Dirt Devil Featherlite - how to remove the beater bar to clean

Did you check to see that the beater brush, the brush that the belt drives, is free of debris and moves freely? When they bind up they can cause the belt to break. Remove the beater brush just as you do when changing the belt and clean as best you can. There are retainer clips at each end of the brush, add some WD40 between the clips and the beater brush and turn by hand to free it up. Reassemble making sure the belt is on in the proper manner so that the brush will turn in the correct direction. If you find this solution helpful, I would appreciate a Thumbs Up from you!
Thank you. Paul

Sounds like the beater bar is clogged with something. Try removing it and cleaning it up, sometimes hair gets wrapped around it and puts it in such a bind that it will burn the belt.

Hi There,

Here's step by step instructions for you on how to replace the belt on your Dirt Devil M088520 Featherlite.

Flip cleaner to expose nozzle base. Base should lay flat and face up. To remove nozzle guard, use Phillips
screwdriver to remove the two screws. Arrows (Diagram 1) show location of screws.



Lift nozzle guard off. Slide belt off motor shaft
(Diagram 2).

Lift and remove brushroll (Diagram 3). Dispose of old belt.



TO REPLACE BELT
1. Place belt on motor shaft, then slip brushroll through belt. Place belt in area of brushroll without bristles (Diagram 4).



2. With belt in place, pull and slide brushroll into nozzle (Diagram 3) making sure that the brushroll end caps are in the correct
orientation (Diagram 3a inset)



IMPORTANT: Rotate brushroll manually to make sure belt is not twisted.
3. Reattach nozzle guard. Secure by locating the 3 tabs in the base slots and replace the screws (Diagram 1).




I really hope that this was helpful to you. If you'd like to download the manual for your vacuum cleaner where I got this information, please see the link below where you may download. If you found this helpful, please be so kind and rate my repair helpful, or leave feedback for me. This is really appreciated by Fixya users.

Thanks so much.

Dirt Devil M088520 Featherlite Vacuum Cleaner
Owners Manual

Chris Jones
GoVacuum.com

A couple ideas.

1. Have you emptied your dirt?
2. Are your filters clean?
3. Is your roller brush working and if not, is your belt broken?
Hope this helps and good luck!

You might have the wrong belt size.

sounds like you have the same problem i do the beater bar isnt moving and causing the belt to burn

It could be 1 of 3 things:

1. The belt that drives the beater bar. (Inexpensive)

2. An impeller that has a broken wing or 2, throwing it off balance. (Expensive)

3. Or, the bearings in the motor are going out. (Expensive)

Hope this helps,

Jim

from your description, if your beater bar was wobblying, ther may be more damage to the base of the vac than initially seen. Dirt Devil has different number of warranties in number of years for thier vacuums. I would check with your nearest dealer. Lookup at dirtdevil.com

I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/robert_b96ba3f038cf317c

With the vacuum unplugged, turn the machine beater bar side up. Locate the clips or screws that hold the plate over the beater bar and remove the plate. The beater bar sits in sockets just inside. Be careful in removing it; take your time and note how it comes out...this will make reassembly easier. Clean the debris while you have tha bar off and remove any debris thet you see in the vacuum hose area behind the bar....The new belt slips over the motor shaft behind the beater bar (further up in the cavity behind the b/b), then you slip it back onto the beater bar as you place the bar back nto the sockets. Test your work by revolving the bar a bit to make sure that everything is back in place. Replace the plate.
Regards,

--W/D--

My filter fell apart on my dirt devil featherlite CE6000. I have only used this 4 times.Where can I find one? I have looked at several stores.
Sincerly,
Pennie Silverman