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Thread Number: 28015
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Sometimes crazy things happen |
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| Post# 313025 , Reply# 1 1/23/2015 at 09:24 (3,374 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi, Daniel. I'm glad you've adopted another Kirby in to your family. The G series don't have a gasket on the sole plate as such as the bumper on them fits between the nozzle and sole plate and acts like a gasket.
If your fan is in good condition you may as well keep it on. If it has lots of wear/stress cracks replace it.
If the transmission belt is in tact and the techdrive works fine there should be no real need to replace the belt as they don't generally tend to stretch.
Hope this helps and I look forward to seeing the pictures!
James
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| Post# 313029 , Reply# 2 1/23/2015 at 09:39 (3,374 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado) | ||
My G4 was free from a closing vac shop, they only did repairs, and this one was one a customer left behind. The main problem wit it was a broken geared belt for the drive! Only seen one other one break, and I'm still not sure what you have to do to the machine to make that happen... But they will have more play and looseness in them than a stretch belt or a V/ply V belt with a tensioner will have, because they don't rely on tension for traction, the teeth do that, so I suspect what you see is normal.
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| Post# 313034 , Reply# 3 1/23/2015 at 10:40 (3,374 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
 You should definitely change the fan. The older grey fans are susceptible to have small hairline fractures with age and will break apart if hit with any larger objects.
The new white fans are made of Amodel and are much more durable. Check this link for more info on Kirby fans:
www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-...
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| Post# 313035 , Reply# 4 1/23/2015 at 11:07 (3,374 days old) by Bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
The G4 was the last Kirby to use the gasket around the fan opening that fits into the groove. Starting with G5 they went to the unigasket.
The gasket part number is 122068A Nozzle Seal Ring (Sanitronic VII thru G4) The belt lifter has been replaced by the G5 and later style along with the sticker on the front. The Headlight cap is riding on this bar that has a screw at each end that goes into the top of the slide bracket assembly just behind the fan case. Once you unscrew that bracket and lift up on the headlight cover then you can get to the 3 screws that hold a cover over the bracket and plastic wedge in the shell itself. | ||
| Post# 313036 , Reply# 5 1/23/2015 at 11:11 (3,374 days old) by Bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 313043 , Reply# 7 1/23/2015 at 12:55 (3,374 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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Danielsand, Just for your info the 1965 model is known as the Dual Sanitronic 50 or D50 and it's release coincided with Kirby's 50th anniversary. It was also the first Kirby vacuum to feature a 2 speed motor and is the ONLY Kirby ever to have a lighted Kirby logo on the headlight cap.
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| Post# 313097 , Reply# 9 1/23/2015 at 16:05 (3,373 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 313123 , Reply# 10 1/23/2015 at 17:42 (3,373 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
The DS50 | ||
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