Thanks for providing this lesson. The fix has set me back a whole £2.95 for a new belt. Easy to follow, and I didn't even snap the bits off that you said were fragile. It's got a new lease of life now.

Alex you are a life saver. You change lives. so simple instructions to follow. You made me so happy cos I was struggling to fix the new belt and was in danger of loosing fingers. You made me dance and whoop for joy. It took no time to do it. Keep up the good work and save us housewives from breakdown.

Excellent! Wife was trying to fix it herself for a day or so. I came in, looked at your video, and had the repair done in 10 mins. Thanks so much!

I've replaced the belt a few times before - but it cost me hours of sweat and pain because I didn't know the you could separate the top and bottom parts of the brush holder. Thanks to your video now I do. It takes me a couple of minutes to change the belt now. Thank you a thousand times.

You rock! I watched another video that did this a whole different way making it so difficult. Even the demo said it was going to be a pain. Neither my husband or I are skilled in this area. I was in such a panic that it seemed hopeless to fix. I was ready to just drop the cash for a new vaccum. But you made it very easy. I was done in no time! And the vaccum runs like new. I am delighted beyond belief! Thank you.

Managed to change my belt in less than 5 mins following your crystal clear instructions - thanks !

Excellent guide. Quick, easy, straight forward and to the point! Good guy!

After two broken belts and a cut finger i looked at your video it worked a treat on my model Big Thanks M8.

You LEGEND. I’d been putting the belt over the brush and trying to get the belt to stretch over the motor spindle. For like an hour. Your video plus 5 mins and I’m done. :)

I love you! It took me 30 brutal minutes and three fingernails but I have never felt prouder. Belt success! Thanks for this video

This is why I love the internet. Took my dc14 apart to clean it internally as far as I could. Noticed some how the belt had a twist in it wasn't sure if it was supposed to or not. Found this tasty little video problem solved. also if you take the canister off the dc14 it sits on your workbench very nicely well you're doing this little procedure. Cheers!

Thank you for your time and trouble. A big help for this grandma. I've watched the video, and just hope I can do it myself!!

Gday from Sydney mate....enjoy your videos..simple and straight to the point...my Dyson tool arrived today to change the belt..worth every cent...job done in seconds..hard to do without.

Excellent stuff - I was about to force the belt and brushbar but luckily searched and found your video first (to undo the upper brushbelt housing as well) - many thanks indeed!!!!

Thank You Thank You Thank You. Didn't know it had a belt til I took the machine apart and found the snapped one. Nearly bought a new Dyson so you've saved me £250.

Very simple and accurate instruction. Thank you Alex. It is as simple as you described. Saved a lot of money if belt had been repaired by a dealer! David

Brilliant. So much easier than the method shown on the official Dyson video which requires spring steel miniature thumbs! 5*

Thank you so much. Your explanation is so much better than the manual.

Thanks for the video Mate - you made it look easier than it was but I got there in the end! Cheers.

Thanks Alex - great demo 👍

THANK YOU!!! With your instruction I was able to fix my Dyson myself.🎉

Thank you. Easy to understand and not all garbled up with unnecessary comments. Awesome.

Very well done. No long history of how vacuums were invented or how time and oxygen will corrode rubber. Great job.

Great video! I had an issue with my roller not rolling took it apart using your video now just waiting for a replacement band from eBay

Great guide and made it look simple.

Thank you for a quick, to the point repair that was easy to follow.

Oh hell yes. I should of known with a name like Alec, you the man..iam doin this now as soon as I get a belt. Thankyou so much

Thanks very much, sorted long standing issue with the belt on my own DC14 ! Cheers!

thanks for the advice, simple guide, worked like a dream

Great video! Easy to follow, good to have close-ups so I could pause to check I was doing it right. Thanks!

Thanks so much instructions are so easy to follow 👍

Worked like a charm! Thanks so much!

Very helpful video, took me 5 mins. Thank you

awesome worked great and I was even able to clean the brush !!!! Thank you !!!

Excellent video many thanks. Simon

very good demo love it just going 2 change the Belt

Thank you so Much, you just saved me $200 aswell!!!!

Thank you allan My mother ( Tracey Anne ) and i both fixed the dyson as earlier on today smoke came from it! now she is dancing about the house vaccuming thank you

thank you so much for this, wouldnt have known where to start, looked at on and it was sending me around the house to change, it wasnt as easy as you made it, a few sore fingers with lifting the belt in place.

Brilliant stuff. My method hadn't worked. But this did! Thanks!!!

How fantastic are you?! This just saved me a quoted $200 repair at some shop! Thanks so much!

My Miele was beyond repair but fortunately I was gifted a Dyson without a drive belt. Back in business!

Thanks M8! Cheers from California. :-)

Great tip. No tools needed. Thanks

Thank You! Changed my belt and hose this aftn.

Brilliant mate!! Thank you!!

Simple and effective, thankyou

Great video! Just wondering where you would buy a new belt?

Thanks for the Video you are a gentleman.

quick and easy .. good video

great tips . thanks

Alex, thanks Mate, we gave our old DC14, yellow, to our Daughter, said bar was not running right. The suction is still great. After I cleaned all the rubbish out, I noticed that the belt was twisted. Its working now, but I wonder if these belts stretch over time and if so, what cost for a new one please?

