Thread Number: 24455
calling all late 1970's kenmore powermate collectors, belt/ brushroll question! |
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Post# 273772   3/28/2014 at 01:54 (3,653 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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hey all, within the next week thanks to chad cunningham and bill edstrom, im going to be getting a near complete sears best kenmore powermate model 2997 pictured below that bill sent me photos of. with these power nozzles (like in the photo below) obviously the belts and beater bar brushrolls have been NLA from sears for some time.
what do you use for new belts, and can the original power heads have other brand brush strips used when the originals wear down? i want to keep the beater bar, but want to know what suggestions would be for brush bristles would be when they wear down. |
Post# 273850 , Reply# 1   3/28/2014 at 17:11 (3,652 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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I love my older Sears Kenmore Duo-Power, I find dirt-devil broom vac belts run awesome in the powermate, try the hand-vac belts if you must. Have you tried locating replacement brush strips for the newer 1990s Kenmore canisters? The brush-rolls are very similar.if not, Jimmy Martin in Tennessee had some donor models in his gigantic warehouse. |
Post# 273878 , Reply# 2   3/28/2014 at 18:08 (3,652 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan )   |   | |
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Wow that's wild. It's taken about exactly two years for that bad boy to resurface. Two years ago I bid on this vacuum on Ebay. This is exactly the model I want and have been looking for. Bill out bid me and I changed my mind because it's missing the crevice tool, and the hood does not stay latched. It is a beautiful machine and I hope you are very happy with it!!!
This is an amazing model and hopefully some day I'll get one!!! |
Post# 273912 , Reply# 3   3/28/2014 at 21:28 (3,652 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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andy i won one that was just the cannister on ebay and the hose, the exact model but the tank is in pretty crappy cosmetic shape compared to the one Bill is shipping me. im gonna strip the only i currently have for spare parts and toss the crappy plastic vac case in the recycle bin.
you maybe have any idea about brush strips or powermate belts for this vintage? |
Post# 273942 , Reply# 4   3/29/2014 at 07:58 (3,651 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 273944 , Reply# 5   3/29/2014 at 08:37 (3,651 days old) by RainbowD4C (Saint Joseph, Michigan )   |   | |
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Post# 273969 , Reply# 6   3/29/2014 at 13:29 (3,651 days old) by Stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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I bought it at a thrift store right near a vac shop. I took it into the vac shop for the belt it so obviously needed and the technician measured and grabbed a commonly sold belt and gave it a good stretch and I installed it. He said originals are NLA. May have been a Hoover Concept belt but I would have to check. |
Post# 273970 , Reply# 7   3/29/2014 at 13:30 (3,651 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Are you sure the belts aren't available? Try putting your model number into Sears Parts Direct and see if they have belts. I know the bags are still available as Type E at most Sears stores, or can be ordered online. DVC makes generic ones available online and Arm & Hammer may still offer an allergen version also.
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Post# 273984 , Reply# 8   3/29/2014 at 14:44 (3,651 days old) by Stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 440464 , Reply# 10   3/30/2021 at 20:55 (1,093 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA)   |   | |
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Bags for these are still readily available. Later on Sears changed the notation from 5033 to Type E bags. I used to still see them at Sears before they closed here, but you can find them on eBay under the Sears or UltraCare brands.
You might be able to find other parts like the brushes and hoses on there also, but I haven't looked for them specifically. |
Post# 440481 , Reply# 13   4/1/2021 at 00:00 (1,092 days old) by vacman1961 (North Babylon, New York)   |   | |
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The duct hose that is in the neck of the Power Mate can be replaced with a Hoover genuine part, part number 43431196, it is the same diameter and length, I have used these many times to fix the old Kenmore. |