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Thread Number: 44888
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
repairing Shark vacuums |
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| Post# 466014 , Reply# 1 9/10/2023 at 17:03 (249 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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No lies detected He's right on the money. I'm working on my Shark Steam Mop which is held together with two different sized security screws. I know more fun awaits once I get it opened. I hope someone does start a class action suit against Shark. Their business model sucks on many levels. | ||
| Post# 466063 , Reply# 2 9/11/2023 at 11:38 (248 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
Sounds about right | ||
| Post# 467461 , Reply# 5 11/11/2023 at 18:56 (187 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
 You can repair Shark vacuums very easily, but you need to know how and where to get the parts. They have no parts distribution network, and do not provide parts. You just have to be patient. You can't just click and ship parts within 30 seconds. Sometimes you might have to source the hardware store for various bits and bobs, other times you can find it all on various web stores. China has been doing a fantastic job at "borrowing" old parts molds and making new brushrolls, belts, etc for the Navigator series, so those aren't a concern. The event of main body parts breaking is rare, but in case they do, there's no shortage of donor machines thanks to everyone throwing them away and wasting all those parts. There are also certain China pride vacuum brands that are making copies of Shark vacs, so with those parts available and a can of spraypaint color-matched to your vac, you can have a more than acceptable repair. Really it boils down to is repair shops refusing to adapt. It's like mechanics going from the Ford Escort to a BMW M-Series. You just have to know the ways to dismantle and repair them in a new way. Shark vacuums are not at all cheap, so imagine someone spending 3 weeks worth of pay to afford one, then having it break, and then taking it to a repair shop, and them telling you "no we won't do it, throw it out". It's not a good customer service and not a good look for the shop. Then you go online and ask for help and just have a bunch of kids demanding that the only good vacuum is Miele or Sebo and to spend $900 - $2,500 on a new vacuum when you live on minimum wage. Can't be done. I have a lot of Shark vacuums I buy from retail salvage sales and I don't have any issues with them. Once you learn how they design them they aren't hard at all. You just have to outsmart their anti-repair engineers. Remember: they were assembled from separate parts, they will come apart in separate parts just the same no matter what the company does to stop it. | ||
| Post# 467559 , Reply# 6 11/16/2023 at 10:09 (182 days old) by BriGuy (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Electrolux History Incorrect
Robert,
The Electrolux models you refer to were not the original Electrolux everyone knows. Those are/were Euerka made Luxs. Electrolux/Aerus has never made a bagless machine. The Electrolux everyone knows & still loves is now known as Aerus & has been since the early 2000's. (Website link below) They had to quit using the Lux name. There are threads here discussing the whole story, it's a lengthy complicated one. CLICK HERE TO GO TO BriGuy's LINK | ||
| Post# 467627 , Reply# 7 11/19/2023 at 22:53 by kirby519 (Wisconsin) | ||
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Shark never has been able to impress me with thier rendition of what a vacuum cleaner should be. Fantom couldn't do it at the time either. | ||
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