Thread Number: 37064
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Post# 395985   8/2/2018 at 01:41 (2,066 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Picked this up today for mother. I haven't had a Kirby in a long time. I know Kirby's aren't generally the quietest of cleaners, but I'm sure I'm going to need new bearings. I haven't worked on a Kirby and forever, are bearings for these 505s hard to find these days?
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Post# 395995 , Reply# 1   8/2/2018 at 08:59 (2,065 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Most 500 series parts will be harder to find these days, but the bearings might still be available. They are part numbers 1155 (back) and 1160 (front).
This 505 was rebuilt around 1979-1981, when the Tradition was then the current Kirby model. The replacement cord I see is rosewood brown (Classic Omega). ~Ben This post was last edited 08/02/2018 at 10:39 |
Post# 396016 , Reply# 2   8/2/2018 at 12:49 (2,065 days old) by Phaeton (Los Angeles )   |   | |
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Hello Bee-vac,
I have purchase a number of Kirby parts fro Kent Oyler. He might have the parts you need for your 505. He has an eBay store and if you Google Kirby Needs you will find it. He is great to deal with. I have a 509 and D50 that I need finish one of these days. Good luck with the 505, Pete |
Post# 396021 , Reply# 3   8/2/2018 at 14:12 (2,065 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Post# 396132 , Reply# 5   8/3/2018 at 14:00 (2,064 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Post# 396133 , Reply# 6   8/3/2018 at 14:13 (2,064 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 396135 , Reply# 7   8/3/2018 at 15:43 (2,064 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 396158 , Reply# 8   8/3/2018 at 22:15 (2,064 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Nope, no sweet aire port. How about the "handle fork", the early 500's have an open fork, opposed to one with a "skirt", right?
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Post# 396162 , Reply# 9   8/3/2018 at 23:44 (2,064 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 396223 , Reply# 10   8/4/2018 at 20:28 (2,063 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX)   |   | |
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Yes, the earlier models did have the open handle fork. This can be seen on my 505 in the thread link way above. Yours has the closed style fork so you probably have a later model. |
Post# 396241 , Reply# 11   8/4/2018 at 23:55 (2,063 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Hey
Pic of emtor bottom and if you are mechanically inclined look at motor. If you could take picture inside nozzle. I not sure texaskirbyguy the back emtor spacing by wheels looks right and a newer fork is possible it's blue. It could have 505 motor housing ,4 amp motor I'd bet it was 505 508 somebody got honky bojackec it good. Idk how they get blue or brown belt lifters on old vacuums. I can see paint like this but the red belt lifter I've seen and have Ooks like it's brown plastic from a mold. Why can't we go back in time steel these cracker Jack's molds to make red or black belt lifters not brown or blue. I'd then slap them and say damn it Bobby your being stupid stop sniffing the propane. Sorry for poor sentence structure. Imagine a 1963 Corvette baby blue. Then imagine them tearing off fenders putting 1980 style on it fiberglass to flow better paint it canary yellow. They just messed up a classic to a car you would drive a gremlin over. Rant over I'm blue with envy. Les |
Post# 396249 , Reply# 12   8/5/2018 at 01:26 (2,063 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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I have a few parts laying around and polished up an open handle fork and swapped it out for now. If I find out that the closed end fork was original to this machine, I'll swap it out again.
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Post# 396276 , Reply# 13   8/5/2018 at 15:07 (2,062 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Les,
I agree totally about some of these bojacked vacuums... I would rather they be rebuilt, if so necessary, using all genuine Kirby replacement parts no matter what color those replacement parts are. It's the missing serial number plates on some of them that turn me off about these bojacked jobs! ~Ben |
Post# 396298 , Reply# 14   8/5/2018 at 22:26 (2,062 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 396303 , Reply# 15   8/5/2018 at 23:41 (2,062 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 396308 , Reply# 16   8/6/2018 at 01:11 (2,062 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Post# 396354 , Reply# 17   8/6/2018 at 23:12 (2,061 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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First the good news: I had the front and rear bearings replaced,(THANK YOU KIRBY NEEDS!) and I am amazed how quiet it runs now! I hadn't had a Kirby in years. Come to think of it, Kirby was probably my first love in vacuum collecting. Now for the bad news... Sorry mom, you aint gettin' a Kirby no more... I'm uh-keepin' it. It has it's original Armature, I could tell by the small cooling fan.
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Post# 396356 , Reply# 18   8/7/2018 at 01:17 (2,061 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 396366 , Reply# 19   8/7/2018 at 03:37 (2,061 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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I see a "510", an "E", and a "2"...
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Post# 396378 , Reply# 20   8/7/2018 at 10:53 (2,060 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 396413 , Reply# 21   8/8/2018 at 00:44 (2,060 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 396414 , Reply# 22   8/8/2018 at 00:47 (2,060 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 396436 , Reply# 23   8/8/2018 at 15:54 (2,059 days old) by Bee-Vac (Pomona, Calif)   |   | |
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Post# 396479 , Reply# 25   8/9/2018 at 00:13 (2,059 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Texaskirbyguy is right its bars looked longer. The armature blades on 3 amp are triangle shaped. The 4 amp have almost rectangle with triangle corner cut out.
The body looks like 510 but you have,505 508 or 509 emtor. It's basically mismatched parts. 510 motor housing but 505 508 emtor. You didn't show inside nozzle but guess is 510 to 512 replacement belt lifter that was red and grey. The best you can do is keep it as is. Trying to part together vacuum back to original of any early version is almost impossible. It's a nice blue it runs. I wouldn't bother much more than shiing up and use it or display it. I love blue but that is what I would do. Les |