Thread Number: 30093
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
How long between Kirby belt replacements? |
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Post# 334385   9/21/2015 at 09:53 (3,132 days old) by wyaple (Pickerington, OH)   |   | |
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Only having two Kirby's for a little over a year, I haven't found any need to change a belt. My sister has a diamond edition that's almost 10 years old and she claims to have never changed a belt.
I have a Heritage II Legend and a G4 (with the shampoo attachment). While the belts look a bit stretched after a full year of use, I can't say that replacing them would make much difference. I've experienced no slippage and the green BPI lights are full brightness with zero flickering. What are your experiences? I've read many reports of belts breaking every few months versus nearly a decade with daily drivers. Bill |
Post# 334393 , Reply# 2   9/21/2015 at 11:50 (3,132 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Months of use isn't really an accurate measure because different people are going to have different usage patterns. If you vacuum every square inch of your house on a daily basis, it stands to reason you'll be changing that belt a lot quicker than if you're like me and vacuum about once a month whether it needs it or not. And yes, I fully own the fact that I'm an anomaly in this group. That said, I think hours of use would be a much more realistic way to measure wear on a machine and its parts.
I replaced the belt on my Gsix 2001 edition about a month or so after I rescued it from beside a dumpster. There was a small nick in the belt that quickly led to a total break. I just wanted to see how long it would take, so I left it until the belt actually gave way. The replacement belt has been on the machine since early 2013 and is working just fine with maybe 10 or 12 hours of use. My G5 came to me with a brand new belt, according to the seller, but needed a brush roll. That belt is still working fine seven months later but it only has had maybe a couple hours' use, at least since I've owned it. I've spent far more time fixing and cleaning that machine up than I have actually cleaning house with it. The other Gsix got a new belt as soon as I got home with it and I've used it only once for about 20 minutes--proof positive that I have too many vacuum cleaners and I'm a sloppy housekeeper. |
Post# 334400 , Reply# 3   9/21/2015 at 13:40 (3,132 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 334423 , Reply# 5   9/22/2015 at 03:37 (3,131 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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For me a year or so. |