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Thread Number: 35965
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Kirby question |
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| Post# 385673 2/9/2018 at 12:49 (2,259 days old) by Kirby27 (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 385674 , Reply# 1 2/9/2018 at 12:52 (2,259 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 385675 , Reply# 2 2/9/2018 at 13:52 (2,259 days old) by Kirby27 (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 385678 , Reply# 3 2/9/2018 at 14:20 (2,259 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
 You can go to Goodvac.com and they have info on the clicking noise and even steps on how to replace the cam lock lever. I bought the part, just a few dollars and then opened their website and did step by step procedure. When done do it in reverse. Fixed my clicking noise.
Eventually the clicking noise could cause you to have to buy the whole tech drive with wheels, if not fixed.
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| Post# 385680 , Reply# 4 2/9/2018 at 14:51 (2,259 days old) by Kirby27 (United States ) | ||
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| Post# 385681 , Reply# 5 2/9/2018 at 14:59 (2,259 days old) by Kirby27 (United States ) | ||
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Is this the part that I need?
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| Post# 385685 , Reply# 6 2/9/2018 at 18:02 (2,259 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
Yes, that is the part you need.
Don't worry though. Even if you never address the clicking, it will never cause you to have to buy a new transmission. If anything is going to get worn out, it will be these two parts. The lugs of the element on the right lock into the element on the left. When the cam lever wears out, the lugs don't completely disengage and this could cause these two parts to wear out over time. However, they can be replaced for much less than the cost of a new transmission. CLICK HERE TO GO TO broomvac's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 385845 , Reply# 8 2/11/2018 at 19:23 (2,257 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
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| Post# 385846 , Reply# 9 2/11/2018 at 19:28 (2,257 days old) by broomvac (N/A) | ||
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I forgot to include this link. Notice that the brand new pedal in the picture does the same thing. I believe this is a feature that was introduced to reduce the chance of accidentally putting the Kirby in drive if something got caught underneath the neutral side of the pedal.
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| Post# 385914 , Reply# 10 2/12/2018 at 17:24 (2,256 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Replacing the cam lever doesn't always solve the problem. My G5 had the clicks when I got it and still has them, albeit to a lesser degree, after replacing that part. Tearing the machine down was a good learning experience and maybe someday when I'm bored and feel like throwing some more money at the thing, I'll get the gears, tear the thing apart again and install them to see if that helps further. Or I might just leave the thing as-is until it fails and worry about it then. But right now, I'm not bothered enough by the clicks to go through all that.
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