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REPLACING THE DRIVE BELT
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8e careful when removing agitator brush assembly.
The belt tension is high.
Failure to do so could result in personal injury from agitator brush assembly
releasing quickly and snapping away.
Place the carpet/bare floor selector in the carpet position. Remove the lower plate as described
in the Removing/Installing the Lower Plate section.
Remove the agitator brush assem bly (carefully lift it out),
and remove the worn or broken belt from the agitator
pulley and motor shaft.
CAUTION: The two end capa may come off along with
the two washers as you lift the agitator assembly out.
Do not lose the two small washers.
Loop the new belt around the motor shaft and loop it
around the agitator pulley. See illustration for correct
belt routing.
Use only a
Panasonic Type UBS drive belt.
Before reinserting the agitator brush assembly make sure
the end caps/washers are on correctly. (See illustration
in the Replacing the Agitator Assembly section.)
Floor Selector Shaft
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Reinstall Agitator
After checking the end caps, reinstall the agitator brush assembly back into the housing grooves.
After installing the agitator brush assembly, turn it by hand making sure that the belt is not twisted
or pinched and ail rotating parts turn freely.
Replace the iower plate as described in the
Removing/Installing the Lower Plate section.
Switch off the vacuum cleaner and unplug the power
cord before cleaning the agitator assembly.
In order
to keep the cleaning efficiency high, clean the agitator
assembly
regularly.
Remove
the
lower
plate
if
necessary.
See the Removing/Installing the Lower
Plate section for the proper procedure.
Agitator assembly - Cut off any carpet pile and
lint entangled around the agitator assembly with
a pair of scissors as illustrated.
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