment!
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March 23, 2018, 10:32:21 pm »
The wires run through this little angle piece, pull them all out, we can worry about that later
Next, lift the yolk assembly clean off the bottom part
To remove the recline pedal, this plastic bush needs to be prised out
Once out, the pedal pretty much removes itself thanks to the spring
The microswitch can be removed now
There's some good old fashioned Miele sound deadening inside this part
Now we can work on the Yolk
Each pivot point has a metal bush, and the suction side has a plastic 'joiner' piece
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