Thread Number: 45407
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
I have a 103 Now! |
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Post# 470174   3/17/2024 at 02:37 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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So, my mom let me go to Habitat for Humanity, and I bought a Royal Dirt Devil 103 Hand Vac. It came with a Mostly Complete set of attachments and bags (Missing extension wand), but I have an extension wand, so it souldn't matter if it's missing the extension wand. It sounds bit rough, but I'll take the time to restore and clean it up before I get to replacing the Bearings on my 500.
BTW, the reason why I'm replacing bearings on my 500 is because the motor's wind down isn't smooth and it seems to vibrate without the brush and belt attached (The Fan is fine) to the spindle. |
Post# 470178 , Reply# 1   3/17/2024 at 17:00 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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There’s some pics. Also, the dusting brush looks like it came off of another machine.
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Post# 470181 , Reply# 2   3/18/2024 at 08:04 by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 470185 , Reply# 4   3/18/2024 at 09:15 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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Here’s some Before and After pics and Vids.
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Post# 470186 , Reply# 5   3/18/2024 at 09:28 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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Post# 470187 , Reply# 6   3/18/2024 at 11:47 by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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...especially with almost all the tools. It's nice that you got two belt lifters in the deal. I'm personally more partial to its metal predecessor, the Royal Prince 501. I almost bought a pair of 100s at Goodwill. one for $4 and one for $5. The less expensive one was missing the belt cover, but was in better overall shape. I almost moved the cover off of the more expensive one, but it just didn't feel right to do so, thus I ended up passing on both of them.
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Post# 470191 , Reply# 8   3/18/2024 at 22:21 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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About the Vibration, the 500 had it. The vibration seems to be coming from the fan and something went wrong while trying to take it off (The spindle got messed up.) so I’ll be looking at my thrift stores for a donor machine for it. I couldn’t get to the bearing because the Fan was stuck on so I tried replacing the back bushing with a bearing, only for it to be weird with the Armature so I put the back bushing back. Basically, it was not the Bearings, it was the fan.
About the 103, I did also try replacing the bushing with a bearing, but the Casing didn’t fit with the bushing, so I just left it in there. It runs very smoothly now and the Brushroll just needed oiling. The 103 was pretty much the first vac I actually gave a Bathtime to. It was filthy when I got it. Also, nice that you got a bag adapter for your unit. Those are so much cleaner than shaking the bag out. |
Post# 470194 , Reply# 10   3/19/2024 at 01:13 by RoyalFan103 (Washington)   |   | |
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