Thread Number: 31188
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Royal Prince 501 motor brush issue |
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Post# 344975 , Reply# 2   2/22/2016 at 18:54 (2,956 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I noticed your 501 was made in July 1996 - that makes yours among the very last 501s ever made.
Here's a recent diagram for this machine from Appliance Factory Parts, but be aware that many parts are NLA: www.appliancefactoryparts.com/con... ~Ben |
Post# 345013 , Reply# 3   2/23/2016 at 00:02 (2,956 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 352991 , Reply# 5   5/30/2016 at 03:28 (2,859 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 352995 , Reply# 6   5/30/2016 at 05:42 (2,859 days old) by blknblu (CT)   |   | |
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fantastic :) I noticed a groove in your brushes. That would have been hard to replicate using generic carbon brushes. Money was well spent. |
Post# 353028 , Reply# 7   5/30/2016 at 22:47 (2,858 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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I went through a local electric motor shop and had carbon brushes made for a Hoover PowerMax power nozzle motor. It ran me around $80 but I gave them the entire power nozzle so they not only made carbon brushes but cleaned and sanded the commutator and did an overall cleaning and check of the entire power nozzle motor. The motor was in very poor condition and basically seized prior to their work up. While I was shocked at the price at the end I was very happy with the overall repair job. It is a skilled technical repair though just like automobiles are so it's not simple work!
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