Bag Changing - Kenmore 116.23205C Use & Care Manual

For best cleaning results, the dust bag should be changed often. The CHECK BAG indicator
will come on when the bag needs to be changed or the airflow is blocked.
NOTE: Use replacement dust bag No. 20-50403, see part number detail in REPLACEMENT
PARTS (page 7).
REMOVING DUST BAG
1. Turn off and unplug vacuum cleaner.
2. Remove hose from canister. (See
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS, page 9).
3. Pull hood release out and up.
Hood
Release
4. Lift canister hood.
5. Pull bag out of the
red bag mount and
dispose of dust bag.
NOTE: Check the
motor safety filter
and replace, if
necessary. (See
MOTOR SAFETY
FILTER CHANGING,
page 22).
NOTE: The red bag mount will flip forward
after removing bag. This will prevent the
hood from closing until a new bag is
installed.

BAG CHANGING

REPLACING DUST BAG
Note: DO NOT bend or crease the middle
of the cardboard when installing the bag
into the bag mount slots.
1. Verify that vacuum cleaner is
unplugged.
2. Rotate red bag
mount down and
install bag into slots
per illustration,
pushing down until
the cardboard tab
locks into position
and the holes align.
3. Tuck the bag securely into the bag
cavity so that none of the bag is able to be
pinched by the hood.
4. Close and latch canister hood.
Hood
5. Insert hose into canister until it snaps in
Release
place. See ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS,
page 9-10).
NEVER EMPTY OUT AND REUSE A DUST
BAG. Very fine materials, such as carpet
freshener, face powder, fine dust, plaster,
soot, new carpet lint, etc. can clog the
bag and cause it to burst before it is full
and may cause damage to vacuum clean-
er motor. Change bag more often when
vacuuming these materials.
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CAUTION