Thread Number: 37707  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Air Way Brushes fix 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 402139   12/7/2018 at 16:13 (1,960 days old) by DaveVac (Westlake, Ohio)        

I purchased my AirWay a few years ago at an antique mall. At that time I asked if anyone knew how to fix the hard "brushes" or whatever thry are called...no one
knew. I had some spare time today and made a contraption that worked perfectly !
I didn't take "before" pictures but the brushes were bent and twisted and were as
hard as a rock. They are now straight and can be put back into the nozzle.
I took some pics....my AirWay, the device I made to straighten. Basically, I took
a 2X4 and mounted a piece of wood to push the brush against. I heated the brush
with a heat gun...it was pretty hot...I then placed another piece of wood over
the flat portion of the brush while pushing it tight to the mounted piece of wood.
Then I clamped all together...that straightened out the brush. I let it cool for an hour. Cool ! It worked !

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Post# 402140 , Reply# 1   12/7/2018 at 16:20 (1,960 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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Glad you got your agitators (as Air-Way called them) straightened out.

Post# 402152 , Reply# 2   12/7/2018 at 21:57 (1,960 days old) by Air-WayCharlie (USA)        
DaveVac

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Just out of curiosity, what is the vacuum on the floor to the far right in the 1st picture? Looks like a bagged upright but I can't identify it from the picture.

Thanks!

Post# 402168 , Reply# 3   12/8/2018 at 08:08 (1,959 days old) by DaveVac (Westlake, Ohio)        
Other Vacuum

 It's a Vital sweeper...non-electric....made in Cleveland.
It actually works and the bag fills up with air pretty quickly..
you just have to keep moving with it


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