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Thread Number: 41822
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
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Post# 441906 , Reply# 1 5/17/2021 at 16:29 (1,071 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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scudo
I am sure that what you are dealing with are Phillips-head screws.
Most of these can be purchased at your local hardware store, if you try to research what size the screw you want is. For example, the two screws that hold down the clips for the toe-touch control are size #8-32 x 3/8, while those for the two front wheels are size #10-32 x 3/8. ~Ben This post was last edited 05/17/2021 at 17:15 | ||
| Post# 441907 , Reply# 2 5/17/2021 at 16:59 (1,071 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Post# 441909 , Reply# 3 5/17/2021 at 17:15 (1,071 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 441916 , Reply# 6 5/17/2021 at 20:00 (1,071 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 441920 , Reply# 7 5/17/2021 at 21:28 (1,071 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Ben
I have a G4 and yes it was the last model to use Phillips screws. It also shares the brush roll with the G3 so the wear indicator light is on the left when you stand behind it.
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| Post# 441925 , Reply# 8 5/17/2021 at 22:50 (1,071 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
Whitworth and Imperial are two very different things. Technically, the US bolt / thread standard is not 'Imperial' so to speak. You'll often see it called 'SAE' which is a misnomer, because that's the Society of Automotive Engineers. If anything, it'd probably be ANSI, but it's one of those things that everyone calls it by a different name. You lot used Whitworth through WW2 which caused a LOT of problems for both of us, because we had to work on each others' airplanes and tanks. You guys wised up and immediately adopted the US's thread standards right after the war.
Then y'all decided to go metric just 10 years later. >_> That being the case, you might actually have an easier time finding Whitworth screws, than American ones. Still, there must be some seller that would have them. An industrial supplier, most likely. There must be machines made from 1949 - 1960 that are still in operation. However, the one thing you should have no trouble finding is a screw thread gauge / pitch gauge for inch and metric. Check amazon. A cheapie one will do. Good thing to have around anyway. Also, if you have trouble finding screws in the correct length, cutting #8 or 10 screws is super easy, they are very soft. | ||
| Post# 441927 , Reply# 9 5/17/2021 at 23:11 (1,071 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
The screws he is looking for are these
they are just simple pan head machine screws. Not sure on the length. Kirby is a US company, so the threads will be in SAE. Go into any hardware store in the UK and look for SAE style screws that are long enough to fit. Buy several sizes if you have to and try them out until you get a match, then return the ones you do not need. You cannot put a metric screw into an SAE thread, it does not work that way. Square peg, round hole type of deal. If the screw hunt fails, they do sell and have Kirby centers in the UK all over the place, shoot one of them an eMail and tell them what you are looking for, they likely will have a screw off a parts unit they can post to you for a couple quid. | ||
| Post# 441981 , Reply# 10 5/19/2021 at 12:53 (1,070 days old) by scudo (uk) | ||
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I got a local guy to check the thread, he reckons it is... UNC 32 tpi 1/8 equivalent wire gauge = No6 or No 8. Going by previous comments it looks like it is an no 8. | ||
| Post# 442008 , Reply# 11 5/19/2021 at 22:54 (1,069 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 442111 , Reply# 12 5/22/2021 at 17:24 (1,066 days old) by scudo (uk) | ||
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Now solved I got some #8-32 on ebay and a perfect fit. | ||
| Post# 442121 , Reply# 13 5/22/2021 at 21:32 (1,066 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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