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Thread Number: 39613
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby g5 tech drive problem. |
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| Post# 420203 , Reply# 1 2/18/2020 at 20:55 (1,527 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
You can dismantle the transmission completely, and people here have, and replace individual parts or re-slot them back into place. But most people here usually tell you to replace the entire thing - mainly because that's what Kirby themselves do to save labor time and prevent employee errors in repairs so a customer doesn't get a broken Kirby back that wasn't reassembled properly. Kirby also does not manufacture or sell the replacement belt inside the transmission for this same reason to ensure a new one has to be purchased.
The problem you have is likely only with the gear pedal selection switch - it might have loosed up and came apart or a piece broke off. There's a great guide here on how to replace the "gearstick" of the transmission. www.goodvac.com/kb_results.aspQUE... | ||
| Post# 420247 , Reply# 3 2/19/2020 at 16:50 (1,526 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 420256 , Reply# 4 2/19/2020 at 19:54 (1,526 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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After rereading some of what you wrote
If you can turn the handle while you are vacuuming either the screws holding the handle pivot spring assembly to the slide block are loose or the bearing blocks also known as guide blocks are set too far apart and the slide block is moving forward and back (which it should) as well as moving side to side (which it shouldn't) or The bearings that ride in between the guide blocks and the slide block are gone (as in dead or they went on vacation and left) | ||
| Post# 420330 , Reply# 5 2/20/2020 at 19:50 (1,525 days old) by Oldskoolguy (Chicago and Orlando) | ||
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Well I took it apart, and wasn’t sure it the rust was good or bad. Not sure how to adjust the slide blocks. | ||
| Post# 420334 , Reply# 6 2/20/2020 at 20:27 (1,525 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Use emery cloth or a fine grit sandpaper to clean up the blocks.
Check and see if the roller bearings have flat spots if they don't you can use them again, if they do have flat spots you need to get new ones. When you put it back together the slide block spring side goes down so the spring centers the block in the frame (light tower). Put the roller bearings on the edge of the slide block, put the bearing blocks over the edge of the sliding block and place in the light tower. Looking at it from the back, the right side gets screwed down first, place the plastic wedge on the left then move the left side in until the slide block moves front to back but there is not any side movement. tighten the plastic wedge then the two screws holding the left side bearing block. Put the two screws through the handle spring assembly into the slide bracket, making sure you engage the arm from the transmission into the slots in the handle pivot assembly, then you get to play with moving the handle spring assembly until you get it to engage the trans forward when the handle is pushed forward and backward when the handle is pulled back. When you release the handle the spring in the slide assembly should bring it to the neutral position. Once you get it tighten the screws to hold the handle spring assembly in place. Hope this helps | ||
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