Thread Number: 20322
AMWAY CLEARTRAK - No Suction...at all. |
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Post# 227654 , Reply# 1   4/10/2013 at 00:22 (4,005 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Post# 227657 , Reply# 2   4/10/2013 at 01:03 (4,005 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Post# 227692 , Reply# 4   4/10/2013 at 11:11 (4,004 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)   |   | |
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Unless you have a whistle someplace, it may not be suction leakage. If the motor is blaring away that might be telltale that the fan is damaged or the bearings are shot, in which case you will need a new motor. I had an earlier CMS 1000 a long time ago with that problem. There is a website though www.cleartrak.com... where a new motor can be purchased for $143.85. IIRC these cleaners are manufactured for Amway by Bissell.
- Hershel CLICK HERE TO GO TO Oreck_XL's LINK |
Post# 227697 , Reply# 5   4/10/2013 at 11:24 (4,004 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)   |   | |
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I'm inclined to agree with Hershel on the possibility the fan may be damaged or broken. I will be the first to tell you I know nothing about your model vac, in fact I've never seen one, but the way you describe how it's acting sounds very familiar to a situation I had not too long ago. I was given a Hoover hard bag upright (dirty fan model) sometime ago. It looked great and the brushroll spun freely, motor didn't seem too bad, etc. When I went to turn it on however, it roared like a lion and had I not been holding it, the vacuum would probably have walked across the room it vibrated so bad. I tore into it to see what the problem could be and discovered that the fan had shattered and was mostly gone. The little stub left of the fan was what was causing the racket and vibration. I replaced the fan, which alleviated some of the problems, got the suction back and reduced the noise and vibration......HOWEVER I began to notice that it looked like the 4th of July inside the motor housing. Tore it down and fully went into the motor and discovered the armature was SHOT, I guess when the fan broke, it stopped things from turning and it sat and hummed on that armature so long, it had deep grooves cut in it!
I ended up counting it as a lost cause and tossed it, but based on your description, I think you may have a similar situation on your hands, check everything out good if you tear it apart! Good luck with it! |
Post# 227726 , Reply# 7   4/10/2013 at 14:40 (4,004 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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I would venture to say it probably isn't the fan. The motor used in the Amway is exactly the same single-fan GS motor used in the old Dirt Devil vacuums that used the type C bag. It has a metal fan, and is basically a canister vacuum motor with a belt drive shaft coming out the commutator end. There is a pre-motor filter 'drawer' in the back, right below where the end of the hose is when the hose is on the storage rack. Slide out the filter drawer. There are two filters, a black foam one and a white electrostatic cloth filter. Both need to be clean in order to have suction. Nothing locks the filter drawer in place, so it's also possible you don't even have the drawer - which would explain the lack of any suction at all.
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Post# 227752 , Reply# 8   4/10/2013 at 17:47 (4,004 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 227756 , Reply# 9   4/10/2013 at 18:12 (4,004 days old) by SeberHusky ()   |   | |
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I just looked where dysonman told me to. Guess what? There's nothing there! :( It seems the drawers are missing! |
Post# 227757 , Reply# 10   4/10/2013 at 18:21 (4,004 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 227773 , Reply# 12   4/10/2013 at 20:01 (4,004 days old) by jonesmic28 ()   |   | |
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I would say it's worth it. Bought mine a couple of years ago and it's really holding up nicely. The website above is great. I buy all my filters there. It really is a great vacuum. |