Thread Number: 41619  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover Convertible Belt Replace
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Post# 440652   4/8/2021 at 12:53 (1,103 days old) by vacman4 (Festus MO)        

Hi. I have a Hoover Convertible U4107 that I'm trying to replace the belt. I have the belt around the brushroll and the brushroll is in place. However, it is hard to get the belt around the pulley. It hurts my fingers. Are the belts supposed to be this hard to replace?

Post# 440654 , Reply# 1   4/8/2021 at 15:01 (1,103 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth)        

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Yes

Post# 440656 , Reply# 2   4/8/2021 at 15:12 (1,103 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)        

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I always put it on the pulley first and then put the brushroll in place. You at least can hold the brushroll like a handlebar and get more force on it.

Getting both the bags and the belt on these vacuums is a big faff.


Post# 440671 , Reply# 3   4/9/2021 at 14:09 (1,102 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
I put them on the pulley first too.

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It's easier to pull the brushroll down and into the slots.
I've never had any issues at all with bags.But, oddly, some have.


Post# 440678 , Reply# 4   4/9/2021 at 17:38 (1,102 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.)        
You can try this

Letting the belt soak in hot water for 10 or 15 minutes.Then load it on the way the others mentioned above. I did get a belt once that there was no way I could stretch it enough to mount. That's rare but it could happen.Good luck.

Post# 440693 , Reply# 5   4/9/2021 at 22:59 (1,102 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
The hot water works .

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Yes. Try it.


Post# 440725 , Reply# 6   4/11/2021 at 09:00 (1,100 days old) by Louvac (A)        
Hoover Belts

Hey guys!
I do a lot of vac repairs and restoration, also. Back a few years ago I purchased a slew of Hoover Convertible belts. Over the years when I would install one, they were extremely difficult to put on and I thought it was me. Once they were on, within seconds after running the machine, I would here, a "BANG/SNAP" I would waste literally 5-6 belts at a clip. Upon inspection, I saw that the belt was broken cleanly. I resorted to using a Eureka belt temporarily. When I called my vendor, I was told that these were a batch of belts made in China. At the time there was no other sources for these belts. Even if I had left the belt on the machine for days and even weeks, when I would run it, I would here, "BANG/SNAP" again. I also realized that these bogus belts were not as supple as the belts were at one time and therefore were far inferior.

Very recently I had the same problem with Eureka upright belts, as well. Upright belts should have ample tension but not so much that they kill your hands to put on. You should not have to fight with it but rather apply firm pressure to get it on whether you put it on the pulley first or stretch it up to the pulley with the agitator in place. You kind of just know it "feels" right. When you are exasperated with it, then you know something is wrong. It's not you.


Post# 440729 , Reply# 7   4/11/2021 at 11:47 (1,100 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Louis

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You are so right.
I've hear this before. Those belts were awful. There's a great supplier in N Canton. I also bought tons from a store in The Poconos.
Thanks for reaffirming that we aren't "off".


Post# 440774 , Reply# 8   4/12/2021 at 10:39 (1,099 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
well, maybe

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just a little off. :)


Post# 440787 , Reply# 9   4/12/2021 at 14:42 (1,099 days old) by Louvac (A)        
Perhaps

We can order belts from this seller on line? Can you share who it is?

Thanks!



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