@Alexander B Spencer The "brass" sleeve that you found is actually made of sintered bronze and is also called an oilite bearing. This material is actually very porous and will absorb oil. It seems that yours went dry and they didn't provide an easy way to oil it. Sometimes they have a piece of felt around the outside of the oilite to hold the oil for constant lubrication.

Thank you! This absolutely fixed the Shop Vac! It was making a sound like a sick moose or something on shutdown, which was driving me nuts! I thought it was going to completely go kaput at any time. While providing lubrication for it would quiet it temporarily, this is the more permanent solution. I didn't realize it until after the bearing [I used the 608 2RS] was installed, but it is now quieter during operation, just as you said, as well. You may want to note that the retaining clip for the original bushing is no longer needed with the new bearing. I agree that Shop Vac could have put this bearing in originally. I paid a bit for it locally [because I wanted it done right away], though I could have purchased it online for less, and in quantity, less yet. Given they're a corporation, they'd pay less than the average person, so it would likely only cost them pennies. It pays to be a KZfaq junkie!

Thank you for this video. I sat staring at this thing for a good minute and now I know the problem. BTW my shop-vac was also missing a screw in the same exact place.

When you press a bearing on to a shaft you bang on the inner race, not the outer race. By banging on the outer race all the force has to be transmitted through the balls to the inner race. This can damage the balls as well as their bearing surfaces, and the cage. By banging on the inner race, no force is imparted to any of these parts.

worked great, thanks for sharing all the information. Was going to scrap my vac over a $1 part.

This fixed my shop vac too.thank you great video.

Thanks for helping me figure out why the vac was making so much noise. Fixed it !

Soooo much better bud! Soooo much better

You definitely made it alot better but I'm pretty sure that motor is still completely done by next week, I have the same vacuum and it sounds alot better then the after.

Good job.im goin now to put a bearing in..yhank you

That is a brass bushing. Those tend to go bad on the shop vac brand. if it starts to make a loud noise you can use 3n1 Motor oil or take out the old bearing and put a 608 ball bearing in

Note the 608 bearing I used wouldn't press fit onto the motor shaft or in the housing (would just fall out). So I super glued the bearing into the holder. No issues.

It's a 608 bearing. You can use the ZZ (metal shielded, like you used) or the 2RS (rubber seals, keep dust out better). I just used the bracket itself to set the depth, so no back and forth checking. Otherwise, same result.

The 608 just fell on the shaft of my shop vac. It looks like it takes a 1603 instead.

probably because they would want you to believe that the bearing is not serviceable and force u to trash the vacuum so u would be forced to buy a a new one, which creates business for them

Maybe the squirrel wasn't dead as it was getting turned into ground meat? LOL

Hey for those of us you don't know s*** can you please tell us where size bearing where to get it blah blah blah thank you bye