Thread Number: 37392
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
This is Why Kirby Says to Empty the Bag Out After Each Use |
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Post# 398988   9/30/2018 at 17:01 (2,034 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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The picture you're seeing suggests why Kirby recommends to empty the shake-out bag after every single use of your machine.
I vacuumed my house today with my Classic III. It emitted a strange grating sound in the motor, and I think these tufts of hair around the fan blades suggest why. ~Ben
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Post# 398992 , Reply# 1   9/30/2018 at 18:29 (2,034 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 398993 , Reply# 2   9/30/2018 at 18:32 (2,034 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 398999 , Reply# 3   9/30/2018 at 19:45 (2,034 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 399008 , Reply# 4   9/30/2018 at 21:16 (2,034 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 399013 , Reply# 5   9/30/2018 at 22:05 (2,034 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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Post# 399033 , Reply# 7   10/1/2018 at 00:22 (2,034 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX)   |   | |
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Post# 399034 , Reply# 8   10/1/2018 at 00:31 (2,034 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 399035 , Reply# 9   10/1/2018 at 00:45 (2,034 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Surprized the hair didn't get wrapped around the motor shaft before getting stuck in the fan.If there are nicks and cracks in the fan blades that can cause the hair to get caught in them.Plastic fans can get nicked more easily than the metal ones. |
Post# 399049 , Reply# 10   10/1/2018 at 11:14 (2,033 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 399056 , Reply# 12   10/1/2018 at 13:03 (2,033 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)   |   | |
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I've already seen this post on Facebook. Like others have said there is probably a nick in the fan and hair is catching on that nick. I've seen this before in Kirbys with nicks in the fan blade. Mostly on Heritage II machines with the gray fan.
I don't think it has anything to do with emptying the emptor unless the bag is so full that dirt is backing up into the fan chamber. |
Post# 399057 , Reply# 13   10/1/2018 at 13:06 (2,033 days old) by rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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Post# 399063 , Reply# 14   10/1/2018 at 13:37 (2,033 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 399082 , Reply# 17   10/1/2018 at 21:27 (2,033 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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If I remember right this is a metal fan not grey lexan. If metal caught on fire let's just say unless you are sucking up burning colles with sealed chamber is almost impossible. His bearings in motor could spin out pop off bag but he isn't going to burn down the building.
Ben I'm wiring tradition back to stock. My d80 single speed. I gotta g series hose cut off small lip and glued on d80 adapter. My tradition was made in may of 82. Les |
Post# 399090 , Reply# 18   10/2/2018 at 00:43 (2,033 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 399114 , Reply# 20   10/2/2018 at 14:42 (2,032 days old) by Rivstg1 (colorado springs)   |   | |
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Post# 399117 , Reply# 21   10/2/2018 at 16:06 (2,032 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 399127 , Reply# 23   10/2/2018 at 21:03 (2,032 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 399159 , Reply# 25   10/3/2018 at 23:14 (2,031 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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I may have solved another part of this large problem: always clean the brush roll after you're finished using the Kirby. Left unchecked, too much hair and lint around the brush roll will make it a bigger problem and thus reduces cleaning efficiency, and later on will cause all this hair and lint to get stuck in the fan chamber.
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Post# 399189 , Reply# 27   10/4/2018 at 22:33 (2,030 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)   |   | |
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