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Thread Number: 42563
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby legend II with a stuck fancase screw |
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| Post# 447081 , Reply# 1 10/14/2021 at 09:48 (924 days old) by Oldskoolguy (Chicago and Orlando) | ||
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For reference, this is how the screw looks right now
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| Post# 447083 , Reply# 2 10/14/2021 at 11:13 (924 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX) | ||
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Can you get some vice grips on the head, or any good set of pliers? Can you pound a small 12pt socket over the head and take it out with a ratchet? | ||
Post# 447093 , Reply# 3 10/14/2021 at 18:15 (924 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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Oldskoolguy
Jack,
These machines used several different screws to secure the fan case and the nozzle, all of them #10 size: On the front of the fan case, a single long 1-1/4" screw (134673) was used. On the back, by the front wheels, there are four 5/8" screws used: three are round head (134756) and one (by the toe-touch pedal) is a flat head (135169). ~Ben This post was last edited 10/14/2021 at 19:26 | ||
| Post# 447094 , Reply# 4 10/14/2021 at 19:58 (924 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
The only thing left you can do to that screw is to notch out on each side with a dremel (cutting wheel) and convert it to a standard slot screw and try and ease it out that way with a good ratcheting screwdriver. You never want to use power drills at removing screws for exactly this reason.
I suspect some screws on appliances are always extra-torqued from the factory to make them more impossible to get out so that the company can tell if you have tried to get into it or not (and void the warranty). Every single time I work on something there's always that one screw that refuses to let go. | ||
| Post# 447096 , Reply# 5 10/14/2021 at 20:07 (924 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 447597 , Reply# 6 11/3/2021 at 15:05 (904 days old) by Oldskoolguy (Chicago and Orlando) | ||
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Update I managed to free the screw using a torx head hammered in. Now I’ve got a fan shaft that won’t come off. Even with the fan held in place, the armature still turns. WD40 didn’t work in this case, and neither do vise-grip pliers. I’d heat it with a torch, but I don’t want to melt the fan. | ||
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Post# 447598 , Reply# 7 11/3/2021 at 15:44 (904 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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