Questions & Answers for: melting smell Vacuums

Overheating vacuum? My Hoover U5134-980 has worked fine for the past year. Lately, however, it has smelled like it is overheating to the point where I can no longer vacuum because of the smell. I ...

...enough to cause a burning smell while vacuuming my carpet. I trimmed off the melted ends and the brush head now seems to work fine. What could have caused the melting?? friction with ...

Windtunnel strange smell My vacuum started to smell hot, then the belt broke. The belt didn't even look worn out at all. It sort of looks like it got stuck and melted in one spot. My belt was a ...

melting? ugh - terrible smell....HELP its practically new! OK - so your brush roller is jammed. And yes, the belt is melting! Unplug the machine, remove the belt (you will need another new one anyway)

belt smells burnt while vacuuming...there was a burn rubber smell...so i checked the belt...looked melted(of course)so i replaced the belt...as i soon i turned the vacuum on..there was that smell ...

when using the vacum it is giving off a bad smell. We changed the bag and the filter any suggestions? Is it a smell like burning rubber. If it is your rubber drive belt has to much stress on it and is

After a few minutes, vaccum emits a burnt rubber smell. Checked the V-belt and it seems fine. Hi there, It might seem fine but the burnt rubber smell means that the belt is slipping. This causes ...

smells like burning rubber when running Vacuum belts lose elasticity and will slip. It may spin the brush roll ok when you look at it but be so loose that when. Vacuuming carpets the belt will stop ...

...Usually it's the belt that has broken off or fallen off. The noise is the belt hitting inside and the smell is the belt melting at the contact point. Remove the bottom belt cover and take a look

Rainbow e series shaft turns but then it stops turning and u smell something burning. I turned it over to find that the bolt under the separator has tighten so tight it melts the plastic Sounds like ...