I accidentally vacummed a sock, it's stuck in the brushes which no longer turn. Is there any way to get it out without unscrewing it? I've tried pulling it out to no avail.
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If you can't easily find and remove the sock you should take it to a professional. It may cost more if you damage or break something trying to remove it.
Remove the power head from the wand. Turn it upside down on a table or counter. There are 5 screws to remove to take the head off. There are
3 on the long part just in front of the brush roller and 2 more on each corner of the short part. Once you have the hood off you will be able to remore your sock, then put back on the hood.
Take a metal closthes hanger and undo the hook end from the spiral at the base of the hook, leave the hook and the coil that held the hanger together as is and straighten the rest. Put the spiral end of the hanger into the hose, when it reaches the sock twist the hanger to screw the spiral into the fabric, not too far, only a little. If you have enough grip on the sock, it should pull back out. You may have to try several times until the sock pulls free. Good luck.
this is the nature of this vacuum, the roller will always spin, when the vac is turned on. You can either cover wit tape or maybe find a sock to put in it (remember to remove sock) when putting hose back
There is most likely an obstruction somewhere in the system that is not obvious to you. Please inspect all hoses. I have seen a sock in a vacuum line before, it caused these same symptoms.
first off how did u get the sock that far..lol but yes it (can but it is a pain and u chance tearin the hose but if ufeel like u have to better get a roll of duct tape just in case)but i would try the coat hanger a little more put a bend at the very end of hanger hook the sock and pull
Dear Xana,I have had problems like yours before. More times then not the roller brush "belt" got damaged and needed to be replaced. You should also check your roller brush and make sure it was not knocked out of alignment.
If neither of these solutions help,then it could be, your roller brush "Bearing Assembly"got damaged which would mean you need to either replace the "Bearing Assembly" if it is removable and if you can find that part.Or else you would need to replace the whole "Roller Brush".
You can normally tell if the "Bearing Assembly" is damaged by trying to turn the roller brush with your hands,if it takes a lot of force to make it turn,then theirs a good chance it was damaged!
These repairs are fairly easy to do, just read your Vacuum manual on replacing parts,also make sure you always have the vacuum unplugged while replacing parts or doing repairs.
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