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Other Vacuum Cleaners & Site Suggestions => Hoover Vacuum Cleaners => Topic started by: beko1987 on November 21, 2017, 09:38:12 pm
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I was contacted a while ago by Hooverlux, some of you on Youtube might know him! (well, I say contact, we speak almost daily, but you know...) about a Hoover Junior he was having issues with...
So I said lob it all in a box and send it over!
And he did!
I assembled it in the dark so I knew what I had to deal with
Then set about making it run!
It took a whole spares machine to replace the armature (and other bits as we shall see later) and make it run!
So wahey, one working vacuum! Best make it look pretty...
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The handle bolt on this style Junior also incorporates the cord clip
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Took the handle off the, er, handle!
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Lower handle off next
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And the lower cable guide removed
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Mmmm tasty...
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Bag flange off
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And around to underneath
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Talking of the man himself, he appeared on my laptop!
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Wiring cover off
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Mains cable off
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Someone's been here before... lots of the screws are utterly :censored: ed
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With the cable removed, I could pull the guide off
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Handle bail now
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The two front screws have the wheels off
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Which can then be split
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Handle bail next
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Which is utterly worn out
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We need most of it though, so apart it comes!
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This bit is scrap though
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These bits just rusty
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Baseplate next
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Which unscrews on these modern ones
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Needs cleaning up
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Brushroll now, with excellent brush strips!
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Pull it apart
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Both brushroll bearings were utterly ruined
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Brushroll apart
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Furniture guard apart
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Time to hoik the motor out
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And remove the switch. The switch pedal is pivoted on this plastic bar, which pulls out
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Then the pedal lifts off
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This dimple in the bar keeps everything in order
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Underneath we have a springy bar
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Which unscrews in 2 parts
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The switch can then be removed
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The filthy cable protectors removed
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The switch doesnt seem to come out of the plastic frame so together it stays!
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Popped the cable exit grommit out of the hood
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And moved on to the front, where the front wheels are
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Split those down
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Yummy
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Next out is the main firewall, and it's nice fluffy pillow
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Delightful
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That's the original machine pretty much apart bar a few things, so now we need to get the parts we need from the donor machine!
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Which apart from the motor bits also include the firewall, handle bail...
And screws!
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Luckily the paint is almost the same shade
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But the handle bail not as worn
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No stuck screw in this firewall, although sadly it's plastic not metal, but I checked with the great ginger welshman and he was fine with it
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It just needed a smidge of adjustment with a hammer to feed the headlight cable through
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Back to the original vac now, and the headlight lens screw snapped on Dorian when he tried to get it off, so I removed the metal bush
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and the remains of the rusty screw
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With careful application of some massive pliers the rusty stub did unscrew from the bush
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This meant I could strip the headlight down
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2 screws inside to hold the lens on
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and done!
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Motor now, as I only got it running, not fettled!
Not many wires left on it now
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Top carbon is good
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Off with the screws
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And off with the cover
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To reveal this!
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Rear bearing clamp off first
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Then the front bearing clamp, and supressor screws and out t all pops!
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Front bearing clamp had a nice compacted layer of dirt under it
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Carbon holders out
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Coil off the armature
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Fan off
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Pop the front bearing off
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And it's nearly done!
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I just forgot the bag fill tube!
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There!
All was washed and dried, and I tickled the metalwork with the wire brush
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And gave the brushroll a blow over with new paint
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Time to re-assemble, so first, a nice bead of almost gone too hard tigerseal on the hood
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The firewall was fitted and screwed down and left to cure whilst I got on with other stuff
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Mainly throwing the motor back together! I fitted a new front bearing as the old one didn't clean up very well, and just oiled the rear one
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Because we are going from newer style carbon brush holders to older style ones, and the connector snapped off we need to pop a ring terminal on
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Then pop the cover on
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Fit the short wires that replace the supressor run
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Then grab the dried plastics (and cured hood)
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Lay it out a bit
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And give it a small tickle with the rotary polisher!
Then onto re-assembly, starting with the height adjustment knob
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Now I've never actually had a U1040 apart before, let alone back together and whilst everything else is standard junior fare, this was not. Luckily, I happen to have a service manual! (scan is on my blog if anyone needs it!)
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I also replaced the perished rubber seal on the bag flange with a nice layer of silicone
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And moved onto assembling the lens
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Then I pushed the metal bush back in for the lens screw, and popped a small dribble of glue around the edges, which capilliaried in nicely
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We have this now
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Time to pop the front wheels together
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Which look a bit cleaner
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And fitted
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Switch now
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Cable protectors fitted
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And the switch can be clipped into place
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Metal spring
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Switch cover
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And the plastic peg
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Bumper on now
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Then the cable exit grommit can go in
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Time to fill a hole!
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Wire the switch up
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I then had an 'Oh Sh!t' moment as I remembered I had not made a hole for the lens wiring... So out with the drill
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And the purple cable guard snaps into place
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Smear of silicone on both ends to seal it up, and the bulb holder and wires can be fitted
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And wired up
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Brushroll now!
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Nice new bearings
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And lovely!
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I fitted a new belt and popped the belt cover on
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Then fitted the baseplate
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A new bulb was needed, and luckily I had a podgy round one in my stash!
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The lens cover can then be fitted
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And a screw that ever so nearly perfectly fits to hold it in!
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That's a bit better, bit more shiney...
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Handle bail goes back together with it's new shell
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And fitted to the cleaner
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Rear wheels next
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Which were a bit cleaner
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Then to the cable, and Dorian gave me a massive roll of new flex, so he could use it without having to change plugs so often
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Lazy, but I fitted it anyway, and it saved me cleaning the cable up!
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With the cable fitted to the motor, the wiring cover can go on
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The lower handle can go on and the wire fed up
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Then the upper handle and more wire feeding
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Then it was on with the first of many layers of wax to lush the shine up
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After this, it all went a bit quiet, as Dorian said he was going to be driving past my house in the near future, so could collect! So I embargoed the whole thing, and kept quiet until the day arrived!
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Was fantastic to meet Dorian, truly amazing bloke! He seemed quite impressed with the Junior too, we fitted the bag and gave it a good spin!
Then he did a more fuller 'After' video a few days later
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Need to get some nice after images off him to round off this thread, but meh! Was a very enjoyable restoration to do, and Dorian is happy, which is the main thing!
And the vacuum didn't turn out too bad either!