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Thread Number: 32162
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby handle spring replacement |
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| Post# 353881 6/15/2016 at 21:47 (2,870 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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Post# 353882 , Reply# 1 6/15/2016 at 21:52 (2,870 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Alex,
Here's some pages from the Classic III service manual (credit: chicagomike) to help you. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 353892 , Reply# 2 6/16/2016 at 08:35 (2,870 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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Kirby handle spring Good information above.As with many jobs this is difficult without the proper tools.Hopefully you have or can borrow them.Good luck. | ||
| Post# 353913 , Reply# 3 6/16/2016 at 17:33 (2,870 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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Awesome thanks! I'm guessing assuming it might be a little tricky winding that spring because from reading through the instructions it does not sound too hard but the guy at the Kirby shop told me that he hates replacing those.
So if I understand right that tool just has a pin in the center that goes into the handle pin hole and another hole that hooks onto the hole right above it? I don't have the tool but I do work in a machine shop and think I could whip one up pretty quick with some scrap materal. | ||
| Post# 353921 , Reply# 4 6/16/2016 at 21:37 (2,869 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
The tool has the shaft going through the center of the disk, that shaft fits into the opening for the handle pin. The disk has a pin that fits into the slot on the handle fork spring bushing.
And NO they aren't that bad to install.
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| Post# 354168 , Reply# 5 6/20/2016 at 18:34 (2,865 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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| Post# 354506 , Reply# 6 6/24/2016 at 22:22 (2,861 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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| Post# 355955 , Reply# 7 7/12/2016 at 20:12 (2,843 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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Started machining a handle tool
Just about have the handle spring tool finished up. Found a piece of scrap steel at work and spent an hour tonight turning it down on the lathe. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the hole for the pin and the pin installed and drill a hole in the end for a handle. Hopefully it works.
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| Post# 355959 , Reply# 8 7/12/2016 at 21:19 (2,843 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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ED209 (Nebraska)
Did you know Kirby sells the tool?
It is rather expensive though. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chicagomike's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 355960 , Reply# 9 7/12/2016 at 21:21 (2,843 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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older model tool
This tool sure could use some improvement tho as the spring tends to fall off the hook and snap back rather easily = black finger nails.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO chicagomike's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 356031 , Reply# 10 7/13/2016 at 17:37 (2,843 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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| Post# 356034 , Reply# 11 7/13/2016 at 21:43 (2,842 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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I applaud you for having the talent to make your own tool. Hope it works for you. | ||
| Post# 356057 , Reply# 12 7/14/2016 at 17:20 (2,842 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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Finished up the tool today and it worked great! I think the dowel pin should have stuck out maybe .010 to .020" more but it worked and now the handle stands up like it should with plenty of spring tension.
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| Post# 356097 , Reply# 13 7/15/2016 at 11:13 (2,841 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest) | ||
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Great job. | ||
| Post# 356110 , Reply# 14 7/15/2016 at 17:44 (2,840 days old) by ED209 (Nebraska) | ||
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