Bissell 5770 Healthy Home Bagless Upright Cyclonic Vacuum "vacuum smells something burning" Questions

Vacuum smells like something is burning When I turn on the vacuum, it starts to smell like something is burning. Ok...Check the brush roll is free not sticky..Next is the belt okay, not jamming on the

Vacuum smells like something is burning. When I sweep, the Rainbow smells really bad like something is burning inside of it but I don't know how to dismantle it to see what is going on. Any help would

...smells like burning rubber, then your belt is probably slipping due to having lost tension and needs to be replaced. If it's another smell, it could be the motor burning out, but that is often ...

...is only 2.5 years old, filters are clean ??? Sounds as if there is something stuck in the vacuum causing the beater bar to stop turning while the belt continues to turn giving off the burning

...smells almost like a burning smell. It happened while cleaning out the filter. That is your belt burning, turn the vacuum upside down and make sure your brush is spinning freely. Something may be ...

Smells of burning You may either have something caught up in the under part of the vacuum or the belt may be broken or partially broken causing it to smell like that. Try laying the vacuum flat on its

something's burning. How do I track it down? Hi. What does the burning smell of? Is it 'rubbery', or is it acrid and 'chemically'?! The most common item to 'burn' is the belt which drives the rotating

...something burning on any type of vacuum cleaner of carpet cleaner etc. All I can think of is the belt is rubbing on plastic which would cause the sense of something burning because you possibly are ...

...vacuum had a burning smell then a small clunking noise so immediately turned off , cleaned filters and let cool down tried to turn back on but clunking noise immediately so turned off again . Is this ...

...burning coming from vacuum If it smells like burning rubber, most likely the belt is burning from friction. Either there is something stuck in the brush roller or the brush roller needs