Maintenance and care
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 string, 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.Place handle in low position and turn vacuum cleaner over so bottom side is up.
3.Remove the two screws from the brush cover (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. Replace if worn or damaged.
8.Check air passageway for obstructions. Remove debris from this area.
Replace drive belt
Use only BISSELL Style 12 replacement
belts in your BISSELL PowerForce Turbo Bagless.
1.Unplug cleaner from electrical outlet.
2.With rotating floor brush removed from vacuum cleaner (Steps
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 direction of motor pulley. If properly installed, drive belt will center itself on rotating brush.
6.Reposition brush cover and replace two screws. Make sure end of brush cover is snapped into place.
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Motor
Pulley
Air Passageway
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