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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #30 on: August 12, 2018, 10:30:53 pm »
Gotcha you little sod!

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June 1989 for this part

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Under the top cover lay lots of pretty lights

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But also this securing rod

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Which once removed separates the back part from the front

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The incoming wires can be separated

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And I undid this screw

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Expecting wonder and merriment but go utterly nothing again so I replaced it and decided to leave that be, it wasn't dirty anyway

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Back to the pretty lights

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2018, 11:38:14 pm »
Where the devil were we? Ah yes, the pretty lights! They are daisy chained together and lift out of the holder

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The reset switch is also part of this loom

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With the bar that holds everything together at the pivot point withdrawn, the bottom part of the first bit falls away

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Then the flexible joiner piece moves backwards, and once thats gone the top motor cover lifts off with its bits of filthy foam

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2 strengthening brackets pop out of the flexible cover

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And here is the motor itself!

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This cover lifts off the top and reveals the worm drive that the motor uses to spin the foam rollers

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Underneath, the plastic sleeves that the foam rollers clip onto pull off the inner drive axles

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Then the motor and drive assembly lifts out the top of the housing

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2018, 11:49:30 pm »
The whole thing wasn't too terrible, but was clagged up by the powder that had found its way inside the assembly

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Which was brushed off, and that was the end of the Kobosan head for now! Onto the power handle!

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The top of the handle comes off the switch assembly for when the cleaner is in use strapped to your shoulder with the tools

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The handle grip slides off the metal part

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These 2 screws cover the wiring internally

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And reveal the inner secrets once removed and the cover falls off

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Nice simple connections, although I'm not too sure what the black box is for

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Either way, the mains cable unbolts, and the torn cable exit grommit can be removed

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The black box contains a resistor, and connects the handle to the live terminal, which seems a tad odd to me, but the person who had it put there was probably far more qualified than I am in such matters!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2018, 11:58:53 pm »
Some wiggling and forcing of the release button inside the surface of the handle has the second metal part out

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The plug end is held in with this bent bit of metal

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once released it withdraws, bringing all the internal wiring with it. At the other end, another pushing of a button releases the cap the other end

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Onto the tools now! (god it never ends!) The wands are separated by removing the inner clip

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The locking button at one end slides out with the spring and retaining bit

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Hard floor tool now!

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With a mixture of torx and cross head screws

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It all comes apart quite nicely!

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The bumper slides off the top shell

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #34 on: August 24, 2018, 12:07:28 am »
The internal suction part of the head looks a tad odd though!

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The brush strips come out

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One wheel comes out, after releasing the odd internal catch for the thing

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The wheel itself is released from the white part by this plastic clip

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This white spacer tube comes out next

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Then the wheel comes off the other side, and the neck is released by 1 plastic clip, the same as on the powerhead earlier!

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Carry handle/shoulder strap now

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I had 2 to choose from, and chose the one with the smaller split! The shoulder strap unclips from either end of the handle

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And that is now apart!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #35 on: August 24, 2018, 12:11:32 am »
Wall brushes now

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Compared

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And the better one kept and stripped!

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I had 3 upholstery tools!

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Which became 1 very easily

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Dusting Brushes

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #36 on: August 24, 2018, 12:20:05 am »
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Radiator brushes

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And finally crevice tool

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ETC. One good kit obtained from all the duplicates. I tried to sell the duplicates. I tried to give the duplicates away but they are not uncommon to find, and many other collectors also have duplicate tools, so I binned the spares in the end!

Everything in this batch was washed and polished! The ET340 baseplate however was a sod, the blue covering would not come off after 20 years of being on, it took alot of soaking in hot water before it shifted

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But eventually shift it did, and we can get to this stage!

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Don't think I've ever had a 2 part project like this!

So in reverse, le crevice tool!

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You position the holding piece and spring like so

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Then stick the external button on top, push it right down so it slips under the main tool body and push until it clicks!

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Got that? Good, as that will save a lot of duplication moving forward!!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #37 on: August 24, 2018, 12:27:57 am »
 :chuckle: Radiator brush got popped onto the crevice tool so it could feel part of the proceedings...

