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Thread Number: 38347
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
How do I get at the motor of this Eureka? |
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| Post# 408052 4/13/2019 at 22:57 (1,831 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR) | ||
I need to get inside this Eureka to find out why it smells like a trash fire whenever I turn it on, but I can't see any obvious ways of dissembling it. Ideas?
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| Post# 408054 , Reply# 1 4/13/2019 at 23:04 (1,831 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 408058 , Reply# 2 4/14/2019 at 00:12 (1,831 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR) | ||
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| Post# 408113 , Reply# 4 4/14/2019 at 22:01 (1,830 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR) | ||
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It smelled like burning hair last I remember. The motor, I could hear it struggling and winding down, trying to rev back up, and winding down again. At that point I just tossed it into the garage for a few months. When I got it open there was a LOT of dust inside and a lot of hair wrapped around both ends of the brushroll belt. I cleaned it all out and put it back together. I ran it again just now but after a few seconds I can hear the motor grinding down and it smells strongly of burning debris.
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| Post# 408145 , Reply# 5 4/15/2019 at 17:17 (1,830 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Have you checked your carbon brushes? That would be my guess. Any bearing noises,howling? There may be a bunch of crud under the fan, but I'm thinking carbon brushes. I'd look at the springs that hold the brushes against the armature also. | ||
| Post# 408165 , Reply# 6 4/15/2019 at 21:48 (1,829 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hey
I was thinking carbon brushes too. There isn't much else it could be. The carbon brushes have a spring on them. They are attached to the housing with screws. So when you take out carbon brushes we weary of a possible flying spring the small screw could jump too. It's fairly easy once you know to look for spring and screw. There is no way motor is bad most likely carbon brushes.
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| Post# 408274 , Reply# 7 4/18/2019 at 02:57 (1,827 days old) by seijun (Portland, OR) | ||
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