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Title: Sebo K3 Electric Telescopic Tube Mystery Spring
Post by: Gelf on September 09, 2019, 06:08:53 pm
I recently picked up a second hand K3, working but needing a little TLC. I guess it's a few years old as the power is a whopping 2100 watts - not that it appears to have any more suck than my 900 watt K1!

Anyway I soon discovered that the telecopic tube is not closing fully. On removing the cover I found that the mains flex was bunching up on one side and jamming as the tubes were pushed together. So I straightened out the flex. Also it seemed to be coated in something like french chalk, so I put some talcum powder on and now it seems to be working properly.
However, I also found a little spring rattling around loose inside there as well and I can't work out where it came from. It's a U shaped clip with an overall length of about 20mm and a width of 4mm.

Any ideas?

Lance
Title: Re: Sebo K3 Electric Telescopic Tube Mystery Spring
Post by: MVacs on September 09, 2019, 07:02:48 pm
Can you post a photo of it?
Title: Re: Sebo K3 Electric Telescopic Tube Mystery Spring
Post by: Gelf on September 09, 2019, 07:44:13 pm
Here you go:

(https://images2.imgbox.com/41/74/XTcCOjWM_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Sebo K3 Electric Telescopic Tube Mystery Spring
Post by: MVacs on September 10, 2019, 03:06:02 pm
Neither of the chaps in our workshop recognise that. That said, we don't very often have cause to strip a K wand down and more seldom still is one with cables in.
Title: Re: Sebo K3 Electric Telescopic Tube Mystery Spring
Post by: Gelf on September 10, 2019, 05:02:04 pm
Thanks for taking the time to check it out; it seems to be working fine without it (so far!), so I'll stick it in the spring box for now.

Lance