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Thread Number: 40842
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Worn out hose end causing attachment slippage |
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| Post# 433909 , Reply# 1 10/21/2020 at 19:25 (1,275 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
It's not the metal hose end at fault but the attachments. Plastic bends and warps over time and with use and they just gradually bent more and more outward until they do not fit.
Easiest fix would be to wrap clear rough medical gauze tape around the end of the hose as much is needed until the tools hold firm. Another idea to try is that you might be able to carefully get the plastic hot on the attachments with a hair dryer on high heat and with a mitt gently and evenly squeeze the neck of the attachment tool in small hold and release squeezes, gradually tightening up the connecting end of the tools, and then check the fitment to the hose to see if it has improved. I did this with Electrolux crevice tools that had gotten crushed or loose to connect and it worked, but those might be a softer plastic material. | ||
| Post# 433917 , Reply# 2 10/21/2020 at 21:38 (1,275 days old) by johnnyb59c (13240 n 3980 rd dewey oklahoma) | ||
what model? | ||
| Post# 433945 , Reply# 3 10/22/2020 at 05:31 (1,275 days old) by Kirbyrama (Pennsylvania) | ||
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This is for a 519 model. The hose end is not the original. | ||
| Post# 433973 , Reply# 4 10/22/2020 at 17:22 (1,274 days old) by johnnyb59c (13240 n 3980 rd dewey oklahoma) | ||
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not original? | ||
| Post# 433993 , Reply# 5 10/22/2020 at 22:46 (1,274 days old) by Kirbyrama (Pennsylvania) | ||
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The swivel tube end had been replaced perhaps 15 years ago. | ||
| Post# 434162 , Reply# 6 10/25/2020 at 01:51 (1,272 days old) by Kirbyrama (Pennsylvania) | ||
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So far, that special tape is working. The attachments and extension tubes fit firmly and do not slip off easily. | ||
| Post# 434189 , Reply# 7 10/25/2020 at 16:54 (1,271 days old) by johnnyb59c (13240 n 3980 rd dewey oklahoma) | ||
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ok | ||
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