Thanks so much! Really helped me out! :-)

Really helpful thanks

I don't know if your still seeing comments but need advice please? I got a dyson dc14 off someone on gumtree. I had to unblock all the hose and now works amazing but when we use the base it wasn't lifting everything. Still good suction. So followed your video, brush was clogged bad, hair, string, wool, it's was terrible all in the base and the belt was off. So cleaned it all thoroughly. Followed your video to put everything back the way it should be and clean. I've switched the Hoover on, hose works perfect and the base is picking up great now however I'm getting a burning smell is this normal? I don't think previous owner knew the belt was off and wasn't picking up properly cause they clearly kept using it, I got a plastic bag and a child's medical syringe among other thimgs in it when I cleared it all. There was no smell before I put the belt back on. I'm now scared to switch it on and I need a Hoover so would be grateful if someone could tell me?

Cheers man! I thought it was an impossible task!!

Oh no! My dc14 ( it is a DC 14 full kit confirmed by the factory ID sticker on the motor housing) has the knob for raising and lowering the brush for bare or carpeted floors on that side. The belt pulley is forward of this knob and lines up with the c-mount notches where the brush housing snaps on! (Your version has the belt pulley behind the brush raising/lowering knob). This gives mine no play for the belt to slip on the brush before stretching everything back on the c-mount notches. So instead, I have to spend $15 to buy a belt installer tool. It's a 2pc tool with a box shaped metal frame with side pins that clips on the brush housing. Using the belt puller hook that comes with it, I have to stretch the belt onto the frame, then slip the brush bar into the outstretched belt, lift the belt off the frame and back on the brush bar with the hook and then remove the belt installer frame. Yikes! Wish I knew this before I took it apart. Now I have to wait 3-5 days to order this belt installer tool from amazon.. 🤬

Could you do a video for DC 33?...its not as simple I dont believe!

Dead set legend!! Watched some yank crap that tried to make out they were building the nasa space rocket. You're video was bang on mate. Cheers

Thank you so much, I wish i had followed this way 1st it took me less than 5 mins to put the belt on with this option, the other option involved alot of swear words and cut open finger and a vacuum nearly thrown out of a 2nd floor window

replaced mine but now it sounds like a tank any ideas!

Quick question when the belts put on does it have to be Symmetrical? If the belts twisted from the centre will that work? Would really appreciate it if you got back to me please! Thanks!

Thanks for this!

going to try thank you

Thank you!

great tutorial on how to fix it. mine doesn't spin but the belt looks intact? should I still try to replace and see if it works.

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks my friend

Not sure if you can help me but my DC14 does not stay flat to the ground, I already wd40 every single joint in the head and replaced the hose (agitator to motor hose) but it still wont sit flat with the agitator flush to the carpet unless i practically try to vacuum with it nearly upright and its so annoying!!

Thanks so much

Thanks guy!!

Awesome! Thanks!

I tried popping off the last piece but NO way I pop it off. Is there another way to pop it off? I'm scared I will break the end that attaches it.

Thanks very much

What is a locator

Awesome, thanks

I can't get the part off that he pulled on and said would need some force? Im afraid I'm going to break if

Doesn't work like that on a dc14 blitz. Parts not the same. On yours the belt guide came with the roller holder. On mine the belt guide stays in place. So I don't get any extra slack in the belt to work with. Going to have to stretch belt over roller with a screwdriver or something I think with roller holder in place.

Wow I have a dc14 and it looks nothing like that one and different beater compartment than that one? 🤔

Good video though saved me a boat load of time its a like from me

Ditto - thanks!

thanks!

Uhhh. My belt has a shroud around it bolted in place. Also, my belt isn't broken so it's giving me grief. I'll keep tinkering until I figure it out I suppose.

Alex, I have a Dyson DC14 and the brush is not turning. The belt is not broken tho. Any thoughts as to what may be happening? Also, the extension wand is not working either.

what about the other belt??

Thank you for that tutorial. The Dyson instructions that came with the replacement belts are nowhere near as good. Never even told me to take off the second plate part (not even sure that's what it's called!) which the hose is connected to. Many thanks! Now I can blitz this darn house :-)

probably a good idea to unplug it before taking it apart

Nice one, just replaced mine.

where can i buy the belt? anyone

Doesn't look like my DC14 , have a completely different clutch mechanism and requires a tool to hold the belt stretched to remove the brush. you may want to point out this is the purple Animal model not the original yellow one.

I have a DC14 but most of the items you showed and mentioned seem to be on an older model than what I have. Not much of this video helped me change the belt or put it back together correctly. I had to seriously fight my machine to do this and I’m not a stranger to working with vacuums.

Alex, you failed to properly secure the screws by not "locking them into position." lol

No clutch? This is nothing like my dc14

That’s different than my yellow dc14

Just broke the housing applying the “brute force” method recommended. So now I have to order yet another piece. I should have known better than to try what was shown.

I pick these up cheap these days because people don't understand what preventative maintenance is and they just assume the thing is broken.. Within 1 to 2 hrs of cleaning they run like new.

Lines Lines Lines

Incredibly dangerous demonstration at the start. If the belt was working at 0:14 his fingers would have gone straight into the beater bar. NEVER PUT YOUR FINGERS THERE WHEN IT'S PLUGGED IN!

Better unplug it first

OMG!! People, before you Ever work On Anything that has a Power Plug, ALWAYS UN-Plug it from wall or power strip__.>.ALWAYS < Even house wives like myself know this...Right?