Sanitaire Tradition - Replace Fan, Body, Motor Removal, Cord Hooks etc

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This machine was just completely destroyed, appears to have had a very hard life in a restaurant environment. These machines clean very well and when used in a proper setting like an office, school, or library they make excellent cleaners. I would not recommend one to be used to pick up food or organic type waste as this one has. Below are the individual parts I replaced.
Body
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Cord Hooks
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Fan
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Outer Bag takes FG Bags
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Brush Roll and Ends
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Bottom Plate
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@iaindennis3321 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are great for combatting our throwaway society - good to see things being repaired and returned to work.

@rsanford100 3 жыл бұрын

I totally enjoy these "resurrection" videos. Thank you for the instruction and content!

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@jacobg.witmer 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a dock worker for Dillard’s and we use these vacuums, and I did something just like this! I was vacuuming in the mens department that day when I kept seeing these star bolts on the ground. I picked them up with my hand. I then heard a loud pop, and the vacuum stopped picking up. I realized the bolts I found hold the motor to the plastic base, and when the motor slid around as I was pushing back and forth, the fan hit the plastic base and exploded, damaging the plastic base, and a small part of the motor, but the motor still worked perfectly fine. We also had a dead vacuum that was the exact same model, so I tore it down for parts, and used the plastic base for the dead vacuum to fix the one that exploded. I also used more of those parts to fix 3 other vacuums too!

@jessicah3450 Жыл бұрын

I found a Eureka from 1989, but the fan is destroyed, like it was vacuuming rocks. It's a pretty cool machine, very similar to this one. Thank you for making such a detailed video. This will help me save a lot of money repairing it!

@mattjones7621 3 жыл бұрын

Other than the bearing noise, it looks a lot better! Some people really abuse their vacuums and then complain why they don't work properly afterwards.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how hard it is to replace them

@mattjones7621 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ If you have a bearing/ gear puller and the patience, not too bad. You might can get by with cleaning them out and repacking them if you can gently pry the seals off. The third option is replacing the whole motor.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll look into it some more. Repacking them is easy enough to give a try

@mattjones7621 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ Good luck, man. Hope it works out for you.

@paco3343 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the SC886-E2. That particular model had also been made in types -A, -B, & -D. I believe the first 4 digits of the serial number, 0705, indicate production to be the fifth week (February) of 2007--not too old to rebuild. I understand that the current Chinese-built Sanitaires are not worth it due to their cheaper quality.

@theredlineboss 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! Particularly liked seeing you transferring the stickers over. This vid will be useful when I bring out my parents' old Eureka Commercial (I think it was from the 80's). I believe that some of the stuff you did here will be useful for reviving the old thing.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

Yea those are basically the same thing

@YoumuHoover 3 жыл бұрын

I have never seen a vacuum cleaner on where the back of it have been ripped off from its base. Idk how that happened ever.

@FrenchFryCheese04 2 жыл бұрын

It was probably ripped off by someone being really mad

@hiyou4522 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos so much

@noahhackworth5659 3 жыл бұрын

I did a similar thing to mine in March 2020. I replaced the old Cloth Bag with a ShakeOut Bag and the base.

@larrycroft470 3 жыл бұрын

you don't like those spiders do you Hankster!!! Great video as usual.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

Nah and they don’t like me either lol

@rogercamp6071 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing how people treat their vacumns, I brought home the two upright machines that I mentioned to you awhile back and don't think they had been been cleaned since they were new,filters full of dust hair, carpet fresh you name it,a little work with the shop vac and they were ready to go, same with everything else, some cleaning and a new belt and they were good to go.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

What kind were they?

@rogercamp6071 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ One was a Eureka Ultima and the other a Dirt Devil Power Max Pet, don't think it's too old because Walmart still sells them, evidently the roller had gotten jammed at some point because it burnt the belt in two, the Eureka needed nothing but a good cleaning,in fact I already sold it.

@butler386 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a lot of money invested in an old vac unless it is fairly expensive to begin with. Lot of work and time to fix it up but cleaned really well. Thanks for the video

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

They run about 2-300 or so. This was maybe 60 in parts can probably get 100-150 for it

@fabioebryanesteves 4 ай бұрын

Good job

@henriquesousa7 3 жыл бұрын

You saved it!! You can get a new metal motor for cheap on eBay!! I like the red cord hooks!!

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been looking at maybe replacing the bearings too

@ObiWanBillKenobi 3 жыл бұрын

Please, where can I buy a replacement motor if I need to? Specifically for a Eureka model 630, but it definitely has this form factor.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

You can try this, likely its your only option amzn.to/3jm7UkM

@twowheeler1500 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Hank, is that what the motor sounds like as they age? I’ve had mine since the mid 90s. Seems to be doing ok but curious what to look out for.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

The bearings dry out and wear over time. I have another one to replace it with just haven’t had the time to mess with it

@1sm08 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Just had a new cord installed on a Sanitaire. Now the pivot arm (handle) drops to the floor when released, where it only dropped down 3/4 of the way before. Which is correct? Is there a spring that wasn't put back on during reassembly? Also, just curious, why did you elect to leave off the magnet bar from your new base?

@famellc2019 3 жыл бұрын

Magnets are pretty useless if these are used in a home consistently

@ProjectOWL 2 жыл бұрын

I'm having the same problem!

@1sm08 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProjectOWL There's a spring connected to the release lever. You can buy the replacement part online, but I just looked for a similar gauge spring in my misc parts bin and McGyvered it. Worked fine.

@Dankcatvacs 3 жыл бұрын

id love to know how they came up the f and g bag model name

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

No clue to be honest. I know they have moved away from them and are now using “ST” bags in the tradition machines

@FrenchFryCheese04 2 жыл бұрын

Probably in the 1950s eureka named it 'F&G' meaning "Fill & Garbage" idk lol

@paco3343 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day there were separate Style F and Style G bags - one was designed for use with cloth outer bags and the other for vinyl outer bags. Later, Eureka simplified by combining the two styles along with model id's.

@therandomman6647 3 жыл бұрын

What is your favorite vacuum cleaner to repair?

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

These or Orecks usually, then any model of kirby

@therandomman6647 3 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ I prefer kirby, mainly because it is not plastic so you don't need to worry about accidentally breaking parts

@oldcarnocar 3 жыл бұрын

wow!

@apriljohnson8650 Жыл бұрын

How do you know the motor is going bad?

@hanksgarage_ Жыл бұрын

sometimes it will smoke out the sides of the machine, low rpm, loud bearing noise etc.

@AwesomeVacuums 3 жыл бұрын

The bearings might be dry.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

It’s on my list of things to do or in this case try.

@ryanthomas49 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew people used Sanitaire vacuums in the home. I always thought they were meant for businesses and institutions for some reason.

@hanksgarage_ 3 жыл бұрын

They have a “blue line” which are the consumer or home use variants but other than a color change and 2 wire cords there is little difference between the commercial units and the consumer ones.

@jessicah3450 2 жыл бұрын

I had a Eureka residential vacuum from the 1960's (was my Grandmother's) that is almost identical to these Sanitaries. Only difference was the color, outer bag, and it had 4 amps vs 7 amps on the commercial vacuum. That Eureka lasted for 40 years, was a third generation hand me down. Just bought a Sanitaire, and it really hasn't changed much, but why change something that works so well, I guess.

@paco3343 2 жыл бұрын

@@jessicah3450 Did you keep your grandma's '60s vac?