Maintain tools and filter, Replace Drive Belt

Maintain tools and filter

Check Rotating Floor Brush and Drive Belt

You should check your vacuum cleaner’s rotating floor brush and drive belt regularly for wear or damage. You should also clean the brush and brush ends of strings, hair, and carpet fibers. These can wrap around the brush and hamper its ability to effectively clean your carpet. Also remove any debris that has accumulated under the brush cover.

1.Unplug cleaner from electrical outlet.

2.Recline handle and turn vacuum cleaner over so bottom side is up.

3. Remove the six screws as shown with a phillips head screwdriver. Lift the brush cover off.

4. Grasp rotating floor brush at both ends and lift.

5. Clean strings, hair and other debris from rotating floor brush, paying particular attention to brush ends.

6. Clean strings, hair and other debris from motor pulley and drive belt areas.

7. Check drive belt carefully for wear, cuts or stressed areas.

8. Check air passageway for obstructions. Remove debris from this area.

Rotating drum-brush could cause the fringe of a rug to become tangled within CAUTION cleaner.

Use caution and turn off the drum-brush when vacuuming throw rugs with fringe.

Replace Drive Belt

1.Unplug cleaner from electrical outlet.

2.With rotating floor brush removed from vacuum cleaner grasp old drive belt and remove from motor

pulley. Discard old drive belt.

3. Place new drive belt over motor pulley and stretch other end over rotating floor brush in the space between the bristles.

4.Place ends of rotating floor brush down into slots on sides as shown.

5.Turn rotating floor brush by hand several times in the direction of motor pulley. If properly installed, drive belt will center itself on rotating brush crown.

6.Reposition brush cover and screws. Tighten screws securely.

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