Suction Diverter Maintenance - Kenmore 592.30414 Use & Care Manual

SUCTION DIVERTER MAINTENANCE

WARNING
Electrical Shock and Personal Injury
Hazard
Disconnect electrical supply before
servicing or cleaning the unit. Failure
to do so could result in electrical
shock or personal injury from vacuum
cleaner suddenly starting.
If you notice a decrease in suction,
you should inspect and clean out the
small hose inside the Suction Diverter
according to the following instructions.
1. Remove the handle and extension
wand as described in Above Floor
Cleaning section.
2. Remove power cord from cord
storage wraps.
3. Use handle release button to lower
vacuum cleaner body to lowest
position.
4. Lay vacuum cleaner on floor with
back side facing up.
5. Remove both hose ends from bottom
of Suction Diverter.
6. Remove 3 screws from Suction
Diverter as shown.
7. Grasp the underside of the diverter
with both hands and raise up and out.
Note : There is a spring-loaded
plunger that will pop forward
when the diverter is pulled out.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
8. Depress the spring-loaded plunger to
9. To fit diverter back into place, position
10. Replace hoses onto diverter tubes
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Diverter Plunger
straighten the diverter hose to make it
easier to clean out.
top of spring-loaded plunger against
rim of extension wand holder. Push
up from bottom of diverter. Once
diverter screw holes are aligned,
push down on top of diverter to settle
it into place. Replace and tighten 3
screws to secure diverter into place.
as shown.