Kirby Vacuums - Spare Belt

Is it true that the spare belt that came with each new Kirby vacuum, regarding every model from the 516 up to the Legend II, was the same high-tension flat type used for the power polisher and Rug Renovator, rather than the softer type used for the rug nozzle brush??

I know that was the case with the Tradition and, until the summer of 1982, the Heritage. After about June 1982, the Heritage attachment set was packaged with the 301282 flat belt that was marked "Upright Only."

The Tradition's instruction book explicitly stated the spare belt included in the attachment case could be used with *all* belt-driven accessories (rug nozzle, Miracle Head, Rug Renovator and Handi-Butler), while in the original 1981 printing for the Heritage instruction book, it said the same spare belt could be used on all belt-driven accessories, except the Handi-Butler and the Turbo Brush.

At one point, the same belt was used for the rug nozzle, the power polisher and the Handi-Butler. That was part #1590. From model 516 on, a dedicated high-tension flat belt was used for the power polisher (Miracle Head) and in mid-1958, the Handi-Butler (since the "Mark II" version) also used a different, dedicated belt.

But what I want to know is: wasn't the Classic III's spare belt, in the Attachments case, that of the high-tension flat belt used on the Miracle Head and Rug Renovator?

Thank you,

Ben


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Post# 247865 8/27/2013 at 00:00 (3,888 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)
Checkrate/Likes Is it true that the spare belt that came with each new Kirby vacuum, regarding every model from the 516 up to the Legend II, was the same high-tension flat type used for the power polisher and Rug Renovator, rather than the softer type used for the rug nozzle brush?? I know that was the case with the Tradition and, until the summer of 1982, the Heritage. After about June 1982, the Heritage attachment set was packaged with the 301282 flat belt that was marked "Upright Only." The Tradition's instruction book explicitly stated the spare belt included in the attachment case could be used with all belt-driven accessories (rug nozzle, Miracle Head, Rug Renovator and Handi-Butler), while in the original 1981 printing for the Heritage instruction book, it said the same spare belt could be used on all belt-driven accessories, except the Handi-Butler and the Turbo Brush. At one point, the same belt was used for the rug nozzle, the power polisher and the Handi-Butler. That was part #1590. From model 516 on, a dedicated high-tension flat belt was used for the power polisher (Miracle Head) and in mid-1958, the Handi-Butler (since the "Mark II" version) also used a different, dedicated belt. But what I want to know is: wasn't the Classic III's spare belt, in the Attachments case, that of the high-tension flat belt used on the Miracle Head and Rug Renovator? Thank you, Ben

Post# 248164 , Reply# 1 8/28/2013 at 19:55 (3,886 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)
Checkrate/Likes *I do think it is,* I picked up a set of attachments for the Classic III some years ago, And the original spare belt was still on the Dust brush! I still have it, and use it with my 511 for whenever the house needs a cleaning Top-to-bottom. The belt, older, softer and gray, would appear to be the thicker version for the Renovator. Maybe somebody at Cleveland messed up and sent the wrong belts to the assembly line, "What's the difference?" they'd say. -Alex.