footbal9584
05-17-2008, 04:06 PM
Hi,
About a week ago my vac started smelling like burning electronics (i was sucking up leaves) so i turned it off and let it be for a bit. After about a half hour I turned it on again same thing instantly. So I took it apart and turned it on with just the motor so I could see if anything was hitting it causing it to smell like that. I turned it on and it started sparking where these two rectangular pieces touch the top spindle to complete the electrical connection. (see pics) I tried everything I could think of I sanded the rough/burnt parts off the rectangle pieces and I sanded the spindle till it was copper again. I turned it on and it did the same thing. Is there a cheap fix for this, or is the vac shot? I would really hate to go spend another $100 dollars on a new vac seeing as how I just got this one last year.
Here are the pics, Thanks.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5079/01nc5.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=01nc5.jpg),http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3387/02fm6.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=02fm6.jpg),http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9715/03ku0.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=03ku0.jpg),http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/923/04jy1.th.jpg (http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04jy1.jpg),http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/311/05oc7.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=05oc7.jpg),http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/316/06hv1.th.jpg (http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06hv1.jpg),http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8673/07sh4.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=07sh4.jpg)
About a week ago my vac started smelling like burning electronics (i was sucking up leaves) so i turned it off and let it be for a bit. After about a half hour I turned it on again same thing instantly. So I took it apart and turned it on with just the motor so I could see if anything was hitting it causing it to smell like that. I turned it on and it started sparking where these two rectangular pieces touch the top spindle to complete the electrical connection. (see pics) I tried everything I could think of I sanded the rough/burnt parts off the rectangle pieces and I sanded the spindle till it was copper again. I turned it on and it did the same thing. Is there a cheap fix for this, or is the vac shot? I would really hate to go spend another $100 dollars on a new vac seeing as how I just got this one last year.
Here are the pics, Thanks.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5079/01nc5.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=01nc5.jpg),http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3387/02fm6.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/my.php?image=02fm6.jpg),http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9715/03ku0.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=03ku0.jpg),http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/923/04jy1.th.jpg (http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=04jy1.jpg),http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/311/05oc7.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=05oc7.jpg),http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/316/06hv1.th.jpg (http://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=06hv1.jpg),http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8673/07sh4.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=07sh4.jpg)