Thread Number: 45110  /  Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Back cover screw on Kirby G6 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 467698   11/27/2023 at 14:52 by ABCVacPlacentia (California)        

The foot pedal on my G6 fell out again and as I was repairing it I noticed that the bottom screw from the back cover wasn't connected to anything. See the attached pics. It looks like maybe the screw sheared off, but you can't see any sort of screw thread or opening of any kind on the backside of the motor frame.

I can't see how to re-attach the plastic cover. Are there threads in this motor frame that only go into it by a couple of millimeters? That seems like an awfully small amount of metal for threads to securely capture a screw. If they don't go all the way through the frame, then how do you prevent from over-tightening it?

It's tempting to just leave it as is and not even try to fix this, but that seems like a clumsy repair job.

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Post# 467699 , Reply# 1   11/27/2023 at 14:53 by ABCVacPlacentia (California)        
What's going on with this website?

 I just tried multiple times to upload pics for this thread and it doesn't seem to be working.

Post# 467712 , Reply# 2   11/27/2023 at 19:43 by Lesinutah (Utah)        
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Pics didn't upload. Attach pics I can look up the g6 diagram and give u a yay or nah.

Post# 467713 , Reply# 3   11/27/2023 at 21:35 by ABCVacPlacentia (California)        
Finally got these two pics to post!

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Post# 467737 , Reply# 4   11/28/2023 at 18:40 by repairman (Woodridge, IL)        

That brass insert on the screw is supposed to be in the back plate that the pedal is a part of. If the pedal fell off and you took the unit apart, you may as well replace the pedal. The newer ones don't have a brass insert and they give you a coarse thread screw instead.

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Post# 467765 , Reply# 5   11/29/2023 at 14:19 by ABCVacPlacentia (California)        
I managed to fix it!

 Thanks for the help on that one Repairman! I managed to remove the brass fitting and pound it back into place, so I should be good for a while.


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