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Thread Number: 44426
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Hoover model 300 fan blade issues |
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| Post# 462326 , Reply# 1 4/15/2023 at 00:47 (232 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
Could be bearings, could be brushroll, but the main factor is for sure that fan. If you break off the blade opposite it and file them both equally, it will dampen the vibration. This is not a good solution but its a good temporary fix. You need a fan first and foremost and there is not really any viable way to fix a cast fan breakage. You'd spend more time welding, grinding, and balancing than it would be to just buy another 300 and ship it/pick it up. Maybe someone here has a spare fan for one?
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| Post# 462346 , Reply# 3 4/16/2023 at 01:17 (231 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 462360 , Reply# 4 4/16/2023 at 22:11 (230 days old) by Seanbar1089 (Reisterstown, Maryland U.S.A) | ||
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Thanks huskyvacs! I'm assuming though that I should wait till I have a new blade in there to run it so that the off balance fan doesnt wear the bearings? Do you know for how long I should run it the first few times? I guess im a bit worried that if I run it for too long in this state it can burn the motor out. Thanks, Sean | ||
| Post# 462365 , Reply# 5 4/17/2023 at 03:22 (230 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Yes do not run it with the broken fan, you risk damaging the armature and stator coil. It will also sound horrible. I have a Kirby 1CR that I think has a broken fan and the whole vacuum vibrates and sounds like it's gonna explode. Did you check for the broken piece anywhere inside the bag or suction path? If you had the piece and could JB-weld it back on, it wouldnt be perfect but it would make it a little less off- balance. not sure if the jb weld would hold with that amount of velocity but i think it would. | ||
| Post# 462387 , Reply# 6 4/18/2023 at 00:11 (229 days old) by hoover28 (Oneida N.Y.) | ||
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Hoover model 300 fan I may have a extra one, contact me to remined me to look. | ||
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