How To Change The Belt On A Eureka Airspeed Exact Pet Vacuum

Introduction

I could not get the vacuum to power on. The guide will explain how I disassembled the vacuum and repaired the power switch. I do not recommend repairing the ability switch unless yous are trained and qualified to repair 120VAC electrical appliances.

Flip the black release handle and remove the dust canister from the vacuum.

Flip the black release handle and remove the grit canister from the vacuum.

Rotate the grey slotted filter cover and pull the cover off.

Rotate the grey slotted filter cover and pull the comprehend off.
Remove the filter.
Remove the blackness filter housing trim past unscrewing the two hex (H3.0) screws and carefully lifting the trim out. Note the ability cord entry into the vacuum is partially covered by this trim.

Using screwdriver remove ii screws from each side of the vacuum brush and chugalug embrace (4 total screws). Note, there is a small apartment tab toward the back of the each side of the cover which helps to elevator the cover (orange arrow)
Remove the encompass from the vacuum.

Unscrew the single spiral from the belt comprehend over the brush and remove the chugalug embrace.
Remove the castor by lifting direct up on both sides and the belt can be removed at the same time.
Remove the belt from the motor shaft by sliding the chugalug off of the shaft and slipping it between the end of the shaft and the adjacent plastic post.
The crenel under the chugalug can plainly collect hair, dirt and debris and then while we are in here, we can remove the nasty stuff and clean things upwardly. I besides remove hair from the castor as this is a common cause of castor problems.

Nigh the carpet acme selector switch y'all'll discover the cease of a spring.
You'll be able to view this spring along its length by looking up from the bottom of the vacuum. I disconnected it from the lesser by using needle nose pliers.

At this betoken I did not find any more fasteners to remove and sort of jockeyed the black brush and belt housing around past pulling it outward from one side.
I noticed that there was a "keyed" fit between the housing and the frame. By rotating the housing and holding the frame steady I was able to carefully only firmly free one side of the housing and pull it away from the frame. Once 1 side was removed, the other side could be easily taken out and the whole housing removed.
Unfortunately, I don't have a expert photograph of this process.

After the brush and belt housing is removed, the crimson bike frame tin can be removed in a like fashion.
The first photo is from the bottom just to evidence how the wheel frame is wrapped around the black motor housing.
Carefully merely firmly pull outwards on one of the wheel frame ends to free it from the motor housing and then remove the whole red bike frame.

Remove the five hex (H3.0) screws from the black motor housing - 3 on 1 side and two on the opposing side.
With the screws removed, the motor housing can be opened up.

With the motor housing pulled apart and using a flashlight, locate the two black wires that get into the power switch cavity.
One black (hot) wire originates from the power cable (containing a blackness and white wire) and the other black wire goes to the motor via what appears to be a thermal overload or other overload device.
Disconnect the black wire lugs from the spade connectors on the bottom of the power switch.

Remove the reddish plastic cover piece from the ability switch cavity.
From the motor housing side, push button upwardly on the power switch - I used my pliers to pop up the two spade connectors through the slots. The switch is held in identify but by a friction fit and will come up and out through the top easily.

With the switch removed, the brand and model are identified. The switch is a NOVA KAN-L5 SPST pushbutton switch. This appears to be an imported component from China. I could not find much documentation on the internal details.
Further research indicates the Eureka / Electrolux OEM part is #81142-1. Repair Clinic, an online retailer, shows that their replacement switch is a "Defond CPU-1113"
At my house, every cleaning appliance (vacuum, clothes washer, clothes dryer, etc.) is disquisitional and must exist in working guild 24 x 7 or my spouse will become out and chop-chop purchase a new working replacement...therefore I was under pressure to perform a repair or go out the wallet.
It'due south not often that I've noticed 120VAC switches with removable components and then I was intrigued to see the plastic tabs on each side of this switch.

Using my iFixit tweezers I carefully lifted the black tabs of the switch and the top one-half of the switch could exist lifted off.
The switch contained two springs and a small copper pole. Upon inspection, when the switch was pressed, the master spring compressed and held the switch pole down, simply the pole was not making contact with the "throw" (one of the spade connectors).
It appeared that the pole might have been bent slightly from its original orientation. My fix was to slightly bend the pole to ensure that it would make contact with the spade connector as designed.

Determination

To reassemble the vacuum, follow these instructions in opposite order.