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Post# 80279   9/7/2009 at 12:24 (5,316 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)        

Hi all...this is a picture of the plastic buttons that are above and below the seam on a Eureka upright. They are on a 1432 with a metal hood but an all plastic handle. The cord clips are molded into the handle. It clearly looks like there is a seam so the handle comes apart but I remember trying once before on another machine with no success. There are four buttons, two above and two below the seam. Do these come off so the handle can be broken down? Thanks in advance.

Mark


Post# 80280 , Reply# 1   9/7/2009 at 12:26 (5,316 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)        
A nice machine.

Although this is not a top of the line model, it is in above average condition. Here is a pic of the base.

Post# 80323 , Reply# 2   9/7/2009 at 16:54 (5,315 days old) by hoovercelebrity (Germany)        
From what I recall...

You have to pop all 4 of those buttons off... You may be able to with a very thin screwdriver, or carefully with a razor blade.

Then there's a coupler that runs inside the handle that holds the top half and bottom half together.

You may want to make sure you can still get those little button things before you take the old ones out--as you may break them when you pop them out.

~Fred


Post# 80330 , Reply# 3   9/7/2009 at 18:31 (5,315 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)        
Mark - Fred is correct....

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The only way you can split the handle in two is if you break these buttons off (which is going to be really difficult to start with). You will never get the two parts back together again unless you have replacement buttons.

Unlike the top of the line Eureka uprights which use metal two-piece bolts to assemble the handle halves, the cheaper ones with the plastic handle are assembled using "one-time-only" plastic buttons that snap into place to hold the two halves together. If you break these buttons off to dis-assemble the handle, you may have to improvise replacements with some nuts and bolts when you decide to put the two pieces back together again.

Nice Eureka - no head scratches on the top of the hood! That's unusual!

EP Brian


Post# 80331 , Reply# 4   9/7/2009 at 18:40 (5,315 days old) by meba2233 (Webster Groves, MO)        
Success

Fred and Brian...thank you for your replies. I was able to finesse a very sharp pocket knife in between the button and the handle, then, going around in a circle and bringing the button out just a fraction of a millimeter each go around, the top two finally came out in one piece. I'll just leave the coupler and the bottom two in the handle. I do believe they came out in a condition that they can be used again.

And Brian, yes, it is an unusual find with no scratches on the hood or otherwise. Everything on this one is very clean. It is used, but not much.

Thanks again.

Mark



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