Check Rotating Brush and Drive Belt

Maintenance

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 ﬁ bers. 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 the Vacuum Cleaner from electrical outlet.

2.Place handle in Low position and turn vacuum cleaner over so bottom side is up.

3.Remove the six screws as shown with 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.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of injury from moving parts, turn off vacuum cleaner and disconnect Power Plug from electrorical outlet.

Brush

Cover

Motor

Pulley

Air

Passageway

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. Insert the hook on the Brush Cover into the corresponding groove on the brush and tighten scerws securely.

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