Thread Number: 32925  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
How The #@&% Do You Get This Kirby Belt Lifter Off???
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Post# 360165   9/30/2016 at 16:03 (2,736 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        

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I'm trying to restore this Classic III.(which is in far worse shape than it looked in the Ebay photo).
I have a new belt lifter to put on it, but I can't figure out how to get the old one off.
I could just break it off, I guess, but I'm afraid I might break important retaining clips or something.
I've sprayed it with penetrating oil and pried it to the breaking point with a screwdriver, but it doesn't budge.
Thanks for your time.
I really appreciate all this Vacuumland help!


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Post# 360167 , Reply# 1   9/30/2016 at 16:51 (2,736 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)        

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See part number 10 in the diagram? It's on the inside of the nozzle, it should just slide off and then the belt lifter will come out the front. That clip is in the slots on the belt lifter and keep it from coming out. Sometimes you may have to pry it out of the slots if it doesn't slide.

Post# 360170 , Reply# 2   9/30/2016 at 18:53 (2,736 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut)        

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Cute kitty, my Caligula would have liked him.

Post# 360173 , Reply# 3   9/30/2016 at 19:14 (2,736 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
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Here are a few pictures from a CIII service manual (courtesy: chicagomike) to assist you...

 

~Ben


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Post# 360191 , Reply# 4   10/1/2016 at 07:49 (2,735 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        
Thanks Bikerray!

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I saw that clip. I thought it was part of the belt hooker thing. Now it makes more sense. Thanks. :)

Post# 360192 , Reply# 5   10/1/2016 at 07:55 (2,735 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        
Whoa!

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That diagram is WAYYY clearer than mine.
Thanks Ben!


Post# 360198 , Reply# 6   10/1/2016 at 12:59 (2,735 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
Suckomatic

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Kelly,

 

You're welcome!

 

~Ben


Post# 360273 , Reply# 7   10/3/2016 at 13:18 (2,733 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        
Ya Know....

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Somebody could have warned me about how difficult it is to change the belt lifter on a Classic III.
I'm very mechanically inclined, and have been taking things apart and rebuilding them since I was a child, but THIS frackin' thing! I mean, holy FART.
It would take Stephen Hawking with three functioning hands to get this right.
I managed to wonk it up so badly, I'm just going to buy a whole new carpet nozzle.



Post# 360274 , Reply# 8   10/3/2016 at 13:20 (2,733 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH)        

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Replacing belt lifters on the G series is much easier, than the older models.


PR-21

Bud


Post# 360279 , Reply# 9   10/3/2016 at 14:00 (2,733 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
Suckomatic

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Kelly,

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KIRBY-CLASSIC-II...

(you may find this link interesting -- but it has no lifter assembly included, so you will have to buy one of those, too.)

 

~Ben


Post# 360281 , Reply# 10   10/3/2016 at 14:09 (2,733 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        
Yes, Bud. Thanks. lol

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I imagine EVERY model is easier than the Classic III.
It's that stupid useless window, sorry, the "Belt-O-Vision", or whatever they called it, that makes it so complicated.
I wonder how that even made it into production. There's no light inside the nozzle. It's black as night in there. You can't see a thing!
Useless.


Post# 360285 , Reply# 11   10/3/2016 at 14:24 (2,733 days old) by Suckomatic (Deer Park)        
Thanks Again, Ben.

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Nice find, but that would put me right back where I started.
I've had plenty of fun trying to assemble that #@&% lifter.
I am done.
This is what I had in mind....
:)


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Post# 360288 , Reply# 12   10/3/2016 at 14:30 (2,733 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
wow

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Those are pricey.
I remember a church were I worked had a Classic Omega . Just getting the belt ON the cleaner was tedious.
Best of luck with that part.
John


Post# 360295 , Reply# 13   10/3/2016 at 15:34 (2,733 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        
Suckomatic

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Kelly,

 

Good luck!

 

~Ben



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