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Thread Number: 28020
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
To seal, or not to seal, now is the question. |
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| Post# 313103 , Reply# 1 1/23/2015 at 16:28 (3,378 days old) by Kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
I have rebuilt tons of KIRBYS  | ||
| Post# 313151 , Reply# 2 1/23/2015 at 20:35 (3,377 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH) | ||
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| Post# 313214 , Reply# 4 1/24/2015 at 10:15 (3,377 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
I don't think.....
Kirby always sealed the fan case. When I got my G4, it had a squeal if you used the attachments. I watched as the Kirby Repairman took it apart. There was no sealant to remove and he did not apply any. All he did was put some grease on the rubber gasket behind the fan and reattach the fan case.
My aunt bought one and they did the same thing to it. Thanks, PR-21 Bud | ||
| Post# 313242 , Reply# 5 1/24/2015 at 16:47 (3,377 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 313262 , Reply# 7 1/24/2015 at 18:59 (3,376 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx) | ||
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| Post# 313292 , Reply# 8 1/25/2015 at 04:07 (3,376 days old) by silentjon () | ||
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I always seal the fan case on every Kirby I take apart. Fine dust DOES find it's way out. | ||
| Post# 313305 , Reply# 10 1/25/2015 at 09:04 (3,376 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
It's not 'necessary', but Kirby does seal them when manufacturing them. It's to prevent air escaping at the seam when the bag offers lots of resistance, like when it's full or clogged with fine dust. The old cloth bag models had bags that were clogged most of the time with fine dust, as you really couldn't get them 'clean' completely by just emptying it. Seal the fan case, since you're doing such a thorough rebuild job, make it the way it left the factory.
By the way, I've never seen a BPI light go out. The magnet is stuck in the wood of the brush bar, lining up with the side of the BPI. Sometimes, vac shops sell the wrong brush (like for a G5) to G4 owners, and to make it work, they take off the end caps and switch them. If that's the case, the BPI light won't work until the magnet is on the correct side. | ||
| Post# 313329 , Reply# 13 1/25/2015 at 13:56 (3,376 days old) by Bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
Since I already posted this once before to your post where you couldn't get the headlight cap off, and that post is gone.
The BPI on the G3 and G4 is on the right as you look at from the front of machine then on the G5 and later they switched it to the left side. The small cap goes to the side with the magnet and the large cap goes to the side without the magnet. Sometimes people will get the wrong brushroll so the magnet is at the wrong end. Then they can't understand why the BPI doesn't work. The one you have looks like the original, the plastic is over the magnet so you don't see it. Here's pics of my G4 head | ||
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