Thread Number: 45188
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Fixing bag on Kirby Heritage II |
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Post# 468287 , Reply# 1   12/26/2023 at 13:51 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 468296 , Reply# 3   12/26/2023 at 17:51 by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 468304 , Reply# 5   12/27/2023 at 11:16 by Human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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As others have noted, I have never experienced that problem with any of my Heritage/Legend series machines, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. From what I've read above, it sounds like the problem is metal fatigue on the metal prongs of the bag topper. Repeated bending in the same spot will cause metal to weaken over time. The easy (and fairly inexpensive) fix would be to go on eBay and buy a replacement bag topper. You can probably get one for about the price of a fast food value meal. Another option, if you have an old-school vacuum store nearby, is to go and see if they have a parts machine they'd be willing to sell you the bag topper off of. The fortunate thing is that of the three color variants for that series, the black Heritage II topper is the most common. The gray Heritage and dark red Legend ones are somewhat less plentiful.
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Post# 468318 , Reply# 7   12/28/2023 at 07:54 by Human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I know it's been a few years since I bought one, but WOW! I think I paid maybe $10 or $12 for it. The ironic thing is with a little patience, you could probably find a whole Kirby for that at a thrift shop. I picked up a Legend II earlier this year for $10 at Goodwill, and justified the purchase by telling myself it was worth many times that for its parts, not that I've parted it out, of course. But you certainly can't go wrong with a rebuild
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Post# 468322 , Reply# 8   12/28/2023 at 12:11 by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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