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Dusting brush got its bristles clipped back in

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And the locking button fitted

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Upholstery tool got its groove back

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Wall brush got its button

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and brushes

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Carry handle now! The shoulder strap has been through the washing machine along with the bag the tools go in, and is much less cruddy now!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #38 on: August 24, 2018, 12:32:58 am »
I fitted the strap and forgot to glue the small crack up! TBH it doesn't affect it much, it's still a massive faff to clip the cover on and I found I never really used it anyway, so it got left for now

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Onto the hard floor head now, and the pivoting part gets popped back together

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Plastic bush fitted

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Then just like that half of it is back together!

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You could leave it like this and just fit the brushes and it would look very cool!

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But you should be boring and fit the cover

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #39 on: August 24, 2018, 12:37:35 am »
Extension wand! Locking button fitted

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Locking ring fitted to one half

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Then the 2 parts slide and click together! It's much nicer to use now too, now all the grit is gone between the 2 smooth surfaces! You cant really grease this part either as it'll smear up the inner smaller half!

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Kobosan head! The cleaned up motor, with the bearings soaked in a few drops of oil gets dropped straight in, no messing about

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Then the worm drive gets fresh grease adding

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And the cover fitted before I put my foot in it or similar

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Foam roller holders clipped on

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And the motor is screwed down

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black plastic inserts are fitted to the flexible cover

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #40 on: August 24, 2018, 12:51:12 am »
It and the top cover fit on together in a bit of a faffy way, so here is the result!

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Then the lower part of the rear housing can clip onto that

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The pretty lights get clipped back into their pretty holder

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And fitted into the main machine

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The wire join was already a spade terminal affair so all I had to do was plug it back in and push the factory protective sleeve over each wire

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The top part was mated up to the bottom half, the pivoting rod given a slug of grease and pushed home

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The hidden back cover gets screwed on

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And the top cover clips on like a pro!

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The main front cover clips on now, although it did not take kindly to being removed, and most of the tiny little clips that hold it on broke, so it's quite loose now. Not the end of the world as these heads are so common still, but something to bear in mind!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #41 on: August 24, 2018, 12:56:37 am »
With the end caps clipped down it looks alot nicer inside there!

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Where are we now? Oh yes, the ET340! And things start well as underneath the removeable belt cog is an open bearing, which got filled with grease!

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The motor gets put back together now

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Carbon brushes and wiring fitted

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Wiring tucked out of the way

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Brushroll drive bits fitted now!

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And the switch button popped onto the end

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Time to wire the other end of the head, and the main input wires get fed through the ferrite coil and into the holding board

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This gets slipped into the very tip top piece

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #42 on: August 24, 2018, 01:01:13 am »
The wires then get fed through the second neck part, and the elbow joint is re-assembled and screwed together as it's a sod to stop it falling apart as you work!

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Underside cover fitted

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The motor and drive assembly are lowered into the lower chassis now

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And the middle inner cover fitted

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Motor retaining bracket is fitted

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Internal hose and adapter end is fitted

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Wires and PCB run

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And the top cover can be screwed on and then the rear wheels fitted

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Then the brushrolls can go on

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #43 on: August 24, 2018, 01:17:17 am »
Then the EVER SO SHINEY baseplate can go on!

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With the front clipped down, it doesn't look half bad now!

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The main handle gets luzzed back together, with such highlights as fitting the internal wiring

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Re-wiring the top part where the mains flex comes in, and gluing up the split grommit

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And generally assembling it all! The washed tool bag was dry now, and looked a much darker shade of green than it did before, which was nice

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so I filled it with tools

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And finally, 400+ images later, IT IS DONE!

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And we had some fun! I used it for a whole month!


I used both heads, and bought new brushes for the ET340 which utterly transformed it!

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I cleaned a computer out with it

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AND did a nice demo of the Kobosan dry cleaning system


Which did fluff the carpet up alot, and made it softer, but was just as meh as the Dyson Zorb powder, even 3 generations of Zorb powder!

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But, either way I do really like it, and have kept it, as although these are still fairly common, I know this one is very good, and they usually go for more money than I paid, so I'd pay through the nose for another one!

Thanks for reading!

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Re: Vorwerk VK120 Home Cleaning System - Stripdown and Refurb!
« Reply #44 on: August 25, 2018, 12:55:58 pm »
That is an epic rebuild topic!  :bow:

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Are they? I've never seen one.